CELEX: 31975D0468
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 May 1975 authorizing the Republic of France not to apply Community treatment to gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of textiles other than cotton, falling within heading No ex 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 8 . 75                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 212/3
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 12 May 1975
              authorizing the Republic of France not to apply Community treatment to gloves,
              mittens and mitts, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of textiles other than
              cotton, falling within heading No ex 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating
                            in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (75/468/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  is not obstructed, authorization should be given, for
COMMUNITIES,                                                    a limited period, for the application of protective
                                                                measures under the first paragraph of Article 115,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                    subject to the conditions laid down by the
European Economic Community, and in particular                  Commission Decision of 12 May 1971 (1), and in
the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof;                     particular Article 1 thereof;
Having regard to the application under the first                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on
6 May 1975 by the French Government to the                                               Article 1
Commission by telex from the office of its
permanent representative to             the European            The Republic of France is authorized not to apply
Communities, for authorization not to apply                     Community treatment to imports of the following
Community treatment to gloves, mittens and mitts,               products, where they originate in Taiwan and are in
knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of             free circulation in the other Member States, and in
textiles other than cotton, falling within heading No           respect of which applications for import licences
ex 60.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating              were lodged after 5 May 1975 :
in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other
Member States ;                                                 CCT heading No                     Description
Whereas since the . application of Article 115 the              ex 60.02         Gloves, mittens and mitts, knitted or
importation into France of the product in question                              crocheted, not elastic or rubberized of
originating in Taiwan is ' subject to an annual quota                            textiles other than cotton
of 400 000 pairs which is wholly taken up ;
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                                        Article 2
policy taken in connection with these products by
France and by the other Member States as regards                This Decision shall apply until the opening of new
Taiwan are giving rise to deflection of trade;                  import possibilities of the product in question into
                                                                France from Taiwan and in any case not later than
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the              31 December 1975 .
execution    of  the   abovementioned      measures     of
commercial policy currently being taken by France as                                     Article 3
regards Taiwan ;
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the Republic of France.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set
in motion the machinery for bringing about the                  Done at Brussels, 12 May 1975 .
necessary cooperation from the other Member
States ;                                                                                   For the Commission
Whereas in order to ensure that the implementation                                             The President
of the abovementioned commercial policy measures                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                                H OJ No L 121, 3 . 6. 1971, p. 26.