CELEX: 31975D0453
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 April 1975 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), except knives with handles in ivory or in gilded or silvered base metal, falling within heading No 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

26 . 7. 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 196/43
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 16 April 1975
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to knives with
             cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), except knives with handles in
             ivory or in gilded or silvered base metal, falling within heading No ex 82.09 of the
             Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other
                                                          Member States
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic,)
                                                           (75/453/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       whereas the period of validity of these protective
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        measures should expire upon the introduction of
                                                                     such a system,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular the                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
first paragraph of Article 115 thereof ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­                                       Article 1
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 11 April
1975 by the French Government to the Commission
                                                                     The French Republic is authorized not to apply
by telex from the office of its Permanent Represen­
                                                                     Community treatment to imports of the following
tative to the European Communities, for authoriza­
                                                                     products, where they originate in Japan and are in
tion not to apply Community treatment to knives                      free circulation in the other Member States, and in
with cutting blades, serrated or not (includirtg                     respect of which applications for import licences were
pruning knives ), except knives with handles in ivory                lodged after 3 April 1975 :
or in gilded or silvered base metal, falling within
heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs
Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in
the other Member States ;                                                 CCT
                                                                       heading No                    Description
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
policy taken in connection with these products by                                     Knives with cutting blades, serrated or
                                                                        ex 82.09
France and by the other Member States as regards                                      not (including pruning knives), except
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;                                        knives with handles in ivory or in gilded
                                                                                      or silvered base metal
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution of measures of commercial policy taken
by France as regards Japan;                                                                   Article 2
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set
                                                                     The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
in motion the machinery for bringing about the                       upon the introduction of a uniform system of
necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                     imports as part of the common commercial policy as
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited                 regards Japan and in any event not later than
                                                                     31 December 1975 .
period, for the application of protective measures,
under the first paragraph of Article 115, subject to
the conditions laid down by the Commission Decision                                           Article 3
 of 12 May 1971 (*), and in particular in Article 1
thereof;                                                             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas a uniform system of imports could be                         Done at Brussels, 16 April 1975 .
adopted for the products in question as part of a
common commercial policy as regards Japan;                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                                            The President
 (*) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI