CELEX: 31978D0202
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 January 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china (including biscuit porcelain and parian) or of other kinds of pottery other than common pottery or stoneware, falling within heading No 69.11 and subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 62/36                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               4 . 3 . 78
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 24 January 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to table
               ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet
               purposes, of porcelain or china (including biscuit porcelain and parian) or of
               other kinds of pottery other than common pottery or stoneware, falling within
               heading No 69.11 and subheadings 69.12 C and D of the Common Customs
                 Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                               (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (78/202/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas uniform arrangements for imports of the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      products in question might be adopted under a
                                                                   common commercial policy vis-à-vis Japan ; whereas
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                   the validity of these measures should apply only until
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
                                                                   such arrangements are applied,
 graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 16
 January 1978 by the French Government to the Euro­                                       Article 1
 pean Communities for authorization not to apply
 Community treatment to tableware and other articles               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
 of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet                    Community treatment to imports of tableware and
 purposes, of porcelain or china (including biscuit                other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic
 porcelain and parian) or of other kinds of pottery                or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china (including
 except common pottery and stoneware, falling within               biscuit porcelain and parian), falling within heading
                                                                   No 69.1 1 of the Common Customs Tariff and of table­
 heading No 69.11 and subheadings 69.12 C and D of
 the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan                   ware and other articles of a kind commonly used for ,
 and in free circulation in the other Member States,               domestic or toilet purposes, of other kinds of pottery :
Whereas according to this application under Article                — earthenware or fine pottery,
 1 1 5 the importation into France of the products in              — other,
 question originating in Japan is subject to an annual             falling within subheadings 69.12 C and D, where they
 contractual quota ;                                               originate in Japan and are in free circulation in the
Whereas differences in the commercial policy                       other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
 measures applied in connection with these products                tions for import licences were lodged after 8 January
                                                                   1978 .
by France and by the other Member States as regards
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
execution     of  the    abovementioned         measures   of      This Decision shall remain valid only until uniform
commercial policy currently being applied by France                import arrangements are applied under a common
as regards Japan, notably in order to protect the                  commercial policy vis-à-vis Japan or until 30 June
industry concerned, which is facing serious economic               1978 , whichever is the earlier.
difficulties resulting in a decline of production and
                                                                                          Article 3
the consequent closure of certain firms ;
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in          This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                    Done at Brussels, 24 January 1978 .
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited                                        For the Commission
period, for the application of protective measures
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the                                    Antonio GIOLITTI
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;                                  Member of the Commission
(M OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.