CELEX: 31978D0845
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-02 00:00:00
Title: 78/845/EEC: Commission Decision of 2 October 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to knives with cutting blades, serrated or not, including pruning knives (save for knives with handles of ivory or of gilt- or silver-plated base metals) falling within heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

19. 10. 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 293/23
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 2 October 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to                     knives
              with cutting blades, serrated or not, including pruning knives (save for                knives
              with handles of ivory or of gilt- or silver-plated base metals) 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)
                                                    (78/845/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                  for the application of protective measures under the
                                                              first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
                                                              of 12 May 1971 (J), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 115 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 21
September 1978 by the French Government to the                                         Article 1
Commission of the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to             The French Republic is authorized not to apply
knives with cutting blades, serrated or not, including        Community treatment to the products indicated
pruning knives (save for knives with handles of ivory         below, where they originate in Japan and are in free
or of gilt- or silver-plated base metals) falling within      circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
heading No ex 82.09 of the Common Customs Tariff              of which applications for import licences were lodged
originating in Japan and in free circulation in the           after 13 September 1978 :
other Member States ;
                                                                    CCT
Whereas in France the import of the products in ques­              heading                      Description
tion originating in Japan is subject to an annual quota              No
which is already wholly taken up ;
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial         ex 82.09         Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not,
policy measures applied in connection with these                               including pruning knives (save for knives
                                                                               with handles of ivory or of gilt- or silver­
products by the Member States are causing deflection                           plated base metals)
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those
commercial policy measures which are in force
because of the difficult economic situation in the                                     Article 2
sector concerned ;
                                                              This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas there are serious difficulties in the industrial
                                                              arise in France for the importation of these products
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in            from Japan or until 31 December 1978, whichever is
production and employment ;                                   the earlier.
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
                                                                                       Article 3
by unequal conditions of competition, which allow
exports to be made at prices appreciably lower than           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
those of the Community products in question ;
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those        Done at Brussels, 2 October 1978 .
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;                                                                 For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                   fjtienne DAVIGNON
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States :                                                  Member of the Commission
                                                             (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.