CELEX: 31978D0708
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 July 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven suits, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 (NIMEXE codes 61.01-51, 54, 57) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States

30 . 8 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 238 / 23
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 27 July 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
               suits , of wool , of cotton or of man-made textile fibres , falling within heading No
               ex 61.01 ( NIMEXE codes 61.01-51 , 54 , 57) of the Common Customs Tariff, origi­
                    nating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (78 /708 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                         machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                     tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community , and in particular the first para­               Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                       for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                      first paragraph of Article 115 , subject to the condi­
Having regard to the application under the first para­               tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 19 July                  May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
 1978 by the French Government to the Commission
of the European Communities, for authorization not
to apply Community treatment to woven suits, of                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
wool , of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling
within heading No ex 61.01 (NIMEXE codes                                                       Art ide I
61.01-51 , 54, 57) of the Common Customs Tariff, orig­
inating in Romania and in free circulation in the                    The French Republic is authorized not to apply
other Member States ,                                                Community treatment to the products indicated
                                                                     below, where they originate in Romania and are in
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                    free circulation in the other Member States, and in
products in question originating in Romania is                       respect of which applications for import licences were
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                       lodged after 11 July 1978 and are, on the date of this
Community and that country ;                                          Decision , pending with the French authorities :
Whereas under that Agreement Romania has under­
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taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of                      heading                       Description
the products in question to the Community to certain                             No
ceilings allocated along the Member States ;
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                ex 61.01                 Woven suits, of wool , of cotton or
                                                                     ( NIMEXE codes           of man-made textile fibres
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
                                                                     61.01-51 , 54, 57)
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be                                                 Article 2
achieved progressively ;
Whereas according to the application submitted there                 This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
are    serious  difficulties  in    the   industrial  sector
concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­                   Done at Brussels, 27 July 1978 .
tion and employment ;
                                                                                                 For the Commission
Whereas the imports which gave rise to the applica­
tion submitted are likely, owing to the appreciable                                             Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
amount of the imports, to jeopardize the aims of the
Community Agreement ;                                                                                 Via - President
                                                                     (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.