CELEX: 31973D0057
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 March 1973 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof), falling within heading No 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 82/32                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              30. 3 . 73
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 26 March 1973
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to toys of wood
               and other (except motors and movement mechanisms for toys and working models
               used for recreational purposes, and parts thereof), falling within heading No 97.03 A
               and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation
                                               in the other Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (73/57/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                                      Article 1
pean Economic Community, and in particular the                  The French Government is authorized not to apply
 first paragraph of Article 115 thereof ;                       Community treatment to imports of the following
 Having regard to the application under Article 115             products where they originate in JaJpan and are
 of the Treaty, made on 16 March 1973 by the                    in free circulation in the other Member States and
 French Government to the Commission by telex                   in respect of which applications for import licences
 from the office of its Permanent Representative to             were lodged after 8 March 1973 :
 the European Communities, for authorization not to
 apply Community treatment to toys of wood and                    CCT heading
 other (except motors and movement mechanisms for                     No                          Description
toys and working models used for recreational pur­
poses, and parts thereof), falling within heading No            97.03            Other toys ; models of a kind used for
 97.03 A and ex B of the Common Customs Tariff,                                  recreational purposes :
 originating in Japan and in free circulation in the                      A      — Of wood
 other Member States ;
                                                                       ex B      — Other (except motors and movement
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial                                    mechanisms for toys and working
policy taken in connection with these products by                                    models of a kind used for recre­
 France and by the other Member States as regards                                   ational purposes, and parts thereof).
Japan are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the exe­
                                                                                         Article 2
cution of measures of commercial policy taken by
France as regards Japan ;                                       The period of validity of this Decision shall expire
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set           upon the introduction of a uniform system of
in motion the machinery for bringing about the                  imports as part of the common commercial policy
necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;            as regards Japan and in any event not lader than
                                                                31 December 1973 .
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
period, for the application of protective measures,
under the first paragraph of Article 115 , subject to                                    Article 3
the conditions laid down by the Commission Deci­               This Decision is addressed to the French Govern­
sion of 12 May 1971 ( 1 ), and in particular Article 1          ment.
thereof ;
Whereas a uniform system of imports could be                    Done at Brussels, 26 March 1973 .
adopted for the products in question as part of a
common commercial policy as regards Japan ;                                               For the Commission
whereas the period of validity of these protective                                            The President
measures should expire upon the introduction of
such a system :                                                                          François-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 .