CELEX: 31976D0926
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 November 1976 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to unbleached or bleached woven fabrics of cotton or synthetic textile fibres falling within heading No ex 55.09 and subheading 56.07 ex A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 364/ 8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                  31 . 12 . 76
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 10 November 1976
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to unbleached or
              bleached woven fabrics of cotton or synthetic textile fibres falling within heading
              No ex 55.09 and subheading 56.07 ex A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating
                      in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      ( 76/926/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas indirect imports of the products in question ,
COMMUNITIES ,                                                   which would be in addition to those already effected ,
                                                                would be likely to aggravate these economic
                                                                difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular
the first paragraph of Article 115 thereof,                     Whereas it is not possible to set in motion the
                                                                machinery for bringing about the necessary co­
                                                                operation from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first
paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on
3 November 1976 by the French Government to the                 Whereas authorization should be given for a limited
Commission by telex from the Office of its                      period, for the application of protective measures
Permanent Representative to the European                        under the first paragraph of Article 115 , subject to
Communities, for authorization not to apply                     the conditions laid down by the Commission
Community treatment to unbleached or bleached                   Decision of 12 May 1971 (1 ), and in particular
woven fabrics of cotton or synthetic textile fibres              Article 1 thereof,
falling within heading No ex 55.09 and subheading
56.07 ex A of the Common Customs Tariff,
originating in the Republic of Korea and in free
circulation in the other Member States,                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas imports into the Community of the
products in question originating in the Republic of
Korea were the subject of an Agreement negotiated                                        Article 1
between the Community and the Republic of Korea,
initialled on 28 November 1975 ;
                                                                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
                                                                 Community treatment to imports of the following :
Whereas, under the Agreement, the Republic of
Korea has undertaken to take all necessary steps to
limit its exports of certain textile products to
certain ceilings allocated among the Member States ;                   C CT
                                                                                              Description of goods
                                                                    heading No
Whereas the quota share allocated to the French                 ex 55.09         Woven fabrics of cotton :
Republic in respect of unbleached or bleached woven                              — Unbleached or bleached
fabrics of cotton or synthetic textile fibres is
                                                                     56.07       Woven fabrics of man-made fibres
1 049 metric tons ;
                                                                                 (discontinuous or waste):
                                                                                 ex A. Of synthetic textile fibres :
Whereas according to information supplied by the                                        — Unbleached or bleached
French    Government      there  are   serious  economic
difficulties in the textile industry concerned, resulting
in a progressive decline of production and
considerable structural unemployment ;                           (!) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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where they originate in the Republic of Korea and                                  Article 3
are in free circulation in the other Member States,
and in respect of which applications for import               This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
licences were lodged after 21 October 1976.
                                                              Done at Brussels, 10 November 1976.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                       Article 2
                                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1976.                                Member of the Commission