CELEX: 31978D0926
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-20 00:00:00
Title: 78/926/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 October 1978 authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous or waste) other than narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics including terry fabrics and chenille fabrics falling within subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36) originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 324/30                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                        18 . 11 . 78
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 20 October 1978
              authorizing the United Kingdom not to apply Community treatment to woven
              fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous or waste) other than narrow woven
              fabrics, pile fabrics including terry fabrics and chenille fabrics falling within
              subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01 , 04,
              05, 07, 08 , 11 , 13, 14, 16, 17, 18 , 21 , 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 , 32, 33, 34, 36) originating in
                          Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                         (78/926/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                       already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
                                                                   vate these difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                      tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­             Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 1 15 of the Treaty, made on 9 October             for the application of protective measures under the
 1978 by the United Kingdom Government to the                      first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
                                                                   tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
Commission of the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                  of 12 May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous or
waste) other than narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics               Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
(including terry fabrics and chenille fabrics) falling             gave rise to the application in question does not need
within subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs                    to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Tariff (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01 , 04, 05, 07, 08, 11 , 13,           small amount involved,
 14, 16, 17, 18, 21 , 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36)
originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the
other Member States,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Taiwan is subject
to a Community quantitative quota allocated among                                              Article 1
the Member States by Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3020/77 of 30 December 1977 (*), confirmed by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 255/78 of 7 February                   The United Kingdom is authorized not to apply
 1978 (2) ;                                                        Community treatment to the products indicated
                                                                   below, where they originate in Taiwan and are in free
                                                                   circulation in the other Member States and in respect
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­              of which applications for import licences were lodged
                                                                   after 8 October 1978 :
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­
vidual markets ; whereas there are therefore disparities
existing between the import conditions in the various                         CCT heading No                  Description
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be
achieved progressively ;                                           56.07 A                           Woven fabrics of synthetic
                                                                   (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01 , 04,      fibres (discontinuous or
                                                                   05, 07, 08, 11 , 13, 14, 16, 17, waste) other than narrow
Whereas there are serious difficulties in the industrial            18, 21 , 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, woven fabrics, pile fabrics
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in                 33, 34, 36)                       (including terry fabrics and
production and employment ;                                                                          chenille fabrics)
(») OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 51 .
(2) OJ No L 39, 9. 2. 1978, p. 1 .                                 (*) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                      Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 20 October 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the United Kingdom for the importation of
these products from Taiwan or until 31 December
1978, whichever is the earlier.
                                                                                 For the Commission
                      Article 3                                                   Henk VREDELING
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.                                   Vice-President