CELEX: 31976D0529
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 April 1976 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to unbleached woven fabrics of cotton, other than cotton gauze or terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 154/ 20                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                    15 . 6 . 76
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 20 April 1976
              authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to un­
              bleached woven fabrics of cotton , other than cotton gauze or terry towelling and
              similar terry fabrics , falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common
              Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circula­
                                             tion in the other Member States
                                               (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                         (76/ 529/ 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 by the Commission Decision of 12
Economic Community , and in particular the first para­              May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 12 April
1976 by the Italian Government to the Commission
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­                                           Article 1
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to unbleached                      The Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
woven fabrics of cotton , other than cotton gauze or                Community treatment to imports of unbleached
terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, falling within           woven fabrics of cotton , other than cotton gauze or
heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff,                   terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, falling within
originating in the People's Republic of China and in                heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff,
free circulation in the other Member States,                        where they originate in the People's Republic of
                                                                    China and are in free circulation in the other Member
Whereas for the woven fabrics of cotton in question ,               States, and in respect of which applications for import
Italy in accordance with the Council Decision of 1 8                licences were lodged after 5 April 1976 .
December 1 975 ( 1 ), has opened in respect of the
People s Republic of China an annual quota of 400
metric tons, much of which has already been used up ;                                           Article 2
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                   This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1976.
Italian Government, there are serious economic diffi­
culties in the weaving sector, resulting in fewer orders ,                                      Article 3
an increase in stocks and a considerable drop in
production , leading to unemployment in a number of                 This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .
factories ;
Whereas indirect imports of the products in question
are likely to aggravate these economic difficulties,                Done at Brussels, 20 April 1976 .
particularly in view of the abnormally low price at
which they would be effected ;                                                                    For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                            Christopher SOAMES
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                                    Vice-President
(') Ol No 1. m , 29 . 12 . 1975 , p. .V                             (-') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .