CELEX: 31976D0277
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 24 February 1976 authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of leather originating in Sweden

5.3.76                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 5B/ 13
                                                     COUNCIL DECISION
                                                       of 24 February 1976
              authorizing Ireland to take protective measures in respect of footwear with uppers of
                                                  leather originating in Sweden
                                                          (76/277/EEC)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          by the Commission in its Decision of 22 December
                                                                     1975 :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                               United Kingdom                         9-0%
European Economic Community,                                                Other Member States                   18-5%
                                                                            Full rate                             23-5%
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 2839/72 of 19 December 1972 concerning safeguard                   Whereas it is therefore appropriate to take similar
 measures provided for in the Agreement between                     measures as regards imports of this product
the European Economic Community and the                             originating in Sweden in accordance with Article 26
Kingdom of Sweden ( 1), and in particular Article 4                 of the Agreement between the European Economic
thereof,                                                            Community and Sweden of 22 July 1972 (2) which
                                                                    would result in a tariff reduction lower than that
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  foreseen by Article 3 (2 ) of that Agreement,
                                                                    according to which the duty applied by Ireland
Whereas the Irish footwear industry is currently                    to imports of this product originating in Sweden
encountering serious disturbances, involving notably                should otherwise be reduced to 10-8% or £ 0-09
a reduction in employment from 5 000 persons in                     per pair whichever is the greater;
1973 to approximately 3 500 in October 1975, with
a further loss of 310 jobs forecast as imminent ;                   Whereas consultations have been held with Sweden
whereas the Irish footwear sector is mainly situated                in accordance with Article 27 of the EEC-Sweden
in the regions where it often represents the main if                Agreement,
 not the only local source of employment ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas production declined by 30% in the first
half of 1975 compared with the same period of
1974 and declined even further in the third quarter                                         Article 1
of 1975 ; whereas exports for the first three-quarters
of 1975 dropped by 20% compared with 1974 ;                         Ireland is hereby authorized to apply, until
whereas import penetration has risen from 34-1% in                  30 June 1976, a rate of duty of 18-5% to footwear
 1973 to 41-8% in 1974, to 45-4% in January to                      with uppers of leather falling within subheading
March 1975, 52-1% in April to June 1975 and                         64.02 A of the Common Customs Tariff originating
51-4% in July to September 1975 ;                                   in Sweden .
Whereas these developments are liable to bring                                              Article 2
about a     serious   deterioration      of  the    economic
situation of this region of the Community ;                         This Decision is addressed to Ireland .
Whereas it is therefore necessary to maintain
temporarily an adequate level of tariff protection in               Done at Brussels, 24 February 1976 .
Ireland for this industry ;
                                                                                                             For the Council
Whereas Ireland is applying the following rates of                                                            The President
duty to footwear with uppers of leather as from
1 January until 30 June 1976, following authorization                                                          M. MART
(x) OJ No L 300 , 31 . 12. 1972 , n . 186 .                         {-) OJ No L 300, 31 . 12 . 1972, p. 97 .