CELEX: 31979D0016
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-01 00:00:00
Title: 79/16/EEC: Commission Decision of 1 December 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), falling within subheading ex 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 32, 34, 36), originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

11 . 1 . 79                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                            No L 7/ 29
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 1 December 1978
              authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
              fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), falling within subheading
              ex 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01 , 04, 05 , 07 ,
              08 , 11 , 13 , 14, 16, 18 , 21 , 23 , 24, 26, 28 , 32 , 34 , 36), originating in Taiwan and in free
                                           circulation in the other Member States
                                                  (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                               (79/ 16/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                             Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
COMMUNITIES,                                                               gave rise to the application in question does not need
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
                                                                           small amount involved ,
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,
 Having regard to the application under the first para­                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 24
 November 1978 by the French Government to the                                                           Article 1
Commission of the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                          The French Republic is authorized not to apply
woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or                         Community treatment to the products indicated
waste), falling within subheading ex 56.07 A of the                        below, where they originate in Taiwan and are in free
Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 56.07-01 ,                             circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
04, 05, 07, 08 , 11 , 13 , 14, 16, 18 , 21 , 23 , 24, 26, 28 , 32,         of which applications for import licences were lodged
34, 36), originating in Taiwan and in free circulation                     after 17 November 1978 :
in the other Member States,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                                     CCT
products in question originating in Taiwan is subject                                heading
                                                                                        No
                                                                                                                     Description
to a Community quantitative quota allocated among
the Member States by Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                           ex 56.07 A                   Woven fabrics of man-made fibres
No 3020/77 of 30 December 1 977 ('), confirmed by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 255/78 of 7 February                           (NIMEXE codes                (discontinuous or waste)
                                                                           56.07-01 , 04, 05, 07 ,
 1978 (2) ;                                                                08 , 11 , 13 , 14, 16, 18 ,
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                      21 , 23, 24, 26, 28 , 32,
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­                   34, 36)
vidual markets ; whereas there are therefore disparities
existing between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be                                                          Article 2
achieved progressively ;
                                                                           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                          arise in France for the importation of these products
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
                                                                           from Taiwan or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in                         the earlier.
production and employment ;
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those                                                   Article 3
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;                                                  This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                        Done at Brussels, 1 December 1978
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                                           For the Commission
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                                     Etienne DAVIGNON
tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
of 12 May 1971 (3 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;                                             Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L. 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 51 .
(2 ) OJ No L 39 , 9 . 2. 1978 , p. 1 .
(3 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .