CELEX: 31976D0416
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 March 1976 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton, other than gauze and terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, unbleached, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the USSR and in free circulation in the other Member States

24. 4. 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 107/21
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 24 March 1976
               authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
               fabrics of cotton , other than gauze and terry towelling and similar terry fabrics,
               unbleached, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                originating in the USSR and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                          (76/41 6/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas in view of the above the application of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        protective measures should be authorized as provided
                                                                     in the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               conditions laid down in the Commission Decision of
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­               12 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 17 March
 1976 by the Italian Government to the Commission
                                                                                               Article 1
 by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­
 tive to the European Communities, for authorization                 The Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
 not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics                   Community treatment to imports of woven fabrics of
 of cotton , other than gauze and terry towelling and                cotton , other than gauze and terry towelling and
 similar terry fabrics, unbleached, falling within                   similar terry fabrics, unbleached, falling within
 heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff,                   heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff,
 originating in the USSR and in free circulation in                  originating in the USSR and in free circulation in the
 Belgium and in the Netherlands,                                     other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
Whereas in pursuance of the Council Decision of 18                   tions for authorization to import were lodged after 8
                                                                     March 1976 .
 December 1975 ( 1 ), Italy has opened for imports of
 such woven fabrics of cotton from the USSR a one­
year quota of 300 metric tons which is to a large                                              Article 2
extent already used up ;
                                                                     This Decision shall apply until 31 December 1976.
Whereas, according to information supplied by the
 Italian Government, there are severe economic diffi­                                          Article 3
culties   in   the weaving        industry, evidenced       by
decreased orders, an increase in stocks and a consider­              This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
able fall in production, resulting in unemployment in
several factories ;
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 24 March 1976 .
Whereas indirect imports of the products concerned
are likely to aggravate these difficulties ;                                                     For the Commission
Whereas the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                               Christopher SOAMES
sary cooperation from the other Member States cannot
be set in motion with sufficient speed ;                                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No L 332, 29 . 12 . 1975 , p. 1 .                            (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .