CELEX: 31978D0469
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 May 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous or waste), unbleached or bleached, falling within subheading ex 56.07 A (NIMEXE code 56.07-01, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 147/44                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                       3 . 6 . 78
                                                         COMMISSION DECISION
                                                                of 12 May 1978
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
                fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous or waste), unbleached or bleached
                falling within subheading ex 56.07 A (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) of the Common Customs
                 Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                                     (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                                   (78 /469/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                 concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
COMMUNITIES,                                                                   tion and employment and a progressive decline in its
                                                                               market share ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                          Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                                already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
                                                                               difficulties ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 8 May                              Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 1978 by the French Government to the Commission                               machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
of the European Communities, for authorization not                             tion from the other Member States ;
to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of
synthetic fibres (discontinuous or waste), unbleached                          Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
or bleached falling within subheading ex 56.07 A                               for the application of protective measures under the
(NIMEXE codes 56.07-01 , 04, 05, 07, 08 , 11 , 13, 14,                         first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
 16, 17, 18 , 21 , 23 , 24, 26, 27, 28 , 32, 33, 34, 36) of the                tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and                               May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
in free circulation in the other Member States ,
                                                                               Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                              gave rise to the application in question does not need
products in question originating in Taiwan is subject                          to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
to a Community quantitative quota allocated among                              small amount involved ,
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
 1978 (2);                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
                                                                                                           Article 1
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­
vidual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
persist between the import conditions in the various                           The French Republic is authorized not to apply
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved                             Community treatment to the products indicated
only progressively ;                                                           below, where they originate in Taiwan and are in free
                                                                               circulation in the other Member States, and in respect
Whereas according to the application submitted there                           of which applications for import licences were lodged
are    serious    difficulties      in   the     industrial     sector         after 8 May 1978 :
                                       CCT heading No                                           Description
                ex 56.07 A ( NIMEXE codes 56.07-01 , 04, 05, 07,             Woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (discontinuous
                08 , 11 , 13 , 14, 16, 17, 18 , 21 , 23 , 24, 26, 27, 28 ,   or waste), unbleached or bleached
                32, 33 , 34, 36)
(') OJ No L 357, 31 . 12 . 1977 .
(2 ) OJ No L 39 , 9 . 2 . 1978 .                                               (J ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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                                                  Article 2
           This Decision shall apply until 30 September 1978 .
                                                  Article 3
           This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
           Done at Brussels, 12 May 1978 .
                                                                For the Commission
                                                                 Guido BRUNNER
                                                              Member of the Commission