CELEX: 31978D0720
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 August 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to parkas, anoraks, windcheaters and the like, woven, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B (NIMEXE codes 61.01-29, 31, 32; 61.02-25, 26, 28) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 239/34                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                  31 . 8 . 78
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 2 August 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to parkas,
               anoraks, windcheaters and the like, woven , of wool, of cotton or of man-made
               textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B
               (NIMEXE codes 61.01-29, 31 , 32 ; 61.02-25 , 26, 28) of the Common Customs Tariff,
                 originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78/720/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES,                                                   machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                               tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  for the application of protective measures under the
                                                               first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
                                                               tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Having regard to the application under the first para­         May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 27 July
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
of the European Communities, for authorization not             gave rise to the application in question does not need
to apply Community treatment to parkas, anoraks,               to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
windcheaters and the like, woven, of wool, of cotton           small amount involved ,
or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading
No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B (NIMEXE
codes 61.01-29, 31 , 32 ; 61.02-25, 26, 28) of the
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
and in free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                                                        Article 1
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Hong Kong is               The French Republic is authorized not to apply
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                 Community treatment to the products indicated
Community and that country ;                                   below, where they originate in Hong Kong and are in
                                                               free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Whereas under that Agreement Hong Kong has                     respect of which applications for import licences were
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its            lodged after 26 July 1978 :
exports of the products in question to the Community
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member                           CCT
States ;                                                                heading                      Description
                                                                          No
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­          ex 61.01 and            Parkas, anoraks, windcheaters and
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the           ex 61.02 B              the like, woven , of wool, of cotton
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities       (NIMEXE codes           or of man-made textile fibres
persist between the import conditions in the various           61.01-29, 31 , 32 ;
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be                 61.02-25, 26, 28)
achieved progressively ;
Whereas according to the application submitted there                                    Article 2
are   serious    difficulties in the   industrial   sector
concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­             This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
tion and employment ;                                          arise for the importation of these products from Hong
                                                               Kong or until 31 December 1978, whichever is the
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those         earlier.
already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
difficulties ;                                                 (') OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                                                   Article J
            This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
            Done at Brussels, 2 August 1978 .
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                               Member of the Commission