CELEX: 31976D0414
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-05 00:00:00
Title: 76/414/EEC: Commission Decision of 5 March 1976 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to concentrated orange juice, falling within heading No ex 20.07 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of South Africa and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany

No L 107/ 18                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                        24. 4. 76
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 5 March 1976
              authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to concen­
              trated orange juice, falling within heading No ex 20.07 of the Common Customs
              Tariff, originating in the Republic of South Africa and in free circulation in the
                                           Federal Republic of Germany
                                          (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                      (76/41 4/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   obstructed, authorization should be given, for a
COMMUNITIES,                                                     limited period, for the application of protective
                                                                 measures, under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the application to the Commission
under the first paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty,          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
made on 24 February 1976 by the Italian Government
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­                                       Article 1
tive to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to concentrated                 The Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
orange juice, falling within heading No ex 20.07 of              Community treatment to imports of the following
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Repu­              products :
blic of South Africa and in free circulation in the
Federal Republic of Germany,                                           CCT
                                                                      heading                    Description of goods
Whereas, as stated in the application , Italy offers no                 No
opportunity for the importation of the products in
question from the Republic of South Africa, while                ex 20.07          Concentrated orange juice
imports of the same products are not subject to any
quantitative restrictions in the Federal Republic of
Germany ;                                                        where they originate in the Republic of South Africa
                                                                 and are in free circulation in the Federal Republic of
Whereas    the differences in the commercial policy              Germany, and in respect of which applications for
measures   adopted by Italy and the Federal Republic of          import licences lodged after 17 February 1976 are at
Germany     in respect of these products vis-à-vis the           the date of this Decision being considered by the
Republic   of South Africa are giving rise to deflections        Italian authorities .
of trade ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas these deflections of trade are preventing the
implementation of the commercial policy measures                 This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .
currently applied by Italy vis-à-vis the Republic of
South Africa ;
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 5 March 1976 .
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                            For the Commission
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                                               Christopher SOAMES
Whereas, in order to ensure that the implementation
of the said commercial policy measures is not                                                      Vice-President
                                                                 (■) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .