CELEX: 31976R2175
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2175/76 of 3 September 1976 concerning import arrangements, in Germany, for certain textile products originating in the Republic of Korea

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No L 243/ 8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             4. 9. 76
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2175/76
                                                  of 3 September 1976
              concerning import arrangements, in Germany, for certain textile products origi
                                            nating in the Republic of Korea
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 the injury already caused and would make it difficult
COMMUNITIES,                                                   to remedy ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas, in this situation Korea has undertaken to
Economic Community,                                            submit its exports to Germany of the products in ques­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   tion to quantitative limits for 1976 and 1977 and the
1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for                     Community has accepted that imports of such
imports (*), and in particular Article 12 thereof,             products will be admitted up to the said limits in
                                                               accordance with a system of double checking ;
Having consulted the Committee provided for in
Article 5 of the said Regulation,                              Whereas it is necessary to establish detailed rules for
                                                               the administration of the said limits by the competent
Whereas, in the context of the Arrangement regarding           authorities in Germany,
international trade in textiles, the European Economic
Community and the Republic of Korea have negoti­               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ated an Agreement on trade in textile products ;
whereas    the   Commission      has   submitted   to  the
                                                                                       Article 1
Council a recommendation              for    a  Regulation
concluding that Agreement ;                                     1 . Imports into Germany of the textile products
Whereas, during the negotiations, the Community                listed in the Annex and originating in the Republic of
and the Republic of Korea declared their intention of          Korea and exported from this country between 1
applying this Agreement prior to completion of the             September 1976 and 31 December 1977 shall be
procedures necessary for its entry into force ;                subject to the quantitative limits set out in that
                                                               Annex.
Whereas, for certain textile products, the Agreement
makes provision for a consultation procedure permit­           2. The competent authorities in Germany shall,
ting the adoption of protective measures in the event          within the quantitative limits prescribed, automatically
of a real risk of market disruption ;                          authorize the import of the products referred to in
                                                               paragraph 1 immediately upon production by the
Whereas, in accordance with the said procedure, the            importer of a certified copy of an export licence
Community and Korea have established that imports              granted by the Korean authorities.
into Germany of certain textile products of Korean
origin have increased sharply and substantially, that                                  Article 2
they are offered for sale on that market at prices
which are considerably lower than the prices                    1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
prevailing among Community producers and th^t                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
they represent a significant market share ;                     the European Communities.
Whereas the Community and Korea are therefore of               2. It shall apply in accordance with Articles 12 (6)
the opinion that all these factors caused market disrup­       and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 or until the
tion and substantial injury to Community producers             expiry of a period of six weeks after its entry into
and that further unlimited imports would aggravate             force, whichever is the sooner.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 3 September 1976.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Christopher SOAMES
                                                                             Vice-President
(') OJ No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 1 .
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                                                        ANNEX
                                                                                                  Quantitative limits
      CCT
    heading        Nimexe                           Description                    Unit
       No                                            of goods                                 I. 9 . 1976
                                                                                                                      1977
                                                                                           to 31 . 12 . 1976
ex 60.03    60.03-11 ; 19 ; 30 ;   Stockings, understockings, socks, ankle­    1 000 pairs      1 356              4 480
            90                     socks, sockettes and the like, knitted or
                                   crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other
                                   than of synthetic textile fibres
ex 60.04    60.04-33               Panty hose (tights) of synthetic textile    1 000            1 400               4 620
                                   fibres other than of a yarn of 6-6 tex or
                                   less
ex 62.02    62.02-71               Toilet linen and kitchen linen of terry     1 000 kg             138                456
                                   towelling and similar terry fabrics