CELEX: 31973D0235
Language: en
Date: 1973-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25 July 1973 authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to sewing machine heads for industrial use falling within heading No 84.41 A I ex b), ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 216/ 22                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                   4 . 8 . 73
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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                              COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 25 July 1973
             authorizing the Italian Republic not to apply Community treatment to sewing
             machine heads for industrial use falling within heading No 84.41 A I ex b), ex II
             of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circulation in
                                             the other Member States
                                          (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                     (73/235/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
COMMUNITIES,                                                   period, for the application of protective measures,
                                                               under the first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the
                                                               conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          12 May 1971 ( ] ), and in particular in Article 1 thereof ;
Economic Community and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof ;
                                                               Whereas a uniform system of imports could be
Having regard to the application under the first para­         adopted for the products in question as part of a
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 16 July             common commercial policy as regards Japan ;
1973 by the Italian Government to the Commission               whereas the period of validity of these protective
by telex from the office of its Permanent Representa­          measures should expire upon the introduction of such
tive to the European Communities for authorization             a system ;
not to apply Community treatment to sewing
machine heads for industrial use falling within
heading No 84.41 A I ex b), ex II of the Common
Customs Tariff, originating in Japan and in free circu­
lation in the other Member States ;
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas differences in the measures of commercial
policy taken in connection with these products by
Italy and by the other Member States as regards Japan                                     Article /
are giving rise to deflection of trade ;
                                                               The Italian Republic is authorized not to apply
Whereas this deflection of trade is preventing the
                                                                Community treatment to imports of the following
execution of measures of commercial policy taken by
Italy as regards Japan ;
                                                                products, where they originate in Japan and are in
                                                                free circulation in the other Member States , and in
                                                                respect of which applications for import licences were
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in        lodged after 11 July 1973 .
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                (') O j No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p . 26 .
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                                                                                   Article 3
       CCT heading
           No                      Description
                                                             This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic .
84.41 A I ex b ), ex II Sewing machine heads for indus­
                        trial use
                                                              Done at Brussels, 25 July 1973 .
                         Article 2
The period of validity of this Decision shall expire                                  For the Commission
upon the introduction of a uniform system of imports
as part of the common commercial policy as regards                                        The President
Japan and in any event not later than 30 September
 1973 .                                                                              François-Xavier ORTOLI