CELEX: 31978D0408
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 April 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to garments, falling within heading No 61.01, 61.02 or 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 116/50                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               28 . 4. 78
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 17 April 1978
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to
                garments, falling within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or 61.03 of the Common
                Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other
                                                    Member States
                                           (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                      (78/408/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                               May 1971 (2) and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­                                  Article 1
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 4 April
1978 by the French Government to the Commission                The French Republic is authorized not to apply
of the European Communities, for authorization not             Community treatment to the products indicated
to apply Community treatment to garments, falling              below, where they originate in Hungary and are in
within heading No 61.01 , 61.02 or 61.03 of the                free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and              respect of which applications for import licences were
in free circulation in the other Member States,                lodged after 29 March 1978 :
Whereas in France the importation of the products in
question originating in Hungary is, in accordance                     CCT
with the Council Decision of 20 December 1977                        heading                      Description
                                                                       No
subject to an annual quota, which has been wholly
taken up ;                                                     61.01 , 61.02 or Garments
                                                               61.03
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy
measures applied in connection with these products
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­                                   Article 2
cial policy measures, which are in force because of the        This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;
                                                               arise for the importation of these products from
Whereas according to the application submitted there            Hungary or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
are    serious    difficulties in the   industrial  sector     earlier.
concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
tion and employment ;                                                                   Article 3
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those          This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
 already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
 difficulties ;
                                                                Done at Brussels, 17 April 1978 .
 Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                       For the Commission
 tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                            Étienne DAVIGNON
 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 for the application of protective measures under the                                  Member of the Commission
 (■) OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977 .                               (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.