CELEX: 31977D0430
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 May 1977 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton or of synthetic textile fibres, unbleached or bleached, falling within heading No ex 55.09 or subheading 56.07 ex A of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation in the other Member States

8 . 7. 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 170/27
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 18 May 1977
                authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
                fabrics of cotton or of synthetic textile fibres, unbleached or bleached, falling
               within heading No ex 55.09 or subheading 56.07 ex A of the Common Customs
                Tariff, originating in Thailand and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                             States
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (77/430/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                          Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             The French Republic is authorized not to apply
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                       Community treatment to imports of the following
 Having regard to the application under the first para­             products :
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 16 May
 1977 by the French Government to the Commission                         CCT
by telex, for authorization not to apply Community                      heading                Description of goods
                                                                          No
 treatment to woven fabrics of cotton or of synthetic
 textile fibres, unbleached or bleached, falling within
                                                                   ex 55.09        Woven fabrics of cotton :
heading No ex 55.09 or subheading 56.07 ex A of the
                                                                                   — Unbleached or bleached
 Common Customs Tariff, originating in Thailand and
in free circulation in the other Member States,                        56.07 ex A  Woven fabrics of man-made fibres (disco­
                                                                                   tinuous or waste) :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Thailand was the                               — Of synthetic textile fibres :
subject of an Agreement negotiated between the                                         — Unbleached or bleached
 Community and Thailand initialled on 2 May 1977 ;
Whereas under the Agreement Thailand has under­                    where they originate in Thailand and are in free circu­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of          lation in the other Member States, and in respect of
certain textile products to certain ceilings allocated             which applications for import licences were lodged
among the Member States ;                                          after 8 May 1977.
Whereas according to information supplied by the                                          Article 2
French Government there are serious economic diffi­
culties in the branch of the textile industry concerned            This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
resulting in a progressive decline of production and               arise in the French Republic for imports from Thai­
substantial structural unemployment ;                              land, or until 31 December 1977, whichever is the
                                                                   earlier.
Whereas indirect imports of the products in question,
which would be in addition to those already effected,
would be likely to aggravate these economic diffi­                                        Article 3
culties ;
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                Done at Brussels, 18 May 1977.
Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited                                        For the Commission
period, for the application of protective measures
under the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the                                    Guido BRUNNER
conditions laid down by the Commission Decision of
12 May 1971 ( 1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                                  Member of the Commission
P ) OJ No L 126, 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .