CELEX: 31978D0746
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 August 1978 authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of regenerated textile fibres (discontinuous or waste) other than narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics (including terry fabrics) and chenille fabrics, other than unbleached or bleached, falling within subheading 56.07 B (NIMEXE codes 56.07-37, 42, 44, 48, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 62, 63, 64, 66, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 82, 83, 84, 87; 56.07-37, 44, 48, 52, 54, 57, 58, 63, 64, 66, 73, 74, 77, 78, 83, 84, 87) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 9 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                             No L 247/31
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                           of 21 August 1978
               authorizing the French Republic not to apply Community treatment to woven
                fabrics of regenerated textile fibres (discontinuous or waste) other than narrow
               woven fabrics, pile fabrics (including terry fabrics) and chenille fabrics, other
                than unbleached or bleached, falling within subheading 56.07 B (NIMEXE codes
                56.07-37 , 42 , 44 , 48 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 57 , 58 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 66, 72 , 73 , 74 , 77 , 78 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 87 ;
                56.07-37 , 44, 48 , 52, 54, 57 , 58 , 63, 64, 66, 73 , 74, 77 , 78 , 83, 84, 87) of the Common
                Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other
                                                              Member States
                                                 (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                               (78/746/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                               Whereas according to the application submitted there
COMMUNITIES,                                                                 are   serious     difficulties     in   the     industrial sector
                                                                             concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­
                                                                             tion and employment ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                                Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
                                                                             already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
                                                                             difficulties ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 of the Treaty, made on 9 August
                                                                             Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
1978 by the French Government to the Commission
                                                                             machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
of the European Communities, for authorization not                           tion from the other Member States ;
to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of
regenerated textile fibres (discontinuous or waste)
other than narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics
(including terry fabrics) and chenille fabrics, other                        Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
than unbleached or bleached, falling within                                  for the application of protective measures under the
subheading 56.07 B (NIMEXE codes 56.07-37, 42, 44,                           first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
48 , 52, 53 , 54, 57, 58 , 62, 63, 64, 66, 72, 73 , 74, 77, 78 ,             tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
82, 83 , 84, 87 ; 56.07-37, 44, 48 , 52, 54, 57, 58 , 63 , 66,               May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
73, 74, 77, 78 , 83, 84, 87) of the Common Customs
Tariff, originating in South Korea and in free circula­
tion in the other Member States,                                             Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
                                                                             gave rise to the application in question does not need
                                                                             to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                            small amount involved,
products in question originating in South Korea is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;
                                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas under that Agreement South Korea has
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its
exports of the products in question to the Community
to certain ceilings allocated among the Member
States ;                                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                        The French Republic is authorized not to apply
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                         Community treatment to the products indicated
individual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities                     below, where they originate in South Korea and are in
persist between the import conditions in the various                         free circulation in the other Member States, and in
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be
achieved progressively ;                                                     (>) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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respect of which applications for import licences were                Korea or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
lodged after 3 August 1978 :                                          earlier.
           CCT
          heading                             Description
            No                                                                              Article 3
56.07 B                       Woven       fabrics     of  regenerated
(NIMEXE codes                 textile fibres (discontinuous or waste) This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
56.07-37, 42, 44,        48 , other than narrow woven fabrics,
52, 53, 54, 57, 58 ,     62,  pile fabrics (including terry fabrics)
63, 64, 66, 72, 73,      74,  and    chenille    fabrics, other than
77, 78, 82, 83, 84,     87 ;  unbleached or bleached
56.07-37, 44, 48 ,       52,
                                                                       Done at Brussels, 21 August 1978 .
54, 57, 58 , 63, 64,     66,
73, 74, 77, 78 , 83, 84, 87)
                                                                                              For the Commission
                              Article 2
                                                                                               Henk VREDELING
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from South                                            Vice-President