CELEX: 31974R3327
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-20 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3327/74 of the Commission of 20 December 1974 providing licensing arrangements in respect of the importation into the United Kingdom of cotton yarn from non-member countries

No L 357/ 14                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              31 . 12 . 74
                               REGULATION ( EEC) No 3327/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 20 December 1974
               providing for licensing arrangements in respect of the importation into the
                             United Kingdom of cotton yarn from non-member countries
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas these interim protective measures should
COMMUNITIES,                                                         remain in force until the entry into force of appro­
                                                                     priate measures taken by the Council or until the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              expiry of six weeks following the entry into force of
 Economic Community ;                                                this Regulation , whichever is the sooner,
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
 1439/74 (') establishing common rules for imports
 from third countries, and in particular Article 12
 thereof ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
After consultation with the Advisory Committee set
up by Article 5 of that Regulation ;
Whereas by Council Regulation (EEC) No 263 1 /73 (2)                                             Article 1
 of 27 September 1973 and ( EEC) No 675/74 (3 ) of 21
 March 1974 the importation into the United                          1.     The importation into the United Kingdom of
 Kingdom of cotton yarn from third countries was for                Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the non­
the period 1 April to 31 December 1973 and for the                   member countries listed in Annex 11 to Council Regu­
whole of 1 974 made subject to licence ;                             lation ( EEC) No 1439/74, excepting those countries
Whereas it appears from the statistics and other infor­              listed in the Annex hereto, of the products shown
 mation supplied by the British Government in the                   below shall be subject to production of an import
course of consultation with the aforesaid Advisory                   licence , and the total tonnage so imported during the
 Committee      that     the    immediate      liberalization of     period 1 January 1975 to 31 December 1975 shall not
 imports of cotton yarn from the countries listed in                exceed the following quantity :
Annex II to Regulation ( EEC) No 1439 /74 would in
 present circumstances still involve the risk of substan­
 tial injury which it would be difficult to remedy to the                 CCT
                                                                      heading No
 British cotton spinning industry, especially since the
volume of imports from countries in the Mediterra­
nean basin has increased substantially ;                                 55.05      Cotton yarn , not put up
                                                                                    for retail sale
                                                                                                                       20 OCC
Whereas protective measures must therefore be                                                                       metric tons
adopted and should consist of a restriction on the                       55.06      Cotton yarn , put up for re­
                                                                                    tail snlr
importation of cotton yarn for a period extending up
to 31 December 1975 ;
Whereas, given that the threat of substantial injury
originated in imports intended for United Kingdom
 markets , it appears justified at present, having regard
to existing trade flows, to restrict the application of
the protective measures to imports into the United                   2. The import licences referred to in paragraph 1
 Kingdom ;                                                           shall be issued by the United Kingdom of Great
                                                                     Britain and Northern Ireland .
Whereas the obligations of the arrangement regarding
 international trade in textiles, and in particular the                                          Article 2                •
 need to raise gradually the levels of imports of
products subjected to quantitative restrictions, require
liberalization to be achieved by 31 March 1977 at the                1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
latest ;                                                             following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                     the European Communities.
Whereas, consequently, it is appropriate to limit these
imports at a markedly higher level than that provided
for 1 974 ;                                                          2.     It shall remain in force until the entry into force
                                                                    of appropriate measures to be taken by the Council
(') OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 .
                                                                     under 12 (6) of Regulation ( EEC) No 1439/ 74 or until
(-) 0 | No L 272 , 29 . 9 . 1973 , p. 16 .                          the expiry of six weeks following its entry into force,
( ( ) O'f No L 83 , 21 . 3 . 1974. p. 1 .                           whichever is the sooner.
 ---pagebreak--- 31 . 12 . 74                        Official Journal of the European Communities                     No L 357/ 15
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 20 December 1974 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                             The President
                                                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
                                                        ANNEX
                      Arab Republic of Egypt                  Morocco
                      Australia                                New Zealand
                      Austria                                  Norway
                      Canada                                   Portugal
                      Cyprus                                   Spain
                      Finland                                  Sweden
                      Greece                                   Switzerland (including Liechtenstein)
                      Iceland                                  Tunisia
                      Israel                                   Turkey
                      Lebanon                                  USA
                      Malta