Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2021/84 of 12 July 1984 making the importation of certain textile products originating in Turkey subject to quantitative limitation

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2021/84
of 12 July 1984
making the importation of certain textile products originating in Turkey subject to quantitative limitation
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1842/71 of 21 June 1971 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
After consultation within the Advisory Committee established by Article 3 of that Regulation,
Whereas imports of textile products on the Community market have during recent years given rise to market disturbance and are causing serious damage to Community producers resulting in the closure of factories and considerable loss of employment;
Whereas, in consequence of this situation, imports of certain textile products originating in the majority of low-cost supplier countries are at present subject to a Community system of authorization and quantitative limitation;
Whereas imports into France, Italy and the United Kingdom of woven fabrics of cotton (category 2) originating in Turkey in the first four months of 1984 have already reached 55 %, 56 % and 97 % respectively of 1983 imports;
Whereas imports into France of shirts (category 8) originating in Turkey in the first four months of 1984 have already reached 59 % of 1983 imports;
Whereas imports into the United Kingdom of terry-towelling (category 9) originating in Turkey in the first five months of 1984 have already reached 54 % of 1983 imports;
Whereas imports into Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom of bed linen (category 20) originating in Turkey in the first four months of 1984 have already reached 60 %, 77 % and 39 % of 1983 imports respectively;
Whereas by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1259/84 (2), the Community adopted safeguard measures providing for the temporary suspension of the issuing of import documents for an initial period until 15 July 1984, of the issue of import documents for textile products falling within categories 2, 8, 9 and 20;
Whereas the extremely rapid increase in recent months of imports into Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom of woven fabrics of cotton, shirts, terry-towelling and bed linen originating in Turkey has helped to exacerbate the cumulative disturbance of these markets and that, in previous years the Community was obliged to submit these imports to Community or regional quantitative restrictions;
Whereas the rate of imports into the Community remains higher than that which has, in previous years, justified the application of safeguard measures for the same categories;
Whereas the volume of this increase makes it necessary to take immediate action aimed at avoiding irreparable damage to Community producers; whereas it therefore justifies the adoption, pursuant to Article 60 of the Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey, of the safeguard measures needed to overcome these difficulties,