EUR-Lex - 31981D0220 - EN

EUR-Lex - 31981D0220 - EN Avis juridique important | 81/220/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 March 1981 authorizing Ireland not to apply Community treatment to blouses and shirt blouses, knitted, crocheted (not elastic or rubberized) or woven, originating in Pakistan (Only the English text is authentic) Official Journal L 103 , 15/04/1981 P. 0035 - 0036

( 1 ) OJ NO L 16 , 22 . 1 . 1980 , P . 14 . ( 2 ) OJ NO L 365 , 27 . 12 . 1978 , P . 1 . COMMISSION DECISION OF 12 MARCH 1981 AUTHORIZING IRELAND NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO BLOUSES AND SHIRT BLOUSES , KNITTED , CROCHETED ( NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED ) OR WOVEN , ORIGINATING IN PAKISTAN ( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC ) ( 81/220/EEC ) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF , HAVING REGARD TO COMMISSION DECISION 80/47/EEC OF 20 DECEMBER 1979 ON SURVEILLANCE AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES WHICH MEMBER STATES MAY BE AUTHORIZED TO TAKE IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES AND PUT INTO FREE CIRCULATION IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF , WHEREAS , ON 3 MARCH 1981 , A REQUEST WAS MADE UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY BY THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO BLOUSES AND SHIRT-BLOUSES KNITTED , CROCHETED ( NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED ), OR WOVEN , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 60.05 A II AND 61.02 B II OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 7 ), ORIGINATING IN PAKISTAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN PAKISTAN IS COVERED BY AN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT COUNTRY ; WHEREAS , UNDER THAT AGREEMENT , PAKISTAN HAS UNDERTAKEN TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO LIMIT ITS EXPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION TO THE COMMUNITY WITHIN CERTAIN CEILINGS ; WHEREAS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT AGREEMENT AND TAKE ACCOUNT OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS , THE COUNCIL ADOPTED REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3059/78 INTRODUCING SPECIFIC COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ( 2 ); WHEREAS THE DIFFERENCES IN MARKET CONDITIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PARTICULAR SENSITIVITY OF THIS BRANCH OF COMMUNITY INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN ALLOCATING THE ABOVEMENTIONED COMMUNITY CEILINGS BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS , FOR THIS REASON , DISPARITIES STILL EXIST BETWEEN THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION INTO THE DIFFERENT MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS UNIFORMITY CAN ONLY BE BROUGHT ABOUT GRADUALLY ; WHEREAS THESE DISPARITIES IN THE COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES APPLIED BY THE MEMBER STATES HAVE RESULTED IN DEFLECTIONS OF TRADE , IN THAT SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 IRELAND HAS ADMITTED THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN FREE CIRCULATION , ORIGINATING IN THE SAID THIRD COUNTRY , WHICH AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY 18 % OF THE DIRECT QUOTA ;

WHEREAS TOTAL IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN THIRD COUNTRIES AMOUNTED TO 501 000 PIECES IN 1979 AND TO 324 000 PIECES IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF 1980 ; WHEREAS THE PRICES OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN PAKISTAN ARE CONSIDERABLY BELOW THE PRICES OF LIKE PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN IRELAND ; WHEREAS AN APPLICATION FOR IMPORT DOCUMENTS COVERING 9 500 PIECES IS DULY PENDING WITH THE AUTHORITIES OF THE MEMBER STATE HAVING MADE THE REQUEST ; WHEREAS FURTHER INDIRECT IMPORTS , IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALREADY ADMITTED OR PLANNED , WOULD BE LIKELY TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES AND JEOPARDIZE THE AIMS OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED COMMERCIAL POLICY MEASURES ; WHEREAS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SET IN MOTION RAPIDLY THE MACHINERY FOR BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY COOPERATION FROM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS AUTHORIZATION SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE GIVEN FOR THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN DECISION 80/47/EEC , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 THEREOF , HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1 IRELAND IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , ORIGINATING IN PAKISTAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 26 FEBRUARY 1981 : // // CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION // // 60.05 A II AND 61.02 B II ( NIMEXE CODES 60.05-22 ; 23 ; 24 ; 25 AND 61.02-78 ; 82 ; 84 ) ( CATEGORY 7 ) // BLOUSES AND SHIRT-BLOUSES , KNITTED OR CROCHETED ( NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED ) OR WOVEN , FOR WOMEN , GIRLS AND INFANTS , OF WOOL , OF COTTON OR OF MAN-MADE TEXTILE FIBRES //