31976R2175

I No L 243/ 8 Official Journal of the European Communities 4. 9 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2175/76 of 3 September 1976 concerning import arrangements, in Germany, for certain textile products origi nating in the Republic of Korea

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN the injury already caused and would make it difficult COMMUNITIES, to remedy ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, in this situation Korea has undertaken to Economic Community, submit its exports to Germany of the products in ques­ tion to quantitative limits for 1976 and 1977 and the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Community has accepted that imports of such 1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for products will be admitted up to the said limits in imports (*), and in particular Article 12 thereof, accordance with a system of double checking ; Having consulted the Committee provided for in Whereas it is necessary to establish detailed rules for Article 5 of the said Regulation, the administration of the said limits by the competent Whereas, in the context of the Arrangement regarding authorities in Germany, international trade in textiles, the European Economic Community and the Republic of Korea have negoti­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ated an Agreement on trade in textile products ; whereas the Commission has submitted to the Article 1 Council a recommendation for a Regulation concluding that Agreement ; 1 . Imports into Germany of the textile products Whereas, during the negotiations, the Community listed in the Annex and originating in the Republic of and the Republic of Korea declared their intention of Korea and exported from this country between 1 applying this Agreement prior to completion of the September 1976 and 31 December 1977 shall be procedures necessary for its entry into force ; subject to the quantitative limits set out in that Annex . Whereas, for certain textile products, the Agreement makes provision for a consultation procedure permit­ 2. The competent authorities in Germany shall, ting the adoption of protective measures in the event within the quantitative limits prescribed, automatically of a real risk of market disruption ; authorize the import of the products referred to in paragraph 1 immediately upon production by the Whereas, in accordance with the said procedure, the importer of a certified copy of an export licence Community and Korea have established that imports granted by the Korean authorities. into Germany of certain textile products of Korean origin have increased sharply and substantially, that Article 2 they are offered for sale on that market at prices which are considerably lower than the prices 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the day prevailing among Community producers and th^t following its publication in the Official Journal of they represent a significant market share ; the European Communities. Whereas the Community and Korea are therefore of 2. It shall apply in accordance with Articles 12 (6) the opinion that all these factors caused market disrup­ and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 or until the tion and substantial injury to Community producers expiry of a period of six weeks after its entry into and that further unlimited imports would aggravate force, whichever is the sooner.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 3 September 1976. For the Commission Christopher SOAMES Vice-President

(') OJ No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 1 .

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ANNEX

Quantitative limits CCT heading Nimexe Description Unit No of goods I. 9 . 1976 1977 to 31 . 12 . 1976

ex 60.03 60.03-11 ; 19 ; 30 ; Stockings, understockings, socks, ankle­ 1 000 pairs 1 356 4 480 90 socks, sockettes and the like, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, other than of synthetic textile fibres

ex 60.04 60.04-33 Panty hose (tights) of synthetic textile 1 000 1 400 4 620 fibres other than of a yarn of 6-6 tex or less

ex 62.02 62.02-71 Toilet linen and kitchen linen of terry 1 000 kg 138 456 towelling and similar terry fabrics