31976R3205
No L 362/2 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 12. 76
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3205/76
of 21 December 1976
maintaining in effect the rules whereby imports into Italy of electric filament lamps originating in certain European State-trading countries are subject to import authorizations
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN of the Protocols of accession of these countries to the COMMUNITIES, GATT, and have resulted in mutually acceptable solu tions, which the countries concerned have been Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European requested to extend ; Economic Community, Whereas these measures should consequently be main tained in effect until 31 December 1977 for the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 109/70 of 19 December 1969 establishing common Italian market in respect of Bulgaria, the German rules for imports from State-trading countries (!), and Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia and the USSR ; in particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas the safeguard measures thus maintained in Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, respect of these third countries can be rescinded should those same countries enter into consultations with the Community and should these consultations Having consulted the Advisory Committee set up result in mutually satisfactory solutions, under Article 5 of the said Regulation,
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1887/76 of 29 July 1976 (2) the Commission established rules whereby HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : imports into Italy of electric filament lamps origi nating in certain European State-trading countries were made subject to authorization ; Article 1
Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 21 62/76 (3) the The rules whereby imports into Italy of electric fila Council maintained these rules in effect until 31 ment lamps originating in certain European State December 1976 ; trading countries are subject to authorization, which were adopted by Regulation (EEC) No 1887/76 and Whereas the economic difficulties which justified the confirmed by Regulation (EEC) No 2162/76, shall introduction of these protective measures remain continue to apply until 31 December 1977. present on the Italian market ; The total quantity of products for which import Whereas consultations have been held in the mean authorizations shall be issued during the year 1977 time with Hungary, Poland and Romania, on the basis shall not exceed the following amounts :
NIM EXE code Description Quantity Origin (items)
85.20-15 Electric filament lamps exceeding Bulgaria 400 000 28 volts German Democratic Republic 2 000 000 Czechoslovakia 4 000 000 USSR 1 300 000
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This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1977.
(') OJ No L 19, 26. 1 . 1970, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 206, 31 . 7 . 1976, p. 79 . (3) OJ No L 242, 3 . 9 . 1976, p. 1 .
31 . 12 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 362/3
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 21 December 1976 . For the Council
The President A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE