31977R0551

No L 71 /6 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 3 . 77

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 551 /77 of 14 March 1977 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1631 /76 maintaining in effect the rules whereby imports into the United Kingdom of sacks and bags of woven polyolefin fabrics originating in the Republic of Korea are subject to import authorizations

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Article 1 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1631 /76 shall be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No replaced by the following : 1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for 'Article 1 imports ('), and in particular Article 13 thereof, 1 . Imports into the United Kingdom of sacks After consultation within the Advisory Committee set and bags of woven polyolefin fabrics (NIMEXE up under Article 5 of the said Regulation, code ex 62.03-96) originating in the Republic of Korea and exported therefrom between 26 May Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 1976 and 31 December 1977 shall be subject to a Whereas in Regulation (EEC) No 1 229/76 (2) the quantitative limit of four million pieces. Commission subjected to authorization imports into 2. The competent authorities of the United the United Kingdom of sacks and bags of woven poly­ olefin fabrics originating in the Republic of Korea ; Kingdom shall, up to the quantitative limit laid down in paragraph 1 and to the extent that import Whereas in Regulation ( EEC) No 1 63 1 /76 (3) the authorizations under Regulations (EEC) No Council maintained the said measures in effect ; 1229/76 and (EEC) No 1631 /76 have not already been issued, automatically authorize the import of Whereas, in the light of consultations held between the products -referred to in paragraph 1 immedi­ the Community and the Republic of Korea under the ately upon production by the importer of a certi­ provisions of the Arrangement regarding international fied copy of an export licence which has been trade in textiles, the import authorizations should be granted by the competent authorities of the Repu­ issued by the competent authorities of the United blic of Korea .' Kingdom on presentation of an export visa granted by the competent authorities of the Republic of Korea ; Article 2 Whereas the above measures should also be main­ tained in effect until 31 December 1977 ; whereas the This Regulation shall enter into force on the day quantity of the products for which authorizations shall following its publication in the Official Journal of be issued should be increased to four million pieces, the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 March 1977 .

For the Council

The President

J. SILKIN

(•) OJ No L 159, 15. 6. 1974, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 137, 26. 5. 1976, p. 26 . (3) OJ No L 181 , 6. 7 . 1976, p. 6 .