31977R1285

No L 148 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 16 . 6 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1285/77 of 13 June 1977 subjecting to authorization imports into the United Kingdom of certain knitted or crocheted articles originating in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas all these factors have led to a disruption of COMMUNITIES , the market and have caused serious damage to Community producers ; whereas if no immediate Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European interim protective measures were introduced, as Economic Community, requested by the United Kingdom Government, the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No damage to that country's producers would become more serious ; 1439/74 of 4 June 1974 on common rules for imports ('), and in particular Article 12 thereof, Whereas the Community began consultations with After consultation with the Advisory Committee esta­ Pakistan on this matter under Article 3 of the Arrange­ blished by Article 5 of that Regulation, ment regarding international trade in textiles ; whereas these consultations did not produce a solution permit­ Whereas imports into the United Kingdom of knitted ting the market disruption to be removed ; or crocheted men 's and boys' shirts originating in Pakistan have for some months been increasing Whereas these circumstances call for immediate rapidly and substantially ; action to safeguard the interests of the Community, namely the introduction of interim protective Whereas imports of such products from all non­ measures in respect of these imports, member countries have been increasing substantially over the past few years and as a consequence the Community industry in question is suffering serious HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : difficulties consisting in the under-utilization of production capacity and a substantial drop in employ­ ment ; Article 1 Whereas this trend has been most evident in the 1 . The importation into the United Kingdom of United Kingdom , where imports from Pakistan grew the goods described below originating in Pakistan from 500 000 items in 1975 to over 1 700 000 items shall be subject to the presentation of an import in 1976 and more than 1 300 000 items in the first authorization issued by the relevant authorities in the quarter of 1977 ; United Kingdom .

CCT heading NIMEXE Code No Description oí goods ( 1977)

60.04 60.04-13 , 41 Under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized : ex A. Of cotton : — Men's and boys' shirts ex. B. Of other textile materials : — Of synthetic textile fibres : — Men's and boys' shirts

(») OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974.

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2. Import authorizations shall be issued for quantities such that in the period from 1 April 1977 to 31 December 1977 the total volume of the imports referred to in paragraph 1 does not exceed 1 282 500 items .

Article 2 1 . This Regulation shall enter into force on the second day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 2. It shall apply until the entry into force of appropriate measures to be taken by the Council pursuant to Articles 12 (6) and 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 or until the expiry of a period of six weeks following the entry into force of this Regulation, whichever is the earlier.

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

Done at Brussels, 13 June 1977. For the Commission Raymond VOUEL Member of the Commission