31977R2898

No L 338 /4 Official Journal of the European Communities 28 . 12. 77

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 2898 / 77 of 20 December 1977 maintaining in force the rules whereby imports into Italy of electric filament lamps originating in certain European State-trading countries are subject to import authorizations

rHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Italian products and these have caused or are likely to COMMUNITIES, cause serious injury to the producers in this region of -laving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community if the measures now in force are not economic Community, extended ; -laving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas these measures should consequently be main­ 109/70 of 19 December 1969 establishing common tained in effect until 31 December 1978 for the -ules for imports from State-trading countries ('), and Italian market in respect of Bulgaria, the German n particular Article 8 thereof, Democratic Republic, Czechoslovakia and the USSR ; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the safeguard measures thus maintained in respect of these third countries can be repealed should consultation within the Advisory Committee set (hose same countries enter int0 consultations with the jp under Article 5 of that Regulation, Community and should these consultations result in Whereas by Regulation (EEC) No 1 887/76 (2) the mutually satisfactory solutions, Commission established rules whereby imports into Italy of electric filament lamps originating in certain HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : European State-trading countries were made subject to Article 1 authorization , rules whereby imports into Italy of electric fila­ Whereas by Regulations (EEC) No 2162/76 (3) and ment lamps originating in certain European State­ EEC) No 3205/76 (4) the Council maintained these trading countries are subject to authorization, which rules in force until 31 December 1977 ; were adopted by Regulation (EEC) No 1887/76 and Whereas the economic difficulties which justified the confirmed by Regulations ( EEC) No 2162/76 and introduction of these protective measures still exist on ( EEC) No 3205/76, shall continue to apply until 31 the Italian market ; December 1978 . Whereas electric filament lamps originating in certain The total quantity of products for which import State-trading countries continue to be imported into authorizations shall be issued during the year 1978 Italy at prices substantially below the price of similar shall not exceed the following amounts :

NIMEXE Quantity code Description Origin ( items)

85.20-15 Electric filament lamps exceeding 28 Bulgaria 420 000 volts German Democratic Republic 3 350 000 Czechoslovakia 4 100 000 USSR 1 365 000

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1977 . For the Council The President J. CHABERT

(') 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 . (4) OJ No L 362, 31 . 12. 1976, p. 1 .