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( 1 ) OJ NO L 357 , 31 . 12 . 1977 , P . 51 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 39 , 9 . 2 . 1978 , P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , P . 26 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 7 FEBRUARY 1980

AUTHORIZING IRELAND NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO SHIRTS , T-SHIRTS , LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE-NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS , UNDERVESTS AND THE LIKE , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 60.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 4 ), ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES

( ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )

( 80/246/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE APPLICATION UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY , MADE ON 1 FEBRUARY 1980 BY THE IRISH GOVERNMENT TO THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , FOR AUTHORIZATION NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT TO SHIRTS , T-SHIRTS , LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS , UNDERVESTS AND THE LIKE , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO EX 60.04 OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( CATEGORY 4 ), ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN AND IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ,

WHEREAS THE IMPORTATION INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN TAIWAN IS SUBJECT TO A COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE QUOTA ALLOCATED AMONG THE MEMBER STATES BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3020/77 OF 30 DECEMBER 1977 ( 1 ), CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 255/78 OF 7 FEBRUARY 1978 ( 2 );

WHEREAS IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE ON THAT OCCASION TO ALLOCATE THESE CEILINGS ON THE BASIS OF THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL MARKETS ; WHEREAS THERE ARE THEREFORE DISPARITIES EXISTING BETWEEN THE IMPORT CONDITIONS IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS UNIFORMITY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED PROGRESSIVELY ;

WHEREAS IT APPEARS FROM THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED THAT THERE ARE SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONCERNED , INVOLVING A CONSIDERABLE DROP IN PRODUCTION AND EMPLOYMENT ;

WHEREAS FURTHER INDIRECT IMPORTS , IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALREADY MADE OR PROPOSED , WOULD BE LIKELY TO AGGRAVATE THESE DIFFICULTIES ;

WHEREAS IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SET IN MOTION RAPIDLY THE MACHINERY FOR BRINGING ABOUT THE NECESSARY COOPERATION FROM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ;

WHEREAS AUTHORIZATION SHOULD ACCORDINGLY BE GIVEN FOR THE APPLICATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES UNDER THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 115 , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN COMMISSION DECISION 71/202/EEC OF 12 MAY 1971 ( 3 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 THEREOF ;

WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE WHICH GAVE RISE TO THE APPLICATION IN QUESTION DOES NOT NEED TO BE COVERED BY SUCH AN AUTHORIZATION IN VIEW OF THE SMALL AMOUNT INVOLVED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

IRELAND IS AUTHORIZED NOT TO APPLY COMMUNITY TREATMENT OF THE PRODUCTS INDICATED BELOW , WHERE THEY ORIGINATE IN TAIWAN AND ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES , AND IN RESPECT OF WHICH APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES WERE LODGED AFTER 28 JANUARY 1980 :

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EX 60.04 ( NIMEXE CODE 60.04-19 , 20 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 26 , 41 , 50 , 58 , 71 , 79 , 89 ) ( CATEGORY 4 ) // SHIRTS , T-SHIRTS , LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS , UNDERVESTS AND THE LIKE , KNITTED OR CROCHETED , NOT ELASTIC OR RUBBERIZED , OTHER THAN BABIES ' GARMENTS , OF COTTON OR SYNTHETIC TEXTILE FIBRES ; T-SHIRTS AND LIGHTWEIGHT FINE KNIT ROLL , POLO OR TURTLE NECKED JUMPERS AND PULLOVERS OF REGENERATED TEXTILE FIBRES //

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 1980 .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO IRELAND .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 7 FEBRUARY 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION