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( 1 ) OJ NO L 131 , 29 . 5 . 1979 , P . 15 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 537/81

OF 27 FEBRUARY 1981

INTRODUCING COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE OF IMPORTS OF COLOUR TELEVISION RECEPTION APPARATUS AND CATHODE-RAY TUBES FOR COLOUR TELEVISION RECEIVERS , ORIGINATING IN JAPAN

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 926/79 OF 8 MAY 1979 ON COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 7 THEREOF ,

HAVING CONSULTED THE COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION ,

WHEREAS IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF COLOUR TELEVISION RECEPTION APPARATUS AND CATHODE-RAY TUBES FOR COLOUR TELEVISION RECEIVERS , ORIGINATING IN JAPAN , HAVE RISEN CONSIDERABLY IN RECENT YEARS FROM 318 000 UNITS IN 1975 TO OVER 500 000 IN 1980 IN THE CASE OF SMALL RECEIVERS AND FROM 1 015 000 UNITS IN 1975 TO OVER 2 700 000 UNITS IN 1980 IN THE CASE OF CATHODE-RAY TUBES ; WHEREAS IN 1980 THE MARKET SHARE OF IMPORTS IN THE COMMUNITY WAS MORE THAN 20 % FOR RECEIVERS AND MORE THAN 30 % FOR TUBES ;

WHEREAS THESE IMPORTS HAVE FREQUENTLY TAKEN PLACE AT RELATIVELY LOW PRICES , THEREBY HAVING A DEPRESSIVE EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY INDUSTRY ' S LEVEL OF PRICES AND FINANCIAL RESULTS ;

WHEREAS IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES IT IS IN THE COMMUNITY ' S INTEREST TO INTRODUCE COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE OF THESE IMPORTS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF COLOUR TELEVISION RECEPTION APPARATUS , WHETHER OR NOT INCORPORATING SOUND RECORDERS OR REPRODUCERS , AND OF CATHODE-RAY TUBES FOR COLOUR TELEVISION RECEIVERS , CORRESPONDING TO NIMEXE CODES 85.15-25 AND 85.21-16 , ORIGINATING IN JAPAN , ARE HEREBY MADE SUBJECT TO COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES SET OUT IN ARTICLES 7 ( 1 ) ( A ) AND 11 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 926/79 AND THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 2

1 . MEMBER STATES ' COMMUNICATIONS SHOWING THE RESULTS OF SURVEILLANCE FOR EACH MONTH SHALL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE COMMISSION , BROKEN DOWN BY NIMEXE CODE IN THE FIRST 20 DAYS OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH .

2 . IN ADDITION , FROM 1 MARCH 1981 , SUCH COMMUNICATIONS SHALL DRAW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN TUBES HAVING A MAXIMUM DIAMETER OF 52 CM ( 20 INCHES ) AND OTHER TUBES .

ARTICLE 3

THE REFERENCE ' EUR ' IN HEREBY ADDED TO COLUMN 3 OF ANNEX I TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 926/79 IN RESPECT OF NIMEXE CODES 85.15-25 AND 85.21-16 .

ARTICLE 4

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 MARCH 1981 AND SHALL BE VALID UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1981 . IT SHALL RELATE TO IMPORTS EFFECTED FROM 1 JANUARY 1981 , SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) OF THIS REGULATION .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 27 FEBRUARY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

VICE-PRESIDENT