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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 876/82

of 15 April 1982

making the importation of certain textile products originating in Turkey subject to quantitative limitation

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1842/71 of 21 June 1971 (1), and in particular Article 1 thereof,

Having regard to the formal request submitted by France after consultation within the Advisory Committee established by Article 3 of that Regulation,

Whereas there has been a substantial increase in imports of shirts on the French market in particular since 1979 while at the same time consumption was falling leading to an increase of about 25 % of the rate of import penetration which has now reached 40 %, resulting in the closure of factories and considerable loss of employment;

Whereas, in consequence of this situation, imports of shirts originating in the majority of low-cost supplier countries have been subject to a Community system of authorization and quantitative limitation;

Whereas imports into France of shirts originating in Turkey represented in 1981 8;4 % of total imports of this product; whereas during the first two months of 1982 imports originating in Turkey have already reached 47 % of imports in 1981, which represents an increase of 650 % compared with the same period in 1981;

Whereas the extremely rapid increase in recent months of imports into France of shirts originating in Turkey have helped to exacerbate the cumulative disturbance of that market;

Whereas the volume of this increase makes it necessary to take immediate action aimed at avoiding irreparable damage to French producers and a serious deterioration in the economic situation of that region of the Community; whereas it therefore justifies the adoption, pursuant to Article 60 of the Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey, of the protective measures needed to overcome these difficulties,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The importation into France of the category 8 textile products listed in the Annex, originating in Turkey, shall be suspended until 30 June 1982.

2. The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to products which have been placed on board and are in the course of shipment to the Community before the entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall be applicable until 30 June 1982.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 April 1982.

For the Commission

Edgard PISANI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 192, 26. 8. 1971, p. 14.

ANNEX

1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Category // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1982) // Description // Member State // // // // // // 8 // 61.03 A // // Men's and boys' under garments, including collars, shirt fronts and cuffs: // F // // // 61.03-11; 15; 19 // Men's and boys' shirts, woven, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres // // // // // //