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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2021/84

of 12 July 1984

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,

After consultation within the Advisory Committee established by Article 3 of that Regulation,

Whereas imports of textile products on the Community market have during recent years given rise to market disturbance and are causing serious damage to Community producers resulting in the closure of factories and considerable loss of employment;

Whereas, in consequence of this situation, imports of certain textile products originating in the majority of low-cost supplier countries are at present subject to a Community system of authorization and quantitative limitation;

Whereas imports into France, Italy and the United Kingdom of woven fabrics of cotton (category 2) originating in Turkey in the first four months of 1984 have already reached 55 %, 56 % and 97 % respectively of 1983 imports;

Whereas imports into France of shirts (category 8) originating in Turkey in the first four months of 1984 have already reached 59 % of 1983 imports;

Whereas imports into the United Kingdom of terry-towelling (category 9) originating in Turkey in the first five months of 1984 have already reached 54 % of 1983 imports;

Whereas imports into Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom of bed linen (category 20) originating in Turkey in the first four months of 1984 have already reached 60 %, 77 % and 39 % of 1983 imports respectively;

Whereas by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1259/84 (2), the Community adopted safeguard measures providing for the temporary suspension of the issuing of import documents for an initial period until 15 July 1984, of the issue of import documents for textile products falling within categories 2, 8, 9 and 20;

Whereas the extremely rapid increase in recent months of imports into Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom of woven fabrics of cotton, shirts, terry-towelling and bed linen originating in Turkey has helped to exacerbate the cumulative disturbance of these markets and that, in previous years the Community was obliged to submit these imports to Community or regional quantitative restrictions;

Whereas the rate of imports into the Community remains higher than that which has, in previous years, justified the application of safeguard measures for the same categories;

Whereas the volume of this increase makes it necessary to take immediate action aimed at avoiding irreparable damage to Community producers; 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 safeguard measures needed to overcome these difficulties,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

1. The importation into France, Italy and the United Kingdom of the textile products of category 2 listed in the Annex originating in Turkey, shall be subject, until 31 December 1984 to the quantitative limits fixed therein.

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 France, Italy and the United Kingdom before the entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 2

1. The importation into France of the textile products of category 8 listed in the Annex originating in Turkey shall be subject, until 31 December 1984, to the quantitative limits fixed therein.

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 France before the entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 3

1. The importation into the United Kingdom of the textile products, category 9, listed in the Annex originating in Turkey shall be subject, until 31 December 1984 to the quantitative limits fixed therein.

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 United Kingdom before the entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 4

1. The importation into Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom of the textile products of category 20 listed in the Annex originating in Turkey shall be subject, until 31 December 1984 to the quantitative limits fixed therein.

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 Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom before the entry into force of this Regulation.

Article 5

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

It shall apply until 31 December 1984.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 July 1984.

For the Commission

Étienne DAVIGNON

Vice-President

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

(2) OJ No L 122, 8. 5. 1984, p. 9.

ANNEX

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8 // // // // // // // // // Cate- gory // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1984) // Description // Third countries // Member States // Units // Quantitative limits from 16 July to 31 December 1984 // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // 2 // 55.09 // 55.09-03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 29, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 98, 99 // Other woven fabrics of cotton: Woven fabrics of cotton, other than gauze, terry fabrics, narrow woven fabrics, pile fabrics, chenille fabrics, tulle and other net fabrics // Turkey // F I UK // Tonnes // 100 250 100 // // // // // // // // // 8 // 61.03 A // 61.03-11, 15, 19 // Men's and boys' under garments, in- cluding collars, shirt fronts and cuffs: Men's and boys' shirts, woven, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres // Turkey // F // 1 000 pieces // 490 // // // // // // // // // 9 // 55.08 62.02 B III a) 1 // 55.08-10, 30, 50, 80 62.02-71 // Terry-towelling and similar terry fabrics of cotton: Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other fur- nishing articles: B. Other: Woven cotton terry fabrics; toilet and kitchen linen of woven cotton terry fabrics // Turkey // UK // Tonnes // 300 // // // // // // // // // 20 // 62.02 B I a) c) // 62.02-12, 13, 19 // Bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen; curtains and other furnishing articles: B. Other: Bed linen, woven // Turkey // D I UK // Tonnes // 300 100 300 // // // // // // // //