31974R2967

26 . 11 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 316 /7

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2967 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 25 November 1974 establishing Community surveillance over imports of certain stockings made from acrylic fibres , originating in the Republic of Korea or Taiwan

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN fibres, heading No ex 60.03 of the Common Customs COMMUNITIES, Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea or in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Taiwan is made subject to Community surveillance pursuant to the provisions set out in Articles 8 and 1 1 Economic Community ; of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 and in this Regula­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No tion . 1439/74 (') of 4 June 1974 on common rules for imports, and in particular Article 7, thereof ; Article 2 Whereas consultations have been held within the Committee set up under Article 5 of the said Regula­ The products set out in Article 1 may be put into free tion ; circulation only on production of an import docu­ Whereas imports to the Community of knee-length, ment. The maximum period of validity of this docu­ ment shall be three months . calf-length and ankle-length socks, made from acrylic fibres (2 ), originating in South Korea or Taiwan, have increased considerably over the past number of years Article 3 and these imports were affected at relatively low The declaration or application made by the importer prices ; provided for in Article 8 of the aforesaid Regulation Whereas , because of this , the Korean and Taiwanese shall give in addition to the particulars set out therein , exporters have acquired a very substantial share of the the following information : market to the detriment of the Community producers in the regions principally affected who have been — the name and address of the exporter and of the forced to reduce their production ; producer ; Whereas, this development is injurious to the Commu­ — the category : knee-length, calf-length , ankle­ nity producers of like or directly competing products ; length ; Whereas , for these reasons , it is necessary to enable — size : adults' or children 's ; the developments on the market in this sector to be — knitting : terry towelling or other (particularly followed with the greatest possible precision so that a ribbed) ; fuller knowledge may be gained of the development of imports envisaged as well as those actually effected ; Article 4 Whereas , in this situation , it is in the interests of the Heading No ex. 60.03 of the Common Customs Tariff Community to establish Community surveillance over shall be entered in column 3 of Annex I to Regula­ these imports by means of the import document tion ( EEC) No 1439 /74 . provided for in Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1439/74 ; whereas it is convenient to fix the period of Article 5 validity of this document at three months, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of Article 1 the European Communities. It shall be applicable The importation into the Community of knee-length, from 6 December 1974 and shall expire on 30 June 1 975 . calf-length and ankle-length socks made from acrylic

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

Done at Brussels , 25 November 1974 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 159 , 15 . 6 . 1974, p. 1 . (2) Tariff position : CCT heading No ex 60.03 . Statistical posi­ tion : NIMEXE : ex 60.03.25 and ex 60.03.27 .