GPS 500
PRI
ITY
EN CLAIR
121/
HKK 121
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY/Z0. 51
10 AUG 1978
DESK OFFRIR
MY
FM FCO 0916252
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PAGO
70
MXE 122/1
TO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NO 1181 OF 9 AUGUST.
ARTICLE 115
POLYESTER/COTTON TWILL FROM HONG KONG,
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF AN ARTICLE 115 APPLICATION FOR
RECEIPT BY THE COMMISSION BY 10 AUGUST 1978.
1. THE UNITED KINGDOM AUTHORITIES WISH TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF
THE COMMISSION TO A SITUATION IN WHICH ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES OF
THE KIND FORESEEN IN ARTICLE 115 OF THE TREATY OF ROME ARE
LIKELY TO ARISE AND TO SEEK AUTHORISATION TO TAKE THE APPROPRIATE
MEASURES.
2. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION TO IMPORT VIA FRANCE 42,540 KGS (VALUE POUNDS STERLING 90,525) OF POLYESTER/ COTTON LOOMSTATE TWILL UNDER TARIFF HEADING 5607 AND ORIGINATING
IN HONG KONG, WE WISH TO REJECT THIS APPLICATION AND ANY FURTHER
APPLICATIONS FOR SIMILAR IMPORTS IN 1978 FOR THE REASONS SET OUT
PELOW,
30 FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL'S DECISION OF 19/28 DECEMBER 1977, THE UNITED KINGDOM MAINTAINS A STRICT QUOTA ON ALL IMPORTS OF POLYESTER/COTTON CLOTH ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG. ALTHOUGH THIS FREE CIRCULATION APPLICATION REPRESENTS 0.65 PERCENT OF THE UK 1973 QUOTA, IT IS THE FOURTH SUCH APPLICATION WITHIN SEVEN WEEKS FROM THE SANC IMPORTER (THE SECOND VIA THE SAME MEMBER STATE: THE TWO PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS MADE VIA WEST GERMANY): THE FOUR APPLICATIONS AMOUNT TO 1.63 PERCENT OF THE UK 1978 QUOTA. IT IS CLEAR THAT AN INDIRECT TRADE FLOW IS DEVELOPING WHICH, IF PERMITTED TO CONTINUE, WILL IN OUR VIEW BE LIKELY TO CAUSE THE UK GLOBAL GEILING FOR THIS GROUP 1 PRODUCT TO BE EXCEEDED, TO DATE THE
1973 UK QUOTA HAS BEEN 47 PERCENT LICENSED,
/4. DIRECT
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