30. 11. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 312/31 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 November 1984 authorizing the United Kingdom to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of certain textile products, originating in Turkey and Czechoslovakia, which have been put into free circulation in the Community (Only the English text is authentic) (84/566/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the first para- graph of Article 115 thereof, Having regard to Commission Decision 80/47/EEC of 20 December 1979 on surveillance and protective measures which Member States may be authorized to take in respect of imports of certain products origi- nating in third countries and put into free circulation in another Member State ('), and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof, Whereas Decision 80/47/EEC requires Member States to have prior authorization from the Commission before introducing intra-Community surveillance of the imports concerned ; Whereas in accordance with Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1842/71 of 21 June 1971 of safe- guard measures provided for in the association agree- ment between the European Economic Community and Turkey (%), the Commission, by Regulation (EEC) No 1258/84 (®) and (EEC) No 2021/84 (*), introduced protective measures in respect of imports into the Community of certain textile products originating in Turkey ; Whereas such measures were authorized because of the massive and rapid increase of the imports concerned into the Community and because of the damage to Community producers ; Whereas, under these measures, imports into the Community of the textile products in question originating in Turkey are subject, until 31 December 1984, to quantitative limits ; () OJ No L 16, 22. 1. 1980, p. 14. () O] No L 192, 26. 8. 1971, p. 14. () O] No L 122, 8. 5. 1984, p. 5. (y OJ No L 187, 14. 7. 1984, p. 5. Whereas the importation into the Community of the textile products in question originating in Czechoslo- vakia were the subject of an agreement negotiated between the Community and this country; whereas under this agreement, Czechoslovakia undertook to take all the necessary steps to keep its exports of the products in question within certain limits ; Whereas, in order to implement this agreement and take account of its particular provisions, the Council, by Regulation (EEC) No 3762/83 (%), introduced specific common rules for imports of certain textile products ; Whereas, because of the disparities in market condi- tions within the Community and the particular sensi- tivity of this sector of Community industry, the Community ceiling was divided among the Member States so as to take account of these factors; whereas the quota allocated to the United Kingdom was 62 tonnes for 1984 ; Whereas disparities exist in the conditions governing imports of such textile products into the different Member States ; whereas such disparities may give rise to deflection of trade; Whereas, in order to deflect rapidly deflections of trade which could aggravate or give rise to economic difficulties in the sector concerned, the Government of the United Kingdom requested the Commission, under Article 2 of Decision 80/47/EEC, for authoriza- tion to apply prior intra-Community surveillance to imports of textile products falling within categories 2, 4, 6,9, 13, 20, 32 and 83, originating in Turkey, and textile products falling within category 90, originating in Czechoslovakia, and put into free circulation in the other Member States ; Whereas the Commission has examined whether the imports concerned could be made subject to intra- Community surveillance measures under Article 2 of Decision 80/47/EEC; () OJ No L 380, 31. 12. 1983, p. 1.