No L 249/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 18. 9. 84 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 August 1984 authorizing the French Republic to apply intra-Community surveillance to imports of certain textile products, originating in Turkey, which have been put into free circulation in the Community (Only the French text is authentic) (84/446/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 origina- ting in third countries and put into free circulation in another Member State ('), and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof, Whereas the abovementioned Decision 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 on safeguard measures provided for in the Association Agreement between the European Economic Commu- nity and Turkey (*), the Commission, by Regulations (EEC) No 1258/84 (') and (EEC) No 2021/84 (*), intro- duced protective measures in respect of imports into the Community of certain textile products originating in that third country; Whereas such safeguard measures were authorized because of the massive and rapid increase of the imports concerned and because of the resulting damage to Community producers ; Whereas, under such safeguard measures, imports into the Community of the textile products in question originating in Turkey are subject to quantitative restrictions until 31 December 1984 ; Whereas there are still disparities in the conditions applied by the Member States to imports of these OJ No L 16, 22. 1. 1980, p. 14. OJ No L 192, 26. 8. 1971, p. 14. O] No L 122, 8. 5. 1984, p. 5. O] No L 187, 14. 7. 1984, p. 51. textile products; whereas these disparities could lead to deflections of trade; Whereas, in order to detect rapidly deflections of trade which could aggravate or give rise to economic diffi- culties in the sector concerned, requests were made on 23 July 1984 by the French Government to the Commission of the European Communities under Article 2 of Decision 80/47/EEC for authorization to apply prior intra-Community surveillance to imports of textile products belonging to categories 2, 4, 6, 8, 13, 26 and 83, originating in Turkey and in free circu- lation in the other Member States; Whereas the Commission examined whether the imports concerned could be made subject to intra- Community surveillance measures under Article 2 of Decision 80/47/EEC ; Whereas this examination has shown that as regards the textile products in respect of which France submitted its request, there is a risk of deflections of trade occurring via the other Member States, thus jeopardizing the objectives aimed at by the above- mentioned safeguard measures and aggravating or prolonging the economic difficulties of the industry concerned ; Whereas, under these circumstances, it is necessary to authorize France to apply intra-Community surveil- lance to imports of the textile products in question originating in Turkey and put into free circulation in the other Member States until the expiry of the above- mentioned Regulations, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The French Republic is authorized to introduce, until 31 December 1984 and in accordance with Decision 80/47/EEC, intra-Community surveillance of imports of the textile products listed in the Annex hereto, originating in Turkey and put into free circulation in the other Member States.