98/354/EC: Commission Decision of 19 May 1998 adopted pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 3286/94 concerning obstacles to trade represented by Japanese practices in respect of imports of leather (notified under document number C (1998) 1373)

• CELEX: Regulation (EC) No 3286/94
• Articles: 2

Article 1

1. Management of the three tariff quotas opened for imports of leather into Japan and the effects on Community interests of the subsidies granted to the Japanese leather industry by the Japanese Government constitute 'obstacles to trade` within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 3286/94.

2. The European Community takes action against Japan pursuant to the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes and any other relevant provision of the Marrakech Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organisation with regard to the obstacles to trade identified in Article 1(1).

Article 2

This Decision shall be applicable from the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 19 May 1998.

For the Commission

Leon BRITTAN

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 349, 31. 12. 1994, p. 71.

(2) OJ L 41, 23. 2. 1995, p. 3.

(3) OJ C 110, 9. 4. 1997, p. 2.

(4) Panel on the measures applied by Japan to imports of leather; panel report adopted on 15 and 16 May 1984 (L/5623).