No L 49/28 Official Journal of the European Communities  18. 2. 87 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 12 December 1986 authorizing the United Kongdom to introduce intra-Community surveillance imports of certain television receivers originating in the People’s Republic of China which have been put into free circulation in the other Member States (Only the English text is authentic) (87/114/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 originating in third countries and put into free circulation in another Member State ('), and in particular Articles 2 and 3 thereof, Whereas the United Kingdom Government has submitted an application to the Commission of the European Communities for authorization under the first paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty to apply surveillance and immediate protective measures to television receivers falling within Common Customs Tariff subheading 85.15 A III b) ex 2, originating in the People’s Republic of China and put into free circulation in the other Member States ; Whereas imports into the United Kingdom of such products originating in the People’s Republic of China are subject to quantitative restrictions under Council Regulation (EEC) No 3420/83 (%), whereas under those: arrangements the United Kingdom opened in 1986 a () OJ No L 16, 22. 1. 1980, p. 14. () OJ No L 346, 8. 12. 1983, p. 6. quota of 10 000 sets for the period 1 July to 31 December of that year ; whereas that quota has been allocated in its entirety ; Whereas, as a result, there are differences in the condi- tions governing the import of the products in question into the different Member States and those differences may cause deflections of trade likely to lead to economic difficulties for the sector concerned; Whereas the information which the Commission has received on the situation in the sector concerned shows imports of such products originating in third countries to have fallen from 1497 000 sets in 1984 to 1 201 000 in 19885, but to have increased to 1 500 000 during the first nine months of 1986 ; whereas of such imports, those from China amounted during those nine months to 1 233 sets ; Whereas national output of the products concerned increased from 2 592 000 sets in 1984 to 2815000 in 1985 and, on an initial estimate, will fall to 2 500 000 in 1986 ; Whereas the United Kingdom authorities have pointed out that their national industry has undergone thorough restructuring in order to overcome the crisis which affected it in the late 1970s ; whereas between 1984 and 1986 this restructuring led to considerable loss of employ- ment, the number of those working in the sector falling from 13700 to 11 000 ;