S.I. No. 376/1977:

RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS (MOTOR CAR TYRES FROM THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) ORDER, 1977.

RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS (MOTOR CAR TYRES FROM THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC) ORDER, 1977.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 2 of the Restriction of Imports Act, 1962 (No. 20 of 1962), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Restriction of Imports (Motor Car Tyres from the German Democratic Republic) Order, 1977, and shall come into operation on the 13th day of December, 1977.

2. (1) In this Order--

"motor car" means a vehicle which is designed and constructed for the carriage of not more than nine persons (inclusive of the driver);

"tyre cases" includes what are commonly known as tubeless tyres as well as other inflatable tyres but, in the case of such other inflatable tyres, does not include what is commonly known as the tube.

(2) In this Order a reference to a tariff heading number shall be taken as a reference to that tariff heading number in the Imposition of Duties (No. 200) (Customs and Excise Duties and Form of Tariff) Order, 1972 ( S.I. No. 220 of 1972 ).

3. The importation is hereby prohibited, save under and in accordance with a licence issued by the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, of goods which are--

( a ) specified at the tariff heading number mentioned in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order,

( b ) described in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention in column (1) of that tariff heading number, and

( c ) manufactured or produced in or consigned from the German Democratic Republic.

SCHEDULE.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 13th day of December, 1977.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Instrument is to enable the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy to impose restrictions on the import of certain motor car tyres manufactured or produced in or consigned from the German Democratic Republic.