8.12.78 NoL344/39 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of24November 1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoknittedor
crochetedtrousers(exceptshorts),otherthanbabies',ofwool,ofcottonorof
man-madetextilefibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AIIoftheCommon
'CustomsTariff(NIMEXEcodes60.05-61,62,64),originatinginTaiwanandin
freecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(78/1000/EEC)
Whereasitappearsfromtheapplicationsubmitted
thatthereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrial
sectorconcerned,involvingaconsiderabledropin
productionandemployment ;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition,whichallow
exportstobemadeatpricesappreciablylowerthan
thoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadymadeorproposed,wouldbelikelytoaggra­
vatethesedifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddowninCommission Decision71/202/EEC
of12May1971(3),andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,theapplicationforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorizationinviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon17
November1978bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttoknittedorcrochetedtrousers(except
shorts),otherthanbabies',ofwool,ofcottonorof
man-madetextilefibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex
60.05AIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff(NIMEXE
codes60.05-61,62,64),originatinginTaiwanandin
freecirculationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginTaiwanissubject
toaCommunityquantitativequotaallocatedamong
theMemberStatesbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No3020/77of30December1977(*),confirmedby
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No255/78of7February
1978(2);
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catethesequotasonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindi­
vidualmarkets;whereastherearethereforedisparities
existingbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanonlybe
achievedprogressively ;
Whereasthedisparitieswhichexistinthecommercial
policymeasuresappliedinconnectionwiththese
productsbytheMemberStatesarecausingdeflection
oftrade,therebypreventingtheexecutionofthose
commercialpolicymeasureswhichareinforce
becauseofthedifficulteconomicsituationinthe
sectorconcerned ;HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Taiwanandareinfreecirculation intheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
(i)OJNoL357,31.12.1977,p.51.0OJNoL39,9.2.1978,p.1. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL344/40 8.12.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter9November
1978:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AII
(NIMEXEcodes
60.05-61,62,64)Knittedorcrocheted trousers
(exceptshorts),otherthanbabies',
ofwool,ofcottonorofman-made
textilefibrestheseproductsfromTaiwanoruntil31December
1978,whicheveristheearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,24November1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-PresidentArticle2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof