20.1.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL14/21
COMMISSION DECISION
of15December 1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttomen'sand
boys'wovenbreeches,shortsandtrousers(includingslacks);women's,girls'and
infants'woventrousersandslacks,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres,fallingwithinheadingNoex61.01orsubheadingex61.02Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(NIMEXEcodes61.01-62,64,66,72,74,76;61.02-66,68,
72),originatinginAlbaniaandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(79/60/EEC)
Whereas,althoughtheimportswhichgaverisetothe
applicationsubmittedwouldappeartobeanisolated
operation,theyareneverthelesslikely,inviewofthe
substantialvolumeoftheimports,toaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddowninCommission Decision71/202/EEC
of12May1971(2),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle 115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon5
December1978bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttomen'sandboys'wovenbreeches,
shortsandtrousers(includingslacks);women's,girls'
andinfants'woventrousersandslacks,ofwool,of
cottonorofman-madetextilefibres,fallingwithin
headingNoex61.01orsubheadingex61.02Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff(NIMEXEcodes61.01-62,
64,66,72,74,76;61.02-66,68,72),originatingin
Albaniaandinfreecirculation intheotherMember
States;
WhereasintheBeneluxcountriestheimportationof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginAlbaniais,in
accordancewithCouncilDecision78/545/EECof12
June1978(')subjecttoaquantitativerestriction ;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catethesequotasonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindi­
vidualmarkets;whereastherearethereforedisparities
existingbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanonlybe
achievedprogressively ;
Whereasitappearsfromtheapplicationsubmitted
thatthereareseriousdifficulties intheindustrial
sectorconcerned ,involvingaconsiderabledropin
productionandemployment ;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whichallow
exportstobemadeatpricesappreciablylowerthan
thoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion ;Artide1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsarc
herebyauthorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatment
totheproductsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginate
inAlbaniaandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter27November
1978andare,atthedateofthisDecision,pending
withtheBeneluxauthorities :
(XT
limiting
NoDescription
ex61.01orex61.02H
(NIMEXEcodes
6101-62,64,66,72
74,76;61.02-66,68,
72)Men'sandboys'wovenbreeches,
shortsandtrousers(including
slacks);women'sgirls'andinfants'
woventrousersandslacks,ofwool,
ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres
(')OJNoL168,26.6.1978,p.1 (-)O)No1.121,3.6.Il>71.p.26.

NoL14/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.1.79
Article2 DoneatBrussels,15December1978.
FortheCommission
EtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommissionThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .