NoL106/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.4.78
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of2March1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttosuits
(includingcoordinatesuits)formenandboys,ofwool,cottonorofman-made
textilefibres,fallingwithinheadingNoex61.01oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/376/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon24
February1978bytheBeneluxGovernments tothe
Commission oftheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorization nottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
suits(includingcoordinatesuits)formenandboys,of
wool,cottonorofman-madetextilefibres,falling
withinheadingNoex61.01oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginTaiwanissubject
toaCommunityquantitativequotaallocatedamong
theMemberStatesbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No3020/77of30December 1977('),confirmedby
byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No255/78of7
February 1978(2);
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catethesequotasonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindi­vidualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereasdisparitiesinthecommercial policy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
bytheMemberStatesaregivingrisetodeflectionof
trade,thuspreventingtheexecutionofthosecommer­
cialpolicymeasures,whichareinforcebecauseofthe
difficulteconomicsituationinthesectorconcerned ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemployment ;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;(')OJNoL357,12.1977.
(*)OJNoL9.2.1978.

20.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL106/27
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfrom
Taiwanoruntil31December1978,whicheveristhe
earlier.Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971('),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Taiwanandareinfreecirculation intheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter13February
1978:Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,2March1978.
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex61.01 Suits(includingcoordinatesuits)formen
andboys,ofwool,cottonorofman-made
textilefibresFortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.