26.9.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL261/19
COMMISSION DECISION
of13September1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttounbleached
fabricsofsyntheticrayonstaplefibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex56.07Bof
theCommonCustomsTariff(NIMEXEcode56.07-42),originatinginSouth
KoreaandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/792/EEC)
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddowninCommission Decision71/202/EEC
of12May1971(J),andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,theapplicationforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorizationinviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon4
September1978bytheBeneluxGovernments tothe
Commission oftheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
unbleachedfabricsofsyntheticrayonstaplefibres,
fallingwithinsubheadingex56.07BoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(NIMEXEcode56.07-42),originating
inSouthKoreaandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginSouthKoreais
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthatcountry;
Whereas,underthatAgreement,SouthKoreahas
undertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportsoftheproductsinquestiontotheCommunity
uptotheamountofcertainceilingsallocatedamong
theMemberStates;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereastherearethereforedispar­
itiesexistingbetweentheimportconditionsinthe
variousMemberStates;whereasuniformitycanonly
beachievedprogressively ;
Whereasitappearsfromtheapplicationsubmitted
thatthereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrial
sectorconcerned,involvingaconsiderabledropin
productionandemployment ;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadymadeorproposed,wouldbelikelytoaggra­
vatethesedifficulties ;HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
SouthKoreaandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter3September
1978:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex56.07B
(NIMEXEcode
56.07-42)Unbleached fabricsofsynthetic
rayonstaplefibres
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theseproductsfromSouthKoreaoruntil31
December1978whicheveristheearlier.
OOJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL261/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.9.78
Article3 DoneatBrussels,13September1978.
FortheCommission
EtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommissionThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .