NoL288/38 14.10.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
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(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of22September1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttomen'sand
boys'shirts,woven,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,falling
withinheadingNoex61.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff(NIMEXEcodes
61.03-11,15,19),originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(78/828/EEC)
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catethesequotasonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindi­
vidualmarkets;whereastherearethereforedisparities
existingbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanonlybe
achievedprogressively ;
Whereasitappearsfromtheapplicationsubmitted
thatthereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrial
sectorconcerned,involvingaconsiderabledropin
productionandemployment ;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadymadeorproposed,wouldbelikelytoaggra­
vatethesedifficulties :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon15
September1978bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttomen'sandboys'shirts,woven,of
wool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,falling
withinheadingNoex61.03oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff(NIMEXEcodes61.03-11,15,19),originatingin
TaiwanandinfreecirculationintheotherMember
States,Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates:WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginTaiwanissubject
toaCommunityquantitativequotaallocatedamong
theMemberStatesbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No3020/77of30December1977(1),confirmedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No255/78of7February
1978Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddowninCommission Decision71/202/EEC
of12May1971(3),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
(>)OJNoL357,31.12.1977,p.51.
(2)OJNoL39,9.2.1978,p.1. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

14.10.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL288/39
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
herebyauthorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatment
totheproductsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginate
inTaiwanandareinfree'circulationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter14September
1978:Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theseproductsfromTaiwanoruntil31December
1978,whicheveristheearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,22September1978.CCT
heading
NoDescription
Men'sandboys'shirts,woven,of
wool,ofcottonorofman-made
textilefibresex61.03
(NIMEXEcodes
61.03-11,15,19)FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President