25.4.78 NoL112/33 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of10April1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttounworked
drawnorblownglass(includingflashedglass),fallingwithinheadingNoex
70.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheUSSRandinfreecircu­
lationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/395/EEC)
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(2)andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,therequestforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorization inviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon6April
1978bytheBeneluxGovernments totheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttounworked
drawnorblownglass(includingflashedglass),falling
withinheadingNoex70.05oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatingintheUSSRandinfreecirculation
intheotherMemberStates,
WhereasintheBeneluxcountriestheimportationof
theproductsinquestionoriginatingintheUSSRisin
accordance withtheCouncilDecisionof20
December 1977(');
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 ;Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginateinthe
USSRandareinfreecirculationintheotherMember
States,andinrespectofwhichapplicationsforimport
licenceswerelodgedafter5April1978:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex70.05 Unworkeddrawnorblownglass(including
flashedglass)
Article2
ThsisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromthe
USSRoruntil31December1978,whicheveristhe
earlier.
(')OJNoL357,31.12.1977. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.197!,p.26.

25.4.78 NoL112/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .DoneatBrussels,10April1978.
FortheCommission
ChristopherTUGENDHAT
MemberoftheCommission