NoL105/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.4.78
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(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of23February1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoparkas,
anoraks,windcheaters andthelike,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres,fallingwithinheadingNoex61.01orsubheadingex61.02Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationinthe
otherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/366/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon15
February1978bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttoparkas,anoraks,windcheaters and
thelike,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres,fallingwithinheadingNoex61.01or
subheadingex61.02BoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginTaiwanissubject
toaCommunityquantitativequotaallocatedamong
theMemberStatesbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No3020/77of30December 1977(J);
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catethesequotasonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindi­
vidualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparitiespersistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(2)andinparticularArticle1thereof,
(')OJNoL357,31.12.1977,p.51. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

19.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL105/15
Taiwanoruntil31December1978,whicheveristhe
earlier.HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Taiwanandareinfreecirculation intheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter9February
1978:ArticleJ
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex61.01or
ex61.02BParkas,anoraks,windcheaters andthelike,
ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibresDoneatBrussels,23February1978.
FortheCommission
ChristopherTUGENDHAT
MemberoftheCommissionArticle2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfrom