NoL196/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.7.75
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of14February1975
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoteatowelsand
glassclothsofamixtureofcottonandflax,fallingwithinsubheadingex62.02Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginRomaniaandinfreecirculationintheoth^r
MemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(75/446/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinparticular
thefirstparagraphofArticle115thereof;
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirst
paragraphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon
6February1975bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommissionbytelexfromtheoffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
BelgiumtotheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
teatowelsandglassclothsofamixtureofcotton
andflax,fallingwithinsubheadingex62.02Bof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginRomania
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates;
Whereas,thisapplicationisbasedonanapplication
forauthorization toimportteatowelsandglass
clothsofamixtureofcottonandflax,originating
inRomaniaandinfreecirculationinFrance;
whereastheseproductsareimportedintoallMember
Statessubjecttothequantitativequotasprovided
forintheCouncilDecisionof2December1974(*)
layingdowntheimportarrangements applicableto
importsfromState-trading countries,including
Romania;
Whereasthequotaoftheproductsconcernedopened
bytheBeneluxcountriesinrespectofRomaniais
valuedatBfrs750000andisalreadyexhausted;
whereasthequotaopenedbyFranceinrespectofRomaniaisFF238000(thatistosayBfrs1980000
atthepresentrateofexchange);
Whereas,accordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
BeneluxGovernments ,thereareseriouseconomic
difficultiesintheweavingandclothesmanufacturing
industrieswhichareevidencedbyareductionin
orders,anincreaseinstocksandaconsiderablefall
inproductionresultinginunemployment inseveral
factories;
Whereas,inviewofthelargenumberofapplications
forimportlicenceslodgedwiththeBenelux
authorities,importsoftheproductsconcerned
originatinginRomaniaandinfreecirculationin
Francearelikelytoaggravatethesedifficulties;
Whereasthemachineryforbringingaboutthenecess­
arycooperationfromtheFrenchRepubliccannotbe
setinmotionwithsufficient£peed;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,authorizationshould
begivenfortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures
asprovidedinthefirstparagraphofArticle115
subjecttotheconditionslaiddowninthe
CommissionDecisionof12May1971(2),andin
particularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlands
(^OJNoL358,31.12.1974,p.1. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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areauthorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatment
toimportsofteatowelsandglassclothsofamixture
ofcottonandflax,fallingwithinsubheadingex
62.02BoftheCommonCustomTariff,originating
inRomaniaandinfreecirculationinotherMember
Statesinrespectofwhichapplicationsforimport
licenceswerelodgedafter30January1975.Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,14February1975.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLIArticle2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntil31December1975.