NoL8/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.1.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of21October1977
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocotton
yarn,fallingwithinheadingNo55.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natingintheArabRepublicofEgyptandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(78/5/EEC)
Whereasthereareseriouseconomicdifficultiesinthe
sectorofthetextileindustryinquestion,asshownby
adeclineinproductionandagrowingrateofunem­
ployment ;
Whereasthoseimportscurrentlyputintofreecircula­
tion,addedtothosealreadyeffected,arelikelyto
worsenthesedifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionquicklythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresaslaiddown
intheCommissionDecisionof12May1971(3),and
inparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,thoserequestsforimportlicences
madepriorto5October1977shouldnotbecovered
bysuchauthorizationbecauseofthefactthatinrela­
tiontotheserequeststheactionwhichleadtothe
presentDecisionwasintroducedoutsidethetime
limitlaiddownbytheDecisionof12May1977,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon12
October1977bytheUnitedKingdomGovernmentto
theCommissionbytelexfromtheOfficeofitsPerma­
nentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ,
forauthorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatment
tocottonyarn,fallingwithinheadingNo55.05ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheArab
RepublicofEgyptandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
WhereasbyRegulation (EEC)No1566/77of12July
1977(')theCommissionfortheperiod1Julyto31
December1977madeimportstotheCommunityof
cottonyarnoriginatinginEgyptsubjecttothepresen­
tationofanimportdocumentissuedbytheauthori­
tiesoftheMemberStatesuptocertainamounts;
whereasthiswasconfirmedbyCouncilRegulationof
5August1977(2);
Whereastheabovementioned amountswerefixed
aftertakingaccountoftherulesofapplicationofthe
so-calledbindingconsultationclauseoftheAgree­
mentnegotiatedbytheCommunityandtheArab
RepublicofEgyptwiththetermsofArticle4ofthe
Arrangement regardinginternationaltradeintextiles
initialledon13May1976;whereasbecauseofthis
therearedisparitiesintherulesofimportsconcerned
amongtheimportconditionsinthevariousMember
States;
Whereasinthiscontexttheimportdocumentsissued
bytheUnitedKingdomauthoritiesforcottonyarn
originatinginEgypthavereachedthefullamountlaid
downfortheUnitedKingdom ;HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttocottonyarnfallingwithin
headingNo55.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingintheArabRepublicofEgypt,infree
circulationintheotherMemberStatesandforwhich
thedateofapplicationofrequestsforimportlicences
islaterthan4October1977.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheUnitedKingdomfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromtheArabRepublicof
(>)OJNoL174,14.7.1977,p.9.
(2)OJNoL202,5.8.1977,p.2. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

11.1.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL8/13
DoneatBrussels,21October1977.
FortheCommission
GuidoBRUNNER
MemberoftheCommissionEgyptandinanycasenotlaterthan31December
1977.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheUnitedKingdom.