NoL245/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.9.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of16August1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoblousesand
shirtblouses,knittedorcrocheted (notelasticorrubberized),orwoven,for
women,girlsandinfants,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,
fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AIIorex61.02B(NIMEXEcodes60.05-22,
23,24,25;61.02-78,82,84)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginYugo­
slaviaandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/734/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concernedinvolvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemployment ;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(l),andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,therequestforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorizationinviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle119oftheTreaty,madeon9August
1978bytheBeneluxGovernments totheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoblousesand
shirtblouses,knittedorcrocheted(notelasticor
rubberized),orwoven,forwomen,girlsandinfants,of
wool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,falling
withinsubheadingex60.05AIIorex61.02B
(NIMEXEcodes60.05-22,23,24,25;61.02-78,82,
84)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Yugoslaviaandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginYugoslaviais
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthatcountry;
HASADOPTED THISDECISION : WhereasunderthatAgreementYugoslaviahasunder­
takentotakeallnecessarystepstolimititsexportsof
theproductsinquestiontotheCommunitytocertain
ceilingsallocatedamongtheMemberStates;Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
YugoslaviaandareinfreecirculationintheotherWhereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanonlybe
achievedprogressively ; (»)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter8August1978:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AIIor
ex61.02B
(NIMEXEcodes
60.05-22,23,24,25;
61.02-78,82,84 )Blousesandshirtblouses,knittedor
crocheted(notelasticorrubber­
ized),orwoven,forwomen,girls
andinfants,ofwool,ofcottonorof
man-madetextilefibresslaviaoruntil31December1978,whicheveristhe
earlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,16August1978.
FortheCommission
EtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommissionArticle2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromYugo