21.7.78 NoL196/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of5July1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoblousesand
shirt-blouses ,knittedorcrocheted (notelasticorrubberized)orwoven,for
women,girlsandinfants,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,
fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AIIorex61.02B(NIMEXEcodes60.05-22,
23,24,25;61.02-78,82,84)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
BulgariaandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/607/EEC)
Whereasalthoughtheimportswhichgaverisetothe
applicationsubmittedwouldappeartobeanisolated
operation,theyareneverthelesslikely,owingtothe
appreciableamountoftheimports,toaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(2),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon28June
1978bytheGovernments oftheBeneluxcountriesto
theCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
blousesandshirt-blouses ,knittedorcrocheted(not
elasticorrubberized)orwoven,forwomen,girlsand
infants,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AIIorex
61.02B(NIMEXEcodes60.05-22,23,24,25;
61.02-78,82,84)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,orig­
inatinginBulgariaandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
WhereasintheBeneluxcountriestheimportationof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginBulgariais,in
accordance withtheCouncilDecisionof20
December1977(^anduntiltheentryintoforceof
thedefinitivearrangements ,subjecttoquantitative
restriction ;-
Whereasdisparitiesinthecommercialpolicy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
bytheMemberStatesaregivingrisetodeflectionof
trade,thuspreventingtheexecutionofthosecommer­
cialpolicymeasureswhichareinforcebecauseofthe
difficulteconomicsituationinthesectorconcerned ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concernedinvolvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Bulgariaandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter15June1978
andare,onthedateofthisDecision,pendingwith
theBeneluxauthorities :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AIIor
ex61.02B
(NIMEXEcodes
60.05-22,23,24,25;
61.02-78,82,84)Blousesandshirt-blouses ,knitted
orcrocheted(notelasticorrubber­
ized)orwoven,forwomen,girls
andinfants,ofwool,ofcottonorof
man-madetextilefibres
(!)OJNoL360,31.12.1977,p.1. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

21.7.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL196/27
DoneatBrussels,5July1978.
FortheCommission
HenkVREDELING
Vice-PresidentArticle2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .