NoL10/38 17.1.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
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(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of16October1975
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoelectric
motors,fallingwithinheadingNoex85.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,orig­
inatinginCzechoslovakia andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(76/52/EEC)
seriouseconomicdifficultiesinthesectorinquestion,
causedlargelybyunequalconditionsofcompetition
withcertaincountries(includingCzechoslovakia ),
wherebysuchcountriesareenabledtoexportatprices
lowerthanthoseofproducersintheBeneluxcoun­
tries;
Whereastheresultoftheseeconomicdifficultiesisa
considerabledropinproductionleadingtounemploy­
mentinanumberoffactories,andaconstantreduc­
tionofthenumberofworkersemployedinthesector
inquestion;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon8October
1975bytheGovernments oftheBeneluxcountriesto
theCommissionbytelexfromtheofficeofthePerma­
nentRepresentative oftheKingdomoftheNether­
landstotheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoelectricmotors,
fallingwithinheadingNoex85.01oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginCzechoslovakia andin
freecirculationintheotherMemberStates,
Whereasfortheproductsinquestion,theBenelux
countries,inaccordancewiththeCouncilDecisionof
2December1974(1),asamendedbytheDecisionof
27March1975(2),haveopened,inrespectofCzechos­
lovakia,anannualquotaofF1367123;whereas
importsoftheseproductsintotheFederalRepublicof
Germanyfromthesamethirdcountryareliberalized ;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountries,thereareWhereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionthe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheFederalRepublicofGermany;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures,underthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(}),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
(')OJNoL358,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL99,21.4.1975,p.7. (J)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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theproductsinquestionfromCzechoslovakia andin
anycasenotlaterthan31December1975.HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofelectricmotors,fallingwithinheadingNo
ex85.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,wherethey
originateinCzechoslovakia andinrespectofwhich
applicationsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter29
September1975.DoneatBrussels,16October1975.
Article2FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-PresidentThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof