11.1.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL8/7
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of18July1977
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowomen's,
girls'andinfants'undergarments fallingwithinheadingNo61.04ofthe
CommonCustomsTarifforiginatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationinthe
otherMemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(78/1/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon11July
1977bytheGovernments oftheBeneluxcountriesto
theCommission bytelexfromtheOfficeofthe
PermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomofthe
Netherlands totheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorization nottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
women's,girls'andinfants'undergarments falling
withinheadingNo61.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
CommunityquantitativequotaestablishedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1783/75of10July1975on
rulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
inTaiwan(');
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975
allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimportsintotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­
natinginTaiwan(2);
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,asatemporarymeasure,fora
derogationfromtheprinciplesofequalandcontin­
uousaccessforallimporterstoCommunityquotasby
stipulatingthatthequotainquestionbeallocated
initiallyonthebasisofthevolumesofimportsprevi­
ouslyadmittedintothevariousMemberStatesand
needbeadjustedonlyprogressively tothesupply
requirements ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasontheallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesinrelation
tothesupplyrequirements ofthemarketsconcerned;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheBenelux
countriesaflowofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tion,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStateswhichthreatenstocontinue
andtogrow;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountriesthereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesinthebranchofthe
(•)OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2. (2)OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24.

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authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofwomen's,girls'andinfants'undergarments
fallingwithinheadingNoex61.04oftheCommon
CustomsTariffwheretheyoriginateinTaiwanand
areinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStatesand
inrespectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicences
werelodgedafterthedateofthisDecision.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromTaiwanandinanycase
notlaterthan31December1977.textileindustryinquestionresultinginaprogressive
declineofproductionandaconstantreductionofthe
numberofworkersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingTaiwan),wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
producersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffectedthis
year,wouldbelikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdiffi­
culties;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven,
foralimitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measures,underthefirstparagraphofArticle115
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971(1),andinparticular
Article1thereof;
Whereasitisneverthelessinappropriate tocoverby
suchadecisiontherequestforthelicencewhichmoti­
vatedtheapplicationinquestionbecauseofitsespe­
ciallylowamount,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsareArticle3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,18July1977.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President
(!)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.