20.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL163/15
COMMISSION DECISION
of5June1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttomen'sand
boys'shirts,woven,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,falling
withinheadingNoex61.03(NIMEXEcodes61.03-11,15,19)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginHongKongandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/533/EEC)
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ,
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates,
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(!)andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon31May
1978bythegovernments oftheBeneluxcountriesto
theCommission oftheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorization nottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
men'sandboys'shirts,woven,ofwool,ofcottonorof
man-madetextilefibres,fallingwithinheadingNoex
61.03(NIMEXEcodes61.03-11,15,19)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginHongKong
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginHongKongis
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthiscountry
Whereas,underthatAgreement,HongKonghas
undertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportsoftheproductsinquestiontotheCommunity
tocertainceilingsallocatedamongtheMember
States;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereas,accordingtotheapplicationsubmitted,
thereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
HongKongandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter23May1978:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex61.03
(NIMEXEcodes61.03­
11,15,19)Men'sandboys'shirts,woven,of
wool,ofcottonorofman-made
textilefibres
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromHong
Kongoruntil31December1978whicheveristhe
earlier.
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

20.6.78 NoL163/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
Article3 DoneatBrussels,5June1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-PresidentThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .