25.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL112/31
COMMISSION DECISION
of10April1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoblouses,
knitted,crochetedorwoven,forwomen,girlsandinfants,fallingwithin
subheadingex60.05AIIorex61.02BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginRomaniaandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/394/EEC)
whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(•)andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,therequestsforlicenceswhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondonotneedto
becoveredbysuchanauthorization inviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Romaniaandareinfreecirculation intheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafterthedateofthis
Decision :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon3April
1978bytheBeneluxGovernments totheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoblouses,
knitted,crochetedorwoven,forwomen,girlsand
infants,fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AIIorex
61.02BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inRomaniaandinfreecirculation intheother
MemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginRomaniais
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthiscountry;
WhereasunderthatAgreementRomaniahasunder­
takentotakeallnecessarystepstolimititsexportsof
theproductsinquestiontotheCommunitytocertain
ceilingsallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AII
or
ex61.02BBlouses,knitted,crochetedorwoven,for
women,girlsandinfants
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfrom
Romaniaoruntil31December1978,whicheveristhe
earlier.
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

25.4.78NoL112/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
Article3 DoneatBrussels,10April1978.
FortheCommission
GuidoBRUNNER
MemberoftheCommissionThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .