16.1.76 NoL9/31 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of24November 1975
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertain
men'sandboys'waterproofgarmentsfallingwithinheadingNoex61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationinthe
FederalRepublicofGermany
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(76/49/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon18
November1975bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommissionbytelexfromtheOffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
theNetherlandstotheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
certainmen'sandboys'waterproofgarmentsfalling
withinheadingNoex61.01oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theFederalRepublicofGermany,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
CommunityquantitativequotaestablishedbyCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No1783/75of10July1975on
rulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
inTaiwan(');
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975
allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimports
intotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­
natinginTaiwan(2);whereasthequotasharesallo­
catedfor1975totheBeneluxcountriesandthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyare112000and
3006000itemsrespectively ;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,asatemporarymeasure,foradero­
gationfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallimporterstoCommunityquotasbystipu­
latingthatthequotainquestionbeallocatedinitiallyonthebasisofthevolumeofimportspreviously
admittedintothevariousMemberStatesandneedbe
adjustedonlyprogressivelytothesupplyrequirements
ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasontheallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesinrelation
tothesupplyrequirements ofthemarketsconcerned;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheBenelux
countriesaflowofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tion,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theFederalRepublicofGermany,whichthreatensto
continueandtogrow;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountriesthereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesinthesectorthatmanu­
facturestheproductsinquestionresultingina
progressivedeclineofproductionandaconstant
reductionofthenumberofworkersemployedinthat
sector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingTaiwan),wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
producersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheFederalRepublicof
Germany ;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven,
foralimitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measures,underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971(3),andinparticular
Article1thereof,
(>)OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2.
(-')OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL9M OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.1.76
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofthefollowingproducts:Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromTaiwanandinanycase
notlaterthan31December1975.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
ex61.01 Men'sandboys'waterproofgarmentsmade
ofimpregnatedorcoatedfabricswithin
themeaningofheadingNo59.08,59.09,
59.11or59.12 DoneatBrussels,24November1975.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommissionwheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfreecircula­
tionintheFederalRepublicofGermanyandin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter5November1975.