NoL229/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.8.76
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of31March1976
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertainmen's
andboys'outergarments(suitsandjackets),fallingwithinheadingNoex61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(76/648/EEC)
Whereasthedifferencesbetweentheconditions
governingtheimportationoftheproductsin
questionintheMemberStateshavecreatedan
indirecttradeflowintheUnitedKingdomwhich
threatenstocontinueandtogrow;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity,andinparticular
thefirstparagraphofArticle115thereof,
HavingregardtotheapplicationtotheCommission
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115oftheTreaty,
madeon24March1976bytheUnitedKingdom
GovernmentbytelexfromtheofficeofitsPermanent
Representative totheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
certainmen'sandboys'outergarments(suitsand
jackets),fallingwithinheadingNoex61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanand
infreecirculationintheFederalRepublicofGer­
many,Whereas,accordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Government oftheUnitedKingdom,thereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesintheindustry
manufacturing theproductsinquestionresultingina
progressivedeclineofproductionandaconstant
reductionofthenumberofworkersemployedin
thatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecaused
largelybyunequalconditionsofcompetitionwith
certaincountries(includingTaiwan)wherebysuch
countriesareenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthan
thoseofproducersintheUnitedKingdom;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,
wouldbelikelytoaggravatetheseeconomic
difficulties ;WhereastheimportationintotheUnitedKingdomof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginTaiwanis
subject,underCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1783/75
of10July1975onrulesforimportsofcertain
textileproductsoriginatinginTaiwan(*),toa
globalquotaforsuits,jackets,blazersformenand
boys,fixedfor1976at114metrictons,whileinthe
FederalRepublicofGermanytheimportationof
thesesameproductsoriginatinginTaiwanisnot
subjecttoanyquota;Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetoset
inmotionthemachineryforbringingaboutthe
necessarycooperationfromtheFederalRepublicof
GermanyandtheotherMemberStates; HOJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2.

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wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfree
circulationintheotherMemberStates,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicences
werelodgedafter14March1976.Whereasauthorizationshouldbegiven,foralimited
period,fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures,
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,subjectto
theconditionslaiddownbytheCommission
Decisionof12May1971(J),andinparticular
Article1thereof,
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheUnitedKingdomfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromTaiwanandinany
casenotlaterthan31December1976.HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofthefollowing
products:Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheUnitedKingdom.
DoneatBrussels,31March1976.
FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-PresidentCCT
heading
NoDescription
ex61.01Men'sandboys'outergarments:
—Suitsandjackets
(2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.