11.1.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL7/25
COMMISSION DECISION
of28November 1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoobjects
madeofpressedorblownglass,fallingwithinheadingNoex70.10orex70.13of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCzechoslovakia andinfreecircula­
tionintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(79/13/EEC)
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddowninCommission Decision71/202/EEC
of12May1971(2),andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,theapplicationforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorization inviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Czechoslovakia andareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter11November
1978:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon14
November1978bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttoobjectsmadeofpressedorblown
glass,fallingwithinheadingNoex70.10orex70.13
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
Czechoslovakia andinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
WhereasintheBeneluxcountriestheimportationof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginCzechoslo­
vakiais,inaccordancewithCouncilDecision
77/806/EECof20December1977(1),subjecttoan
annualquota,whichhasalreadybeenwhollytaken
up;
Whereasthedisparitieswhichexistinthecommercial
policymeasuresappliedinconnectionwiththese
productsbytheMemberStatesarecausingdeflection
oftrade,therebypreventingtheexecutionofthose
commercialpolicymeasureswhichareinforce
becauseofthedifficulteconomicsituationinthe
sectorconcerned ;
Whereasitappearsfromtheapplicationsubmitted
thatthereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrial
sectorconcerned,involvingaconsiderabledropin
productionandemployment ;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whichallow
exportstobemadeatpricesappreciablylowerthan
thoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadymadeorproposed,wouldbelikelytoaggra­
vatethesedifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresundertheCCT
heading
NoDescription
ex70.10or
ex70.13Objectsmadeofpressedorblownglass
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theseproductsfromCzechoslovakia oruntil31
December1978,whicheveristheearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,28November1978.
FortheCommission
EtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL360,31.12.1977,p.1. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.