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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of16June1977
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoknittedor
crochetedjerseys,pullovers,slipovers,twinsets,cardigans,bed-jacketsand
jumpersfallingwithinheadingNoex60.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,orig­
inatinginMacaoandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(77/542/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountriesthereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesinthebranchofthe
textileindustryinquestion,resultinginaprogressive
declineofproductionandaconstantreductionofthe
numberofworkersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingMacao),wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
producersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereasindirectimportsoftheproductsinquestion,
whichwouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,
wouldbelikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdiffi­
culties;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon8June
1977bytheGovernments oftheBeneluxcountriesto
theCommissionbytelexfromtheofficeofthePerma­
nentRepresentative oftheKingdomoftheNether­
landstotheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoknittedor
crochetedjerseys,pullovers,slipovers,twinsets,cardi­
gans,bed-jacketsandjumpersfallingwithinheading
Noex60.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginMacaoandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegivenforalimited
periodfortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothe
conditionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof
12May1971(1),andinparticularArticle1thereofWhereas,undertheAgreementbetweentheCommu­
nityandMacaonegotiatedunderArticle4ofthe
Arrangementregardinginternationaltradeintextiles,
Macaohasundertakentolimititsexportsofthe
productsconcernedtotheBeneluxcountriestoa
certainceiling; (')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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theproductsinquestionfromMacaoandinanycase
notlaterthan31December1977.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofknittedorcrochetedjerseys,pullovers,slip­
overs,twinsets,cardigans,bed-jacketsandjumpers
fallingwithinheadingNoex60.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,wheretheyoriginateinMacaoandare
infreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter31May1977.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationofDoneatBrussels,16June1977.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President