24.2.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL48/13
COMMISSION DECISION
of20January1976
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttocertain
men'sandboys'undergarmentsotherthanshirtsfallingwithinheadingNoex
61.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecircula­
tionintheFederalRepublicofGermany
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(76/232/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon14
January1976bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommissionbytelexfromtheOffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
theNetherlandstotheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
certainmen'sandboys'undergarmentsotherthan
shirtsfallingwithinheadingNoex61.03ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanand
infreecirculationintheFederalRepublicof
Germany,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
CommunityquantitativequotaestablishedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1783/75of10July1975on
rulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
inTaiwan(!);
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975
allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimports
intotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­
natinginTaiwan(2),andwhereasthequotasharesallo­
catedfor1976totheBeneluxcountriesandthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyare196metrictonsand
339metrictonsrespectively ;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,asatemporarymeasure,foradero­
gationfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallimporterstoCommunityquotasbystipu­latingthatthequotainquestionbeallocatedinitially
onthebasisofthevolumesofimportspreviously
admittedintothevariousMemberStatesandneedbe
adjustedonlyprogressivelytothesupplyrequirements
ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasontheallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesinrelation
tothesupplyrequirementsofthemarketsconcerned ;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheBenelux
countriesaflowofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tion,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theFederalRepublicofGermany,whichthreatensto
continueandtogrow;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountriesthereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesinthebranchofthe
textileindustryconcernedresultinginaprogressive
declineofproductionandaconstantreductionofthe
numberofworkersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingTaiwan),wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
producersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheFederalRepublicof
Germany;
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegiven,foralimited
period,fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures,
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothe
conditionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof
12May1971(3),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
(')OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2.
Ì2)OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL48/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.2.76
Article2 HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromTaiwanandinanytase
notlaterthan31December1976.TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofthefollowingproducts: Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
ex61.03 Men'sandboys'undergarmentsother
thanshirts DoneatBrussels,20January1976.
wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfreecircula­
tionintheFederalRepublicofGermany,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter1January1976.FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-President