NoL64/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.3.78
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(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of16January1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttomen's
wovenshirtsofmixedsynthetictextilefibres,fallingwithinheadingNoex61.03
oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/207/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon10
January1978bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommissionbytelexfromtheoffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
theNetherlandstotheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
men'swovenshirtsofmixedsynthetictextilefibres,
fallingwithinheadingNoex61.03oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfree
circulationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
Communityquantitativequota,allocatedamongthe
MemberStates,establishedbyCommissionRegula­
tion(EEC)No3020/77of30December1977onthe
arrangements forimportsofcertaintextileproducts
originatinginTaiwan;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentoftheimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulationprovides,asa
temporarymeasure,foraderogationfromtheprin­
cipleofequalandcontinuousaccessforallimporters
toCommunityquotasbystipulatingthatthequotain
questionneedbeadjustedonlyprogressively tothe
supplyrequirements ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasontheallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesinrelation
tothesupplyrequirements ofthemarketsconcerned ;
Whereas,accordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountries,thereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesinthesectorinquestion,
resultinginaprogressivedeclineofproductionanda
constantreductionofthenumberofworkers
employed ;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingTaiwan),wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
producersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;

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Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven,
foralimitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measuresunderthefirstparagraphofArticle115,
subjecttotheconditionsspecifiedintheCommission
Decisionof12May1971('),andinparticularArticle
1thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
men'swovenshirtsofmixedsynthetictextilefibres,
fallingwithinheadingNoex61.03oftheCommon
CustomsTariffwheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,and
inrespectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicences
lodgedafter1January1978are,onthedateofthis
Decision,pendingwiththeBeneluxauthorities.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,16January1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President
(!)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.