2.10.76 NoL270/35 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of25August1976
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoimportsof
bedlinen,tablelinen,toiletlinenandkitchenlinenfallingwithinheadingNo
ex62.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheRepublicofIndia
andinfreecirculation intheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(76/777/EEC)
countries(includingtheRepublicofIndia),whereby
suchcountriesareenabledtoexportatpriceslower
thanthoseofproducersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheFederalRepublicof
GermanyandtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven,
foralimitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measuresunderthefirstparagraphofArticle115,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971('),andinparticular
Article1thereof;
Whereastherequestforalicencewhichgaveriseto
theapplicationunderArticle115neednotbecovered
bythisauthorization becauseofthesmallamount
involved,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon19August
1976bytheGovernments oftheBeneluxcountriesto
theCommission bytelexfromtheOfficeofthe
PermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomofthe
NetherlandstotheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthor­
izationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttobed
linen,tablelinen,toiletlinenandkitchenlinen
fallingwithinheadingNoex62.02oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingintheRepublicofIndia
andinfreecirculationintheFederalRepublicof
Germany,
Whereastheimportationoftheproductsinquestion
originatingintheRepublicofIndiaisthesubjectof
anAgreementnegotiatedbetweentheCommunity
andIndiasignedon10November1975;
Whereas,undertheAgreement,theRepublicofIndia
hasundertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportstotheCommunityofhouseholdlinenfalling
withinheadingNoex62.02oftheCommonCustoms
Tarifftoacertainceilingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;
WhereasthequotashareallocatedtotheNetherlands ,
whichamountsto315000kgfor1976,iswholly
takenup;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountriesthereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesinthebranchofthe
textileindustryinquestionresultinginadeclineof
productionandaconstantreductionofthenumberof
workersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertainHASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofbedlinen,tablelinen,toiletlinenand
kitchenlinenfallingwithinheadingNoex62.02of
theCommonCustomsTariffwheretheyoriginatein
theRepublicofIndiaandareinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStatesandinrespectofwhichappli­
cationsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter18
August1976.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
(>)OJNoL126,3.6.1971,p.26.

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theproductsinquestionfromtheRepublicofIndiaDoneatBrussels,25August1976.
andinanycasenotlaterthan31December1976.
Article3 portfjeCommission
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof ChristopherSOAMES
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands . Vice-President