6.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL92/21
COMMISSION DECISION
of2March1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowovenand
knitteddressesforwomen,girlsandinfants,ofwool,cottonorman-made
textilefibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex61.02BoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(78/326/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon24
February1978by.theGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttowovenandknitteddressesfor
women,girlsandinfants,ofwool,cottonorman­
madetextilefibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex61.02
BoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
TaiwanandinfreecirculationintheotherMember
States,whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemployment ;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheOtherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(3),andinparticularArticle 1thereof;
Whereas,however,therequestforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorization inviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginTaiwanissubject
toaCommunityquantitativequotaallocatedamong
theMemberStatesbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No3020/77of30December 1977('),confirmedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No255/78of7February
1978(-');
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catethesequotasonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindi­
vidualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereasdisparitiesinthecommercial policy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
bytheMemberStatesaregivingrisetodeflectionof
trade,thuspreventingtheexecutionofthosecommer­
cialpolicymeasureswhichareinforcebecauseofthe
difficulteconomicsituationinthesectorconcerned ;HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Taiwanandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
(■)OJNoL357,31.12.1977,p..51.
I2)OJNoL39,9.2.1978,p.1. (J)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL92/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.4.78
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafterthedateofthis
Decision :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex61.02BWovenandknitteddressesforwomen,
girlsandinfants,ofwool,cottonorman-
madetextilefibresTaiwanoruntil31December1978whicheveristhe
earlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,2March1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-PresidentArticle2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfrom