NoL123/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.5.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of21April1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoblousesand
shirt-blouses ,knittedorcrocheted(notelasticorrubberized)orwoven,for
women,girlsandinfants,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,
fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AIIorex61.02BoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginthePhilippinesandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/425/EEC)
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(J),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginateinthe
Philippinesandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter4April1978:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon17April
1978bytheBeneluxGovernments totheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoblousesand
shirt-blouses ,knittedorcrocheted(notelasticor
rubberized)orwoven,forwomen,girlsandinfants,of
wool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,falling
withinsubheadingex60.05AIIorex61.02Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthePhilip­
pinesandinfreecirculationintheotherMember
States,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginthePhilippinesis
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthatcountry;
WhereasunderthatAgreementthePhilippineshas
undertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportsoftheproductsinquestiontotheCommunity
tocertainceilingsallocatedamongtheMember
States;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AII
or
ex61.02BBlousesandshirt-blouses ,knittedor
crocheted(notelasticorrubberized)or
woven,forwomen,girlsandinfants,of
wool,ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromthe
(•)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

11.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL123/33
DoneatBrussels,21April1978.
FortheCommission
AntonioGIOLITTI
MemberoftheCommissionPhilippinesoruntil31December1978,whicheveris
theearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .