20.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL163/9
II
(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of2June1978
authorizingIrelandnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttojerseys,pullovers,slip­
overs,twinsets,cardigans,bed-jacketsandjumpers,knittedorcrocheted,not
elasticorrubberized ,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,falling
withinsubheadingex60.05A(NIMEXEcodes60.05-01,27,28,29,30,33,36,37,
38)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginHongKongandinfreecircu­
lationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(78/530/EEC)
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereas,accordingtotheapplicationsubmitted,
thereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemployment ;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ,
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(x)andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,therequestforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorization inviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreatymadeon26May
1978bytheIrishGovernmenttotheCommissionof
theEuropeanCommunities forauthorizationnotto
applyCommunitytreatmenttojerseys,pullovers,slip­
overs,twinsets,cardigans,bed-jacketsandjumpers,
knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubberized,of
wool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,falling
withinsubheadingex60.05A(NIMEXEcodes60.05­
01,27,28,29,30,33,36,37,38)oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginHongKongandinfree
circulationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginHongKongis
coveredbyanagreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthiscountry;
Whereas,underthatagreement,HongKonghas
undertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportsoftheproductsinquestiontotheCommunity
tocertainceilingsallocatedamongtheMemberStates,(•)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL163/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.6.78
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
IrelandisauthorizednottoapplyCommunitytreat­
menttotheproductsindicatedbelow,wheretheyorig­
inateinHongKongandareinfreecirculationinthe
otherMemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplica­
tionsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafterthedateof
thisDecision :Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromHong
Kongoruntil31December1978whicheveristhe
earlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtoIreland.
DoneatBrussels,2June1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-PresidentCCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05A
(NIMEXEcodes
60.05-01,27,28,29,
30,33,36,37,38)Jerseys,pullovers,slip-overs,twin­
sets,cardigans,bed-jacketsand
jumpers,knittedorcrocheted,not
elasticorrubberized ,ofwool,of
cottonorofman-made textile
fibfes