25.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL112/29
COMMISSION DECISION
of10April1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowomen's,
girls'andinfants'wovenandknittedorcrocheteddresses,ofwool,cottonor
man-madetextilefibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AIIorex61.02Bof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginHongKongandinfreecirculation
intheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/393/EEC)
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommission Decisionof12
May1971(')andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,therequestforlicenceswhichgave
risetotheapplicationinquestiondonotneedtobe
coveredbysuchanauthorization inviewofthesmall
amountsinvolved,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle 115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon3April
1978bytheBeneluxGovernments totheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowomen's,girls'
andinfants'wovenandknittedorcrocheteddresses,
ofwool,cottonorman-madetextilefibres,falling
withinsubheadingex60.05AIIorex61.02Bofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginHongKong
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginHongKongis
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthisthirdcountry;
WhereasunderthatAgreementHongKonghas
undertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportsoftheproductsinquestiontotheCommunity
tocertainceilingsallocatedamongtheMember
States;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
HongKongandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter3April1978:
ccr
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AII
or
ex61.02BWomen's,girls'andinfants'wavenand
knittedorcrocheteddresses,ofwool,
cottonorman-madetextilefibres
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarccausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby (')0|NoL121,6.1971,n.26.

NoL112/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.4.78
DoneatBrussels,10April1978. Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromHong
Kongoruntil31December1978,whicheveristhe
earlier.
Article3FortheCommission
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .HenkVREDELING
Vice-President