NoL163/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.6.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of8June1978
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
women's,girls'andinfants'outergarments ;blousesandshirtblouses,knitted
orcrocheted (notelasticorrubberized),orwoven,forwomen,girlsandinfants,
ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,fallingwithinsubheadings ex
60.05AIIorex61.02B(NIMEXEcodes60.05-22,23,24,25—61.02-78,82,84)of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginThailandandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(78/537/EEC)
operation,theyareneverthelesslikely,owingtothe
appreciableamountoftheimports,torisktheaimsof
theabovementioned agreement ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates,
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(')andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon5June
1978bytheFrenchGovernment totheCommission
oftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorizationnot
toapplyCommunitytreatmenttowomen'sgirls'and
infants'outergarments;blousesandshirtblouses,
knittedorcrocheted(notelasticorrubberized),or
woven,forwomen,girlsandinfants,ofwool,ofcotton
orofman-madetextilefibres,fallingwithinsubhead­
ingsex60.05AIIorex61.02B(NIMEXEcodes
60.05-22,23,24,25—61.02-78,82,84)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginThailandand
infreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginThailandis
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthiscountry;
Whereas,underthatAgreement,Thailandhasunder­
takentotakeallnecessarystepstolimititsexportsof
theproductsinquestiontotheCommunitytocertain
ceilingsallocatedamongtheMemberStates;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereas,accordingtotheapplicationsubmitted,
thereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereasalthoughtheimportswhichgaverisetothe
applicationsubmittedwouldappeartobeanisolatedTheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttotheproductsindicated
below,wheretheyoriginateinThailandandarein
freecirculationintheotherMemberStates,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter25May1978andare,onthedateofthis
Decision,pendingwiththeFrenchauthorities :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AIIor
ex61.02B
(NIMEXEcodes60.05
22,23,24,25—
61.02-78,82,84)Women'sgirls'andinfants'outer
garments ;blousesandshirt
blouses,knittedorcrocheted (not
elasticorrubberized),orwoven,for
women,girlsandinfants,ofwool,
ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres
(!)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

20.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL163/23
Article2 DoneatBrussels,8June1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-PresidentThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrench
Republic.