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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of21January1977
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoimportsof
bedlinen,tablelinen,toiletlinenandkitchenlinenfallingwithinheadingNo
ex62.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingintheRepublicofIndia
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(77/478/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreatymadeon18
January1977bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommissionbytelexfromtheoffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
theNetherlandstotheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorization nottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
bedlinen,tablelinen,toiletlinenandkitchenlinen,
fallingwithinheadingNoex62.02oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingintheRepublicofIndia
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,
Whereastheimportationoftheproductsinquestion
originatingintheRepublicofIndiaisthesubjectof
anAgreementbetweentheCommunityandthat
countryconcludedon10November1975;
WhereasundertheAgreementtheRepublicofIndia
hasundertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportstotheCommunityofhouseholdlinenfalling
withinheadingNoex62.02oftheCommonCustoms
Tarifftoacertainceilingallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;Whereasthequotashareallocatedfor1977tothe
Netherlands is400000kilograms;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountriesthereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesinthebranchofthe
textileindustryconcerned,resultinginadeclineof
productionandaconstantreductioninthenumberof
workersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingtheRepublicofIndia),whereby
suchcountriesareenabledtoexportatpriceslower
thanthoseofproducersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegiven,foralimited
period,fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures,
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothe

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conditionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof
12May1971(1),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofbedlinen,tablelinen,toiletlinenand
kitchenlinenfallingwithinheadingNoex62.02of
theCommonCustomsTariff,wheretheyoriginatein
theRepublicofIndiaandareinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates,andinrespectofwhich
applicationsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter5
January1977.Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromtheRepublicofIndia
andinanycasenotlaterthan31December1977.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,21January1977.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President
(>)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.