NoL10/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.1.76
COMMISSION DECISION
of20November 1975
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttojackets,
suits,jeans,shortsandsimilararticles,fallingwithinheadingNoex61.01ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginHongKongandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(76/53/EEC)
circulationintheotherMemberStates,andthatthis
indirecttradeflowmayincrease;
Whereas,accordingtotheinformationgiveninthe
application ,itappearsthatseriouseconomicdiffi­
cultiesexistinthesectorofthetextileindustryin
question,whichmanifestthemselvesparticularlyina
highrateofunemployment ;
Whereas,intheseconditions,theseeconomicdiffi­
cultiesmaybeaggravatedbyindirectimportsbeing
addedwithoutlimittothosealreadyeffected;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthemomenttobring
intoeffectmethodsbywhichtheotherMemberStates
couldprovidethenecessarycooperation ;
Whereasitisappropriatetoauthorize,foralimited
time,theapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,undertheconditions
specifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12May
1971('),andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereasitisinappropriate tocover,bythisDecision,
therequestforalicencewithwhichtheapplicationin
questionoriginated,becauseofitsespeciallylow
amount,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon14
November1975bytheUnitedKingdomGovernment
totheCommissionbytelexfromtheofficeofits
PermanentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommuni­
ties,forauthorization toapplyprotectivemeasuresin
respectoftheimportationofcertainmen'sandboys'
cottonoutergarments(jackets,suits,trousers,jeans,
shortsandsimilararticles),fallingwithinheadingNo
ex61.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originating
inHongKongandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginHongKongisthe
subjectofanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
CommunityandHongKongsignedon13August
1975;
Whereas,pendingthecompletionoftheprocedures
necessaryfortheconclusionandentryintoforceof
thatAgreement ,theCommunityandHongKong
haveagreedtorecognizethedcfactoapplicationofits
provisionswitheffectfrom18July1975;
Whereas,undertheAgreement ,HongKonghas
undertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportsofcertaintextileproductstotheCommunity
tocertainceilingsallocatedamongtheMember
States;
Whereas,asaresultofthetemporaryexceptionalsitua­
tionresultingfromtheapplicationatalatestagein
theyearoftheprovisionsoftheexportrestraintagree­
ment,thereisadangerthatactualimportsin1975
willbegreaterthantheannualquantitiesprovidedfor
intheAgreementconcludedwithHongKong;
Whereas,inthesecircumstances ,itistobefearedthat
anindirecttradeflowmayarisefortheproductsin
question,originatinginHongKongandputintofreeHASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizedtoexcludefrom
Communitytreatment,importsofthefollowing
products :
CCT
heading Descriptionofçoods
No
ex61.01 Men'sandboys'outergarments(jackets,
suits,trousers,jeans,shortsandsimilararti­
cles) v
originatinginHongKongandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates,andinrespectofwhich
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

17.1.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL10/41
Article3 applicationsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter13
November1975.ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheUnitedKingdom.
Article2 DoneatBrussels,20November1975.
ThisDecisionisapplicableuntilnewimportpossibili­
tiesareopenedintheUnitedKingdominrespectof
HongKongfortheproductsinquestion,andatthe
latestuntil31December1975.FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission