11.1.79 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL7/27
COMMISSION DECISION
of29November 1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowoven
fabricsofcottonandwovenfabricsofman-madefibres(discontinuous or
waste),fallingwithinheadingNo55.09orsubheading56.07AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff(NIMEXEcodes55.09-01,02,03,04,05,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,19,
21,29,31,33,35,37,38,39,41,49,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,59,61,63,64,65,66,67,
68,69,70,71,72,73,74,76,77,78,81,82,83,84,86,87,92,93,97;56.07-01,04,05,
07,08,11,13,14,16,17,18,21,23,24,26,27,28,32,33,34,36),originatinginThai­
landandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(79/15/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon17
November1978bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttowovenfabricsofcottonandwoven
fabricsofman-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste),
fallingwithinheadingNo55.09orsubheading56.07
AoftheCommonCustomsTariff(NIMEXEcodes
55.09-01,02,03,04,05,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,19,
21,29,31,33,35,37,38,39,41,49,51,52,53,54,55,
56,57,59,61,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,
74,76,77,78,81,82,83,84,86,87,92,93,97;
56.07-01,04,05,07,08,11,13,14,16,17,18,21,23,
24,26,27,28,32,33,34,36),originatinginThailand
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,variousMemberStates;whereasuniformitycanonly
beachievedprogressively ;
Whereasitappearsfromtheapplicationsubmitted
thatthereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrial
sectorconcerned,involvingaconsiderabledropin
productionandemployment ;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadymadeorproposed,wouldbelikelytoaggra­
vatethesedifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddowninCommission Decision71/202/EEC
of12May1971(!),andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,theapplicationforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorizationinviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginThailandis
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthatcountry;
WhereasunderthatAgreementThailandhasunder­
takentotakeallnecessarystepstolimititsexportsof
theproductsinquestiontotheCommunityuptothe
amountofcertainceilingsallocatedamongthe
MemberStates;Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Thailandandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter11November
1978:Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereastherearethereforedispar­
itiesexistingbetweentheimportconditionsinthe(!)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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CCTheadingNo Description
55.09or56.07A
(NIMEXEcodes55.09-01,02,03,04,05,11,12,13,14,15,
16,17,19,21,29,31,33,35,37,38,39,41,49,51,52,53,54,
55,56,57,59,61,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,
76,77,78,81,82,83,84,86,87,92,93,97;56.07-01,04,05,
07,08,11,13,14,16,17,18,21,23,24,26,27,28,32,33,34,
36)Wovenfabricsofcottonandwoven
fabricsofman-madefibres(discon­
tinuousorwaste)
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunitiesariseintheBeneluxcountriesforthe
importationoftheseproductsfromThailandoruntil31December1978,whicheveris
theearlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourg
andtheKingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,29November1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission