20.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL163/17
COMMISSION DECISION
of8June1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoblousesand
shirtblouses,knitted,crocheted(notelasticorrubberized),orwoven,forwomen,
girlsandinfants,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,fallingwithin
subheadings ex60.05AIIorex61.02B(NIMEXEcodes60.05-22,23,24,25—
61.02-78,82,84)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginBulgariaandin
freecirculation intheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/534/EEC)
Whereas,althoughtheimportswhichgaverisetothe
applicationsubmittedwouldappeartobeanisolated
operation,theyareneverthelesslikely,owingtothe
appreciableamountoftheimports,toaggravatethese
difficulties ,
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates,
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(2)andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon31May
1978bythegovernmentsoftheBeneluxcountriesto
theCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
blousesandshirtblouses,knitted,crocheted (not
elasticorrubberized),orwoven,forwomen,girlsand
infants,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres,fallingwithinsubheadingsex60.05AIIorex
61.02B(NIMEXEcodes60.05-22,23,24,25—61.02
78,82,84)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginBulgariaandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
WhereasintheBeneluxcountriestheimportationof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginBulgariais,in
accordance withtheCouncilDecisionof20
December1977(!)anduntiltheentryintoforceof
thedefinitivearrangements ,subjecttoquantitative
restriction ;
Whereasdisparitiesinthecommercial policy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
bytheMemberStatesaregivingrisetodeflectionof
trade,thuspreventingtheexecutionofthosecommer­
cialpolicymeasureswhichareinforcebecauseofthe
difficulteconomicsituationinthesectorconcerned ;
Whereas,accordingtotheapplicationsubmitted,
thereareseriousdifficultiesintheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Bulgariaandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter23May1978
andare,onthedateofthisDecisionpendingwiththe
Beneluxauthorities :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AIIand
ex61.02B
(NIMEXEcodes60.05
22,23,24,25—
61.02-78,82,84)Blousesandshirtblouses,knitted,
crocheted (notelasticorrubber­
ized),orwoven,forwomen,girls
andinfants,ofwool,ofcottonorof
man-madetextilefibres
t1)OJNoL360,31.12.1977,p.1. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL163/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities20.6.78
Article2 DoneatBrussels,8June1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-PresidentThisDecisionisadressedtotheKingdomofBelgium,
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandtheKingdom
oftheNetherlands .