NoL314/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.12.77
COMMISSION DECISION
of20June1977
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttomen's
pyjamasofmixedsynthetictextilefibresfallingwithinheadingNoex61.03orig­
inatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(77/765/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon13June
1977bytheGovernments oftheBeneluxcountriesto
theCommissionbytelexfromtheofficeofthePerma­
nentRepresentative oftheKingdomoftheNether­
landstotheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttomen'spyjamas
ofmixedsynthetictextilefibresfallingwithinheading
Noex61.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
CommunityquantitativequotaestablishedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1783/75of10July1975on
rulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
inTaiwan(!);
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975
allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimports
intotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­
natinginTaiwan(2);
Whereasthequotashareallocatedfor1977tothe
Beneluxcountriesis197tonnes,whichhasbeen
almostcompletelyusedup;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,astemporarymeasure,foraderoga­
tionfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallCommunityimporterstoCommunityquotasbystipulatingthatthequotainquestionbe
allocatedinitiallyonthebasisofthevolumeof
importspreviouslyadmittedintothevariousMember
Statesandthatifneedbeadjustedonlyprogressively
tothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasonthisallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesbyrefer­
encetothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets
concerned ;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheBenelux
countriesaflowofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tion,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates,whichthreatenstocontinue
andtogrow;
Whereas,accordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountries,thereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesinthissector,resulting
inaprogressivedeclineofproductionandaconstant
reductionofthenumberofworkersemployedinthat
sector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingTaiwan),wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
producersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheotherMemberStates;
Wheresauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven,for
alimitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measures,underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971(3),andinparticular
Article1thereof,
(')OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2.
(2)OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

8.12.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL314/37
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofpyjamasofmixedsynthetictextilefibres
fallingwithinheadingNoex61.03oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanand
areinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates,and
inrespectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicences
werelodgedafter1June1977.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationoftheproductinquestionfromTaiwanandinanycase
notlaterthan31December1977.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,20June1977.
FortheCommission
RaymondVOUEL
MemberoftheCommission