NoL64/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.3.76
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of30January1976
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoelectric
motorsfallingwithinheadingNoex85.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginCzechoslovakia andputintofreecirculationintheotherMember
States
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(76/295/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreatymadeon26
January1976bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommissionbytelexfromtheOffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
theNetherlandstotheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
electricmotorsfallingwithinheadingNoex85.01of
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCzecho­
slovakiaandputintofreecirculationintheFederal
RepublicofGermany,
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeCouncilDecisionof
27March1975(*),asamendedbytheDecisionof
18December1975(2),theBeneluxcountrieshave
openedanannualquotainthesaidproductsfor
Czechoslovakia ofF1552000;whereasimports
thereofintotheFederalRepublicofGermanyfrom
thesamethirdcountryareliberalized;
Whereas,accordingtotheinformationsuppliedby
theGovernments oftheBeneluxcountries,thereareseriouseconomicdifficultiesinthesectorinquestion,
causedlargelybyunequalconditionsofcompetition
withcertaincountries(includingCzechoslovakia ),
whichenablessuchcountriestoexportatpriceslower
thanthoseofproducersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultieshaveleadtoa
considerabledropinproductioninvolvingunemploy­
mentinanumberoffactories,andacontinualreduc­
tioninthenumberofworkersemployedintherele­
vantsector;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion(which
exceed90%ofthequotaestablishedfordirect
imports)wouldbeadditionaltothosealreadyeffected,
andsowouldbelikelytoaggravatetheseeconomic
difficulties ;
Whereasthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheFederalRepublicof
Germanycannotbesetupatonce;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures,underthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(3),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
(!)OJNoL99,21.4.1975,p.7.
(2)OJNoL332,29.12.1975,p.1. 3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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theproductsinquestionfromCzechoslovakia andin
anycasenotlaterthan31December1976.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
herebyauthorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatment
toimportsofelectricmotorsfallingwithinheading
Noex85.01oftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginCzechoslovakia andputintofreecirculation
intheotherMemberStates,inrespectofwhichappli­
cationsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter13
January1976.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationofDoneatBrussels,30January1976.
FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-President