7.11.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL289/35
COMMISSION DECISION
of30July1975
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttoimportsof
printedwovenfabricsofman-madefibres(discontinuous orwaste)andprinted
wovenfabricsofcottonofaweightnotexceeding130g/m2fallingwithin
subheading56.07exAIIor55.09exAIIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(75/663/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HivingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof;ploymentinmanyfactoriesandasteadydecreasein
thenumberofworkersemployedintheindustry;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatshortnoticetosetin
motionthemachineryforsecuringtherequisitecoop­
erationoftheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(3)andinparticularArticle1thereof,Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon24July
bytheGovernments oftheBeneluxcountriesbytelex
fromtheOfficeofthePermanentRepresentative of
theKingdomoftheNetherlandstotheEuropean
Communities ,forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttoprintedwovenfabricsofman-made
fibres(discontinuous orwaste)andprintedwoven
fabricsofcottonofaweightnotexceeding130g/m2
fallingwithinsubheading56.07exAIIor55.09exA
IIoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthe
People'sRepublicofChinaandinfreecirculationin
theotherMemberStates:HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofprintedwovenfabricsofman-madefibres
(discontinuous orwaste)andprintedwovenfabricsof
cottonofaweightnotexceeding130g/m2falling
withinsubheading56.07exAIIor55.09exAII,orig­
inatinginthePeople'sRepublicofChina,forwhich
applicationsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter13
July1975.Whereasthereisnoprovisionfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromthePeople'sRepublic
ofChinaintotheBeneluxcountriesinthecontextof
theimportarrangementsestablishedbytheCouncil
Decisionof2December1974('),asamendedbythe
Decisionof27March1975(2);
Whereas,accordingtotheinformationsuppliedby
theGovernments oftheBeneluxcountries,thetextile
industryisexperiencingseriouseconomicdifficulties
duelargelytounequalconditionsofcompetitionvis­
a-viscertaincountries{interaliathePeople'sRepu­
blicofChina)whichenablethelattertoexportat
lowerpricesthanthoseofBeneluxproducers;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausing
productiontodropconsiderably ,resultinginunem­Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilsuchtimeasthereare
newopeningsintheBeneluxcountriesforimportsof
theproductsinquestionfromthePeople'sRepublic
ofChinaoruntil31December1975,whicheveristhe
earlier.
(')OJNoL358,31.12.1974,p.1.
(2)OJNoL99,21.4.1975,p.1. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL289/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.11.75
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .DoneatBrussels,30July1975.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI