5.1.77 NoL3/9 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
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(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of14October1976
authorizingtheFederalRepublicofGermanynottoapplyCommunitytreat­
menttowomen's,girls'andinfants'shirtsandblouses,fallingwithin
subheading61.02exBoftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwan
andinfreecirculationintheNetherlands
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(77/1/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon7October
1976bytheGovernment oftheFederalRepublicof
GermanytotheCommissionbytelexfromtheOffice
ofitsPermanentRepresentative totheEuropean
Communities forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttowomen's,girls'andinfants'shirts
andblouses,fallingwithinsubheading61.02exBof
theCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwan
andinfreecirculationintheNetherlands ,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
CommunityquantitativequotaestablishedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1783/75of10July1975on
rulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
inTaiwan(');
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975
allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimports
intotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­natinginTaiwan(2);whereasthequotasharesallo­
catedfor1976totheBeneluxcountriesandthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyare696000and
576000itemsrespectively ;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,asatemporarymeasure,foradero­
gationfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallCommunityimporterstoCommunity
quotasbystipulatingthatthequotainquestionbe
allocatedinitiallyonthebasisofthevolumeof
importspreviouslyadmittedintothevariousMember
Statesandthatitneedbeadjustedonlyprogressively
tothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasonthisallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesbyrefer­
encetothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets
concerned ;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheFederal
RepublicofGermanyaflowofimportsofthe
productsinquestion,originatinginTaiwanandin
freecirculationintheNetherlands ,whichthreatensto
continueandtogrow;
(■)OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2. (2)OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24.

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heading Descriptionofgoods
No
61.02exBWomen's,girls'andinfants'outer
garments,shirtsandblousesWhereasthereareseriouseconomicdifficultiesinthe
branchofthetextileindustryconcerned,resultingina
progressivedeclineofproductionandaconstant
reductionofthenumberofworkersemployedinthat
sector;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheNetherlands ;
Whereasauthorizationshouldbegiven,foralimited
period,fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasures
underthefirstparagraphofArticle115subjecttothe
conditionslaiddownbytheCommissionDecisionof
12May1971('),andinparticularArticle1thereof,wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfreecircula­
tionintheNetherlands ,andinrespectofwhichappli­
cationsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter27
September1976.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheFederalRepublicofGermanyforthe
importationoftheproductsinquestionfromTaiwan
andinanycasenotlaterthan31December1976.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublicof
Germany.
DoneatBrussels,14October1976.
FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-PresidentHASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheFederalRepublicofGermanyisauthorizednotto
applyCommunitytreatmenttoimportsofthe
followingproducts :
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.