16.1.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL9/33
COMMISSION DECISION
of26November 1975
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttojerseys,
pullovers,slip-overs ,twinsets,cardigans ,bed-jacketsandjumpersfallingwithin
headingNo60.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandin
freecirculation intheBeneluxcountries
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(76/50/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon19
November1975bytheFrenchGovernment tothe
Commission bytelexfromtheOfficeofitsPerma­
nentRepresentative totheEuropeanCommunities ,
forauthorization nottoapplyCommunitytreatment
tojerseys,pullovers,slip-overs,twinsets,cardigans,
bed-jacketsandjumpersfallingwithinheadingNo
60.05oftheCommonCustomsTarifforiginatingin
TaiwanandinfreecirculationintheBeneluxcoun­
tries,specificallyBelgium,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
CommunityquantitativequotaestablishedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1783/75of10July1975on
rulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
inTaiwan(');
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975
allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimports
intotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­
natinginTaiwan(-');whereasthequotasharesallo­
catedfor1975toFranceandtheBeneluxcountries
are105000and7640000itemsrespectively ;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,asatemporarymeasure,fora
derogationfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallCommunityimporterstoCommunity
quotasbystipulatingthatthequotainquestionbeallocatedinitiallyonthebasisofthevolumesof
importspreviouslyadmittedintothevariousMember
Statesandneedbyadjustedonlyprogressively tothe
supplyrequirements ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasontheallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesinrelation
tothesupplyrequirements ofthemarketsconcerned ;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedinFrancea
flowofimportsoftheproductsinquestion,origi­
natinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationinthe
Beneluxcountries,whichthreatenstocontinueandto
grow;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
FrenchGovernment thereareseriouseconomicdiffi­
cultiesinthesectorthatmanufacturestheproductsin
questionresultinginaprogressivedeclineofproduc­
tionandaconstantreductionofthenumberof
workersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingTaiwan),wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
Frenchproducers;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromBelgiumandtheotherBenelux
countries ;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven,
foralimitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measures,underthefirstparagraphofArticle 115,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971(3),andinparticular
Article 1thereof,
(')OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2.
(-)OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24. P)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL9/34 16.1.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisauthorizednottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofthefollowing
product:applicationsforimportlicenceswerelodgedafter9
November1975.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseinFrancefortheimportationoftheproductsin
questionfromTaiwanandinanycasenotlaterthan
31December1975.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.
DoneatBrussels,26November1975.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommissionCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
60.05 Outergarmentsandclothingaccessories ,
knittedorcrocheted,notelasticorrubber­
ized:
pullovers,jerseys,slip-overs,twinsets,cardi­
gans,bed-jacketsandjumpers
wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfreecircula­
tionintheBeneluxcountries,andinrespectofwhich