NoL8/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.1.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of25October1977
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttotableware
andotherarticlesofakindcommonlyusedfordomesticortoiletpurposes,of
porcelainorchina(includingbiscuitporcelainandparian)fallingwithin
headingNoex69.11oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginthePeople's
RepublicofChinaandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(78/6/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon17
October1977bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommissionbytelexfromtheOffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
theNetherlandstotheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
tablewareandotherarticlesofakindcommonlyused
fordomesticortoiletpurposes,ofporcelainorchina
(includingbiscuitporcelainandparian)fallingwithin
headingNoex69.11oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandin
freecirculationintheotherMemberStates,
Whereasfortheproductsinquestion,theBenelux
countries,inaccordancewiththeCouncilDecisionof
13December1976(')opened,inrespectofthe
People'sRepublicofChina,anannualquotaof
161000kilogramswhichiswhollytakenup;
WhereasintheBeneluxcountriesthereareserious
difficultiesintheindustrialsectorinquestion,which
arecausedlargelybyunequalconditionsofcompeti­
tionwithcertaincountries,wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
producersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereasindirectimports,whichwouldbeinaddition
tothosealreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravate
theseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971;Whereastherequestforalicencewhichgaveriseto
theapplicationunderArticle115shouldnotbe
coveredbythisauthorizationinviewoftherelatively
smallamountinvolved,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
tablewareandotherarticlesofakindcommonlyused
fordomesticortoiletpurposes,ofporcelainorchina
(includingbiscuitporcelainandparian)fallingwithin
headingNoex69.11oftheCommonCustomsTariff
wheretheyoriginateinthePeople'sRepublicof
ChinaandareinfreecirculationintheotherMember
States,andinrespectofwhichapplicationsforimport
licenceswerelodgedafterthedateofthisDecision.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromthePeople'sRepublic
ofChinaoruntil31December1977,whicheveristhe
earlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,25October1977.
FortheCommission
L.NATALI
Vice-President
(»)OJNoL365,31.12.1976,p.1.