10.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL154/19
COMMISSION DECISION
of24May1978
authorizingtheFrenchRepublicnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
women's,girls'andinfants'(otherthanbabies')dresses,ofwovenfabricor
knittedorcrocheted,fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AIIorheadingNoex
61.02oftheCommonCustomsTariff(NIMEXEcodes60.05-41,42,43,44;61.02­
48,52,53,54),originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationintheotherMember
States
(OnlytheFrenchtextisauthentic)
(78/496/EEC)
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(3),andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,therequestforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorization inviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon18May
1978bytheFrenchGovernmenttotheCommission
oftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorizationnot
toapplyCommunitytreatmenttowomen'sgirls'and
infants'(otherthanbabies')dresses,ofwovenfabricor
knittedorcrocheted,fallingwithinsubheadingex
60.05AIIorheadingNo61.02oftheCommon
CustomsTariff(NIMEXEcodes60.05-41,42,43,44;
61.02-48,52,53,54),originatinginTaiwanandinfree
circulationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginTaiwanissubject
toaCommunityquantiativequotaallocatedamong
theMemberStatesbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No3020/77of30December1977(]),confirmedby
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No255/78of7February
1978(2),
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catethesequotasonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindi­
vidualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;Article1
TheFrenchRepublicisherebyauthorizednotto
applyCommunitytreatmenttotheproductsindicated
below,wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfree
circulationintheotherMemberStates,andinrespect
ofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswerelodged
after18May1978:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AIIor
ex61.02
(NIMEXEcodes
60.05-41,42,43,44;
61.02-48,52,53,54)Women'sgirls'andinfants'(other
thanbabies')dresses,ofwoven
fabricorknittedorcrocheted
(!)OJNoL357,31.12.1977,p.51.
2)OJNoL39,9.2.1978,p.1. P)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntil30September1978.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFrenchRepublic.DoneatBrussels,24May1978.
FortheCommission
WilhelmHAFERKAMP
Vice-President