NoL241/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 2.9.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of11August1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttojerseys,
pullovers,slip-overs,twinsets,cardigans,bed-jacketsandjumpers,knittedor
crocheted ,notelasticorrubberized ,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05A(NIMEXEcodes60.05-01,27,28,29,
30,33,36,37,38)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCzechoslovakia
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/729/EEC)
operation,theyareneverthelesslikely,owingtothe
appreciableamountoftheimports,tojeopardizethe
efficiencyoftheabovementioned commercial
measures ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(2),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon7August
1978,bytheBeneluxGovernments totheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttojerseys,
pullovers,slip-overs,twinsets,cardigans,bed-jackets
andjumpers,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticor
rubberized,ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextile
fibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05A(NIMEXE
codes60.05-01,27,28,29,30,33,36,37,38)ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCzechoslo­
vakiaandinfreecirculationintheotherMember
States,
WhereasinBeneluxtheimportationoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginCzechoslovakia is,inaccor­
dancewiththeCouncilDecisionof12June1978(•),
subjecttoquantitativerestriction;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catethesequotasonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindi­
vidualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanonlybe
achievedprogressively ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concernedinvolvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereasalthoughtheimportswhichgaverisetothe
applicationsubmittedwouldappeartobeanisolatedArticle1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Czechoslovakia andareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter27July1978
andare,onthedateofthisDecision,pendingwith
theBeneluxauthorities :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05A
(NIMEXEcodes
60.05-01,27,28,29
30,33,36,37,38)Jerseys,pullovers,slip-overs,twin­
sets,cardigans,bed-jacketsand
jumpers,Knittedorcrocheted,not
elasticorrubberized,ofwool,of
cottonorofman-made textile
fibres
(»)OJNoL168,26.6.1978,p.1. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

2.9.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL241/23
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
Kingdomelasticorrubberized,ofwool,of
theNetherlands .DoneatBrussels,11August1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission