NoL116/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.4.78
COMMISSION DECISION
of20March1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowomen's,
girls'andinfants'wovenandknittedorcrocheteddresses,ofwool,cottonor
man-madetextilefibres,fallingwithinheadingNoex60.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/404/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon14March
1978bytheBeneluxGovernments totheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowomen's,girls'
andinfants'wovenandknittedorcrocheteddressesof
wool,cottonorman-madetextilefibres,fallingwithin
headingNoex60.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationinthe
otherMemberStates,Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemployment ;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorizationshouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(3)andinparticularArticle1thereof;
Whereas,however,therequestforalicencewhich
gaverisetotheapplicationinquestiondoesnotneed
tobecoveredbysuchanauthorization inviewofthe
smallamountinvolved,WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginTaiwanissubject
toaCommunityquantitativequotaallocatedamong
theMemberStatesbyCommissionRegulation (EEC)
No302.0/77of30December1977(!)confirmedby
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No255/78of7February
1978(2);
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catethesequotasonthebasisoftheneedsoftheindi­
vidualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates,andwhereasuniformitycanbe
achievedonlyprogressively ;
Whereasdisparitiesinthecommercial policy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
bytheMemberStatesaregivingrisetodeflectionof
trade,thuspreventingtheexecutionofthosecommer­
cialpolicymeasures,whichareinforcebecauseofthe
difficulteconomicsituationinthesectorconcerned :HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Taiwanandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
(')OJNoL357,31.12.1977.
2)OJNoL39,9.2.1978. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

28.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL116/45
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafterthedateofthis
Decision :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05Women's,girls'andinfants'wovenand
knittedorcrocheteddresses,ofwool,
cottonorman-madetextilefibresTaiwanoruntil31December1978,whicheveristhe
earlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,20March1978.
FortheCommission
AntonioGIOLITTI
MemberoftheCommissionArticle2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfrom