NoL8/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.1.76
COMMISSION DECISION
of13November 1975
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttomen'sand
boys'shirtsfallingwithinheadingNoex61.03,originatinginTaiwanandinfree
circulationintheFederalRepublicofGermany
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(76/40/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon6
November1975bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommissionbytelexfromtheOffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
theNetherlandstotheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorization nottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
men'sandboys'shirtsfallingwithinheadingNoex
61.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
TaiwanandinfreeciruclationintheFederalRepublic
ofGermany,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
CommunityquantitativequotaestablishedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1783/75of10July1975on
rulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
inTaiwan(');
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975
allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimports
intotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­
natinginTaiwan(2);whereasthequotasharesallo­
catedfor1975tothe.Beneluxcountriesandthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyare1149000and
7803000itemsrespectively ;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,asatemporarymeasure,foradero­
gationfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallCommunityimporterstoCommunity
quotasbystipulatingthatthequotainquestionbe
allocatedinitiallyonthebasisofthevolumeofimportspreviouslyadmittedintothevariousMember
Statesandthatitneedbeadjustedonlyprogressively
tothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasonthisallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesbyrefer­
encetothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets
concerned ;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheBenelux
countriesaflowofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tion,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theFederalRepublicofGermany,whichthreatensto
continueandtogrow;
Whereas,accordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountries,thereare
seriouseconomicdifficultiesintheshirt-making
sector,resultinginaprogressivedeclineofproduction
andaconstantreductionofthenumberofworkers
employedinthatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingTaiwan),wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
producersintheBeneluxcountries;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheFederalRepublicof
Germany ;
Whereas,inordertoensurethatthe>executionofthe
abovecommercialpolicymeasuresisnotobstructed,
authorizationshouldbegiven,foralimitedperiod,for
theapplicationofprotectivemeasures,underthefirst
paragraphofArticle115,subjecttotheconditionslaid
downbytheCommission Decisionof12May
1971(3),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
C)OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2.
')OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24. (3)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

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Article2 HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theproductinquestionfromTaiwanandinanycase
notlaterthan31December1975.TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofthefollowingproduct:Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
ex61.03 Men'sandboys'shirts DoneatBrussels,13November1975.
wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfreecircula­
tionintheFederalRepublicofGermany,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter27October1975.FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission