NoL104/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.4.78
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(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of28February1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttotrousersfor
men,boys,women,girlsandinfants,ofwool,cottonorman-madetextilefibres,
fallingwithinheadingNoex61.01orsubheadingex61.02BoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginHongKongandinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates
(OnlytheDutchandFrenchtextsareauthentic)
(78/362/EEC)
individualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(•)andinparticularArticle1thereof,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon22
February1978bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommission oftheEuropean
Communities forauthorizationnottoapplyCommu­
nitytreatmenttotrousersformen,boys,women,girls
andinfants,ofwool,cottonorman-madetextile
fibres,fallingwithinheadingNoex61.01or
subheadingex61.02BoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginHongKongandinfreecircula­
tionintheotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginHongKongis
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthatcountry;
WhereasunderthatAgreementHongKonghas
undertakentotakeallnecessarystepstolimitits
exportsoftheproductsinquestiontotheCommunity
tocertainceilingsallocatedalongtheMemberStates;
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe(0OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

18.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL104/23
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
herebyauthorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatment
totheproductsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginate
inHongKongandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafterthedateofthis
Decision :Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromHong
Kongoruntil31December1978whicheveristhe
earlier.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,28February1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommissionCCT
heading
NoDescription
ex61.01or
ex61.02BTrousersformen,boys,women,girlsand
infants,ofwool,cottonorman-made
textilefibres