20.1.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL11/15
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(Actswhosehubliciitionisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of26November 1975
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttowomen's,
girls'andinfants'undergarments fallingwithinheadingNo61.04ofthe
CommonCustomsTariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationinthe
FederalRepublicofGermany
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(76/60/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle 115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon19
November1975bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommission bytelexfromtheOffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
theNetherlands totheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorization nottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
women's,girls'andinfants'undergarments falling
withinheadingNo61.04oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
theFederalRepublicofGermany,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
CommunityquantitativequotaestablishedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1783/75of10July1975on
rulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
inTaiwan(');
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimports
intotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­
natinginTaiwan(');whereasthequotasharesallo­
catedfor1975totheBeneluxcountriesandthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyare27000kgand
198000kgrespectively ;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,as.atemporarymeasure,foradero­
gationfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallimporterstoCommunityquotasbystipu­
latingthatthequotainquestionbeallocatedinitially
onthebasisofthevolumesofimportspreviously
admittedintothevariousMemberStatesandneedbe
adjustedonlyprogressivelytothesupplyrequirements
ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasontheallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesinrelation
tothesupplyrequirements ofthemarketsconcerned ;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheBenelux
countriesaflowofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tion,originatinginTaiwanandinfreecirculationin
(')OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2. (-')OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24.

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authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofthefollowingprpduct:
CCT
hauling Descriptionofgoods
No
61.04 Women's,girls'andinfants'undergar­
ments
wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfreecircula­
tionintheFederalRepublicofGermany,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter9November 1975.theFederalRepublicofGermany,whichtreatensto
continueandtogrow;
Whereasaccordingtoinformationsuppliedbythe
Governments oftheBeneluxcountriesthereare
seriouseconomicdifficulties inthebranchofthe
textileindustryinquestionresultinginaprogressive
declineofproductionandaconstantreductionofthe
numberofworkersemployedinthatsector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingTaiwan),wherebysuchcountries
areenabledtoexportatpriceslowerthanthoseof
producersintheBeneluxcountries ;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheFederalRepublicof
Germany ;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven,
foralimitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measures,underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971(')andinparticular
Article 1thereof,Artic/e2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theproductsinquestionfromTaiwanandinanycase
notlaterthan31December1975.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,26November1975.
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
/MemberoftheCommissionTheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
(')O|No1.121,V6.1471,p.26.