23.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL106/33
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of24November 1975
authorizingtheFederalRepublicofGermanynottoapplyCommunitytreat­
menttojerseys,pullovers,slip-overs,twinsets,cardigans,bed-jacketsand
jumpers,fallingwithinheadingNoex60.05oftheCommonCustomsTariff,
originatingintheRepublicofKoreaandinfreecirculationintheBeneluxcoun­
tries
(OnlytheGermantextisauthentic)
(76/408/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon18
November1975bytheGovernmentoftheFederal
RepublicofGermanytotheCommissionbytelex
fromtheofficeofitsPermanentRepresentative tothe
EuropeanCommunities ,forauthorizationnottoapply
Communitytreatmenttoimportsofjerseys,pullovers,
slip-overs,twinsets,cardigans,bed-jacketsandthelike,
fallingwithinheadingNoex60.05oftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatingintheRepublicofKorea
andinfreecirculationintheBeneluxcountries,and
specificallytheNetherlands ,
WhereastheCommission ,byRegulation (EEC)No
2138/75of14August1975regardingcertainurgent
measuresconcerningimportsofcertaintextile
productsoriginatingintheRepublicofKorea('),esta­
blishedbyCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2418/75of
22September 1975(2),limitedtoatotalof8910020
items,importsintotheCommunityoftheproductsin
questionfromthedateofentryintoforceoftheRegu­
lationuntil31December1975inclusive;Whereasthisamountisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates;whereasthequotashares
allocatedtotheFederalRepublicofGermanyandthe
Netherlandsare1293550and2669030itemsrespec­
tively;
Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossibletoachievefullalign­
mentoftheimportarrangements previouslyapplied
intheMemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
2138/75provides,asatemporarymeasure,foradero­
gationfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallCommunityimporterstotheamounts
authorizedbystipulatingthattheamountofthe
productsinquestionbeallocatedonthebasisofthe
volumeofimportspreviouslyadmittedintothe
variousMemberStatesandbeadjustedonlyprogres­
sivelytothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasontheallocationoftheamount
inquestionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthe
quotasharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesin
relationtothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets
concerned ;
WhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheFederal
RepublicofGermanyaflowofimportsofthe
productsinquestion,originatingintheRepublicof
KoreaandinfreecirculationintheNetherlands ,
whichthreatenstocontinueandtogrow;(»)OJNoL217,15.8.1975,p.31.
(2)OJNoL248,24.9.1975,p.1.

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heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
ex60.05 Outergarmentsandclothingaccessories ,
knittedorcrocheted ,notelasticorrubber­
ized:
Pullovers,jerseys,slip-overs,twinsets,cardi­
gans,bed-jacketsandjumpersWhereasthereareseriouseconomicdifficultiesinthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyinthesectorthatmanu­
facturestheproductsinquestionresultingina
progressivedeclineofproductionandaconstant
reductionofthenumberofworkersemployedinthat
sector;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetitionwithcertain
countries(includingtheRepublicofKorea),whereby
suchcountriesareenabledtoexportatpriceslower
thanthoseofGermanproducers;
Whereastheindirectimportsinquestion,which
wouldbeinadditiontothosealreadyeffected,would
belikelytoaggravatetheseeconomicdifficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibleatthepresenttimetosetin
motionthemachineryforbringingabouttheneces­
sarycooperationfromtheNetherlandsandtheother
Beneluxcountries;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven,
foralimitedperiod,fortheapplicationofprotective
measures,underthefirstparagraphofArticle115,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddownbytheCommis­
sionDecisionof12May1971(*),andinparticular
Article1thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheFederalRepublicofGermanyisauthorizednotto
applyCommunitytreatmenttoimportsofthe
followingproducts :wheretheyoriginateintheRepublicofKoreaandare
infreecirculationintheBeneluxcountries,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter5November1975.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheFederalRepublicofGermanyforthe
importationoftheproductsinquestionfromthe
RepublicofKoreaandinanycasenotlaterthan31
December1975.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheFederalRepublicof
Germany.
DoneatBrussels,24November1975.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.