13.2.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL38/25
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(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of20January1976
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttomen'sand
boys'shirtsfallingwithinheadingNoex61.03,originatinginTaiwanandinfree
circulationintheFederalRepublicofGermany
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(76/200/EEC)
sionRegulation (EEC)No1849/75of18July1975
allocatingquantitativequotasinrespectofimports
intotheCommunityofcertaintextileproductsorigi­
natinginTaiwan(2);whereasthequotasharesallo­
catedfor1976totheBeneluxcountriesandthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyare1188000and
7842000itemsrespectively ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon14
January1976bytheGovernments oftheBenelux
countriestotheCommissionbytelexfromtheOffice
ofthePermanentRepresentative oftheKingdomof
theNetherlandstotheEuropeanCommunities ,for
authorizationnottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
men'sandboys'shirtsfallingwithinheadingNoex
61.03oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatingin
TaiwanandinfreecirculationintheFederalRepublic
ofGermany,
WhereasimportsintotheCommunityoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoa
CommunityquantitativequotaestablishedbyCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No1783/75of10July1975on
rulesforimportsofcertaintextileproductsoriginating
inTaiwan(');
Whereasthisquotaisadministered byallocation
amongtheMemberStates,asdeterminedbyCommis­Whereas,sinceitwasnotpossiblewhentheCommu­
nityquotawasopenedtoachievefullalignmentof
theimportarrangements previouslyappliedinthe
MemberStates,theaboveRegulation (EEC)No
1783/75provides,asatemporarymeasure,foradero­
gationfromtheprincipleofequalandcontinuous
accessforallCommunityimporterstoCommunity
quotasbystipulatingthatthequotainquestionbe
allocatedinitiallyonthebasisofthevolumeof
importspreviouslyadmittedintothevariousMember
Statesandthatitneedbeadjustedonlyprogressively
tothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets;
Whereasforthisreasonthisallocationofthequotain
questionstillinvolvescertaindisparitiesinthequota
sharesfixedforthevariousMemberStatesbyrefer­
encetothesupplyrequirements ofthemarkets
concerned :
(!)OJNoL182,12.7.1975,p.2. (2)OJNoL189,21.7.1975,p.24.

NoL38/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.2.76
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmentto
importsofthefollowingproduct:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
ex61.03Men'sandboys'undergarments,including
collars,shirtfrontsandcuffs:
Men'sandboys'shirtsWhereasthesedisparitieshavecausedintheBenelux
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,inordertoensurethattheexecutionofthe
abovecommercialpolicymeasuresisnotobstructed,
authorizationshouldbegiven,foralimitedperiod,for
theapplicationofprotectivemeasures,underthefirst
paragraphofArticle115,subjecttotheconditionslaid
downbytheCommission Decisionof12May
1971('),andinparticularArticle1thereof,wheretheyoriginateinTaiwanandareinfreecircula­
tionintheFederalRepublicofGermany,andin
respectofwhichapplicationsforimportlicenceswere
lodgedafter1January1976.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
ariseintheBeneluxcountriesfortheimportationof
theproductinquestionfromTaiwanandinanycase
notlaterthan31December1976.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,20January1976.
FortheCommission
ChristopherSOAMES
Vice-President
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.