25.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL112/23
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(Actswhosepublicationisnotobligatory)
COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of21March1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttojerseys,
pullovers,slip-overs,twinsets,cardigans ,bed-jacketsandjumpers,knittedor
crocheted ,notelasticorrubberized ,ofwool,cottonorman-madetextilefibres,
fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AoftheCommonCustomsTariff,origi­
natinginYugoslaviaandinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/389/EEC)
Whereasitwasnotpossibleonthatoccasiontoallo­
catetheseceilingsonthebasisoftheneedsofthe
individualmarkets;whereasforthatreasondisparities
persistbetweentheimportconditionsinthevarious
MemberStates;whereasuniformitycanbeachieved
onlyprogressively ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concerned,involvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon17March
1978bytheBeneluxGovernments totheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttojerseys,
pullovers,slip-overs,twinsets,cardigans,bed-jackets
andjumpers,knittedorcrocheted,notelasticor
rubberized,ofwool,cottonorman-madetextilefibres,
fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AoftheCommon
CustomsTariff,originatinginYugoslaviaandinfree
circulationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereastheimportationintotheCommunityofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginYugoslaviais
coveredbyanAgreementnegotiatedbetweenthe
Communityandthiscountry;
WhereasunderthatAgreementYugoslaviahasunder­
takentotakeallnecessarystepstolimititsexportsof
theproductsinquestiontotheCommunitytocertain
ceilingsallocatedamongtheMemberStates;Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;
Whereasfurtherindirectimports,inadditiontothose
alreadyeffected,wouldbelikelytoaggravatethese
difficulties ;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;

NoL112/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.4.78
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntilnewopportunities
arisefortheimportationoftheseproductsfromYugo­
slaviaoruntil31December1978,whicheveristhe
earlier.Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(')andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Yugoslaviaandareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter12March1978:Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AJerseys,pullovers,slip-overs,twinsets,cardi­
gans,bed-jacketsandjumpers,knittedor
crocheted,notelasticorrubberized ,of
wool,cottonorman-madetextilefibresDoneatBrussels,21March1978.
FortheCommission
ChristopherTUGENDHAT
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.