7.9.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL245/29
COMMISSION DECISION
of16August1978
authorizingtheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsnottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttotracksuits
ofknittedorcrochetedfabric,notelasticorrubberized ,ofwool,ofcottonorof
man-madetextilefibres,fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AII(NIMEXEcodes
60.05-16,17,19)oftheCommonCustomsTariff,originatinginCzechoslovakia
andinfreecirculationintheotherMemberStates
(OnlytheFrenchandDutchtextsareauthentic)
(78/736/EEC)
Whereasalthoughtheimportswhichgaverisetothe
applicationsubmittedwouldappeartobeanisolated
operation,theyareneverthelesslikely,owingtothe
appreciableamountoftheimports,wouldbelikelyto
jeopardizetheefficiencyoftheabovementioned
commercialmeasures;
Whereasitisnotpossibletosetinmotionrapidlythe
machineryforbringingaboutthenecessarycoopera­
tionfromtheotherMemberStates;
Whereasauthorization shouldaccordinglybegiven
fortheapplicationofprotectivemeasuresunderthe
firstparagraphofArticle115,subjecttothecondi­
tionsspecifiedintheCommissionDecisionof12
May1971(2),andinparticularArticle1thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,andinparticularthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115thereof,
Havingregardtotheapplicationunderthefirstpara­
graphofArticle115oftheTreaty,madeon7August
1978bytheBeneluxGovernments totheCommis­
sionoftheEuropeanCommunities ,forauthorization
nottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttotracksuitsof
knittedorcrochetedfabric,notelasticorrubberized
ofwool,ofcottonorofman-madetextilefibres,
fallingwithinsubheadingex60.05AII(NIMEXE
codes60.05-16,17,19)oftheCommonCustoms
Tariff,originatinginCzechoslovakia andinfreecircu­
lationintheotherMemberStates,
WhereasinBeneluxtheimportationoftheproducts
inquestionoriginatinginCzechoslovakia is,inaccor­
dancewiththeCouncilDecisionof20December
1977(1),subjecttoquantitativerestriction ;
Whereasdisparitiesinthecommercial policy
measuresappliedinconnectionwiththeseproducts
bytheMemberStatesaregivingrisetodeflectionof
trade,thuspreventingtheexecutionofthosecommer­
cialpolicymeasures,whichareinforcebecauseofthe
difficulteconomicsituationinthesectorconcerned ;
Whereasaccordingtotheapplicationsubmittedthere
areseriousdifficulties intheindustrialsector
concernedinvolvingaconsiderabledropinproduc­
tionandemploymentandaprogressivedeclineinits
marketshare;
Whereastheseeconomicdifficultiesarecausedlargely
byunequalconditionsofcompetition ,whereby
exportscanbeeffectedatpricesappreciablylower
thanthoseoftheCommunityproductsinquestion;Article1
TheKingdomofBelgium,theGrandDuchyof
LuxembourgandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsare
authorizednottoapplyCommunitytreatmenttothe
productsindicatedbelow,wheretheyoriginatein
Czechoslovakia andareinfreecirculationintheother
MemberStates,andinrespectofwhichapplications
forimportlicenceswerelodgedafter27July1978
andare,onthedateofthisDecision,pendingwith
theBeneluxauthorities :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex60.05AII
(NIMEXE codes
60.05-16,17,19)Tracksuitsofknittedorcrocheted
fabric,notelasticorrubberized,of
wool,ofcottonorofman-made
textilefibres
(»)OJNoL360,31.12.1977,p.1. (2)OJNoL121,3.6.1971,p.26.

NoL245/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.9.78
DoneatBrussels,16August1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommissionArticle2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomof
Belgium,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .