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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75 )253 final
Brussels .30May 1975
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
maintaining ineffect the rules whereby
imports into theFederal Republic ofGermany
andBenelux countries ofsynthetic socks originating
inTaiwan aresubject toimport ,authorisations
(submitted bytheCommission totheCouncil )
C0M(75 )253 final

Explanatory Statement
1. Since 1971 »theEuropean producers ofsynthetic socks have been
subjected togrowing pressure ,especially intheGerman andBenelux
markets ,from imports from South East Asia ,andprincipally from Korea
andTaiwan .This pressure hasmanifested itself onthequantitative
level byasharp andsubstantial increase inimports which have risen
from 12million pairs in1971 toabout 53million pairs in1974 inGermany ,
andfrom 6million pairs in1971 tomore than 12million pairs in1974 •
inBenelux .Furthermore ,theabnormally lowprices offered bythe
Korean andTaiwanese exporters ,less than half theEuropean price ,have
adversely affected theCommunity producers . • ,
2. Thecombination ofthese twofactors ,quantity andprice ,hasallowed
theKorean andTaiwanese exporters tocapture alarge share ofthemarket ,
approximately $0%inGermany and20%inBenelux .This development has
been attheexpense oftheknitwear producers intheregions affected ,
whose production hasdecreased considerably during thepast four years .
Ithas also hadvery serious effects onthealready precarious position
ofemployment inthis sector .
A '•
3. Furthermore ,anaggravation oftheposition oftheCommunity producers
seems tobeimminent ifregard ishadtothenumber ofimport licences
issued over the last fewmonths byvirtue oftheCommunity surveillance which
hasbeenestablished overimports ofthese products ^^.
4. Ittherefo reseemed legitimate andnecessary that theCommission
should take immediate action ,that isthat itshould limit temporarily
2)imports originating inTaiwan asithaddone forimports ofKorean origin .
(l)O.J. No.L316of26.11.1974 »page 7
(2)Doo.Com (75) -Accelerated written procedure No.C /75ot '•
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5.Thismeasurehasbeenrestrictedforthemomenttothoseregions
oftheCommunity,whicharethemostdirectlyaffected,thatis,to
GermanyandtheBenelux.
6.TheCommissionconsidersthatthesemeasuresshouldbemaintained
ineffectforsixmonthsand,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Regulation(EEC)No.1439/74,Article12,paragraph6,issubmittingto
theCounciltheattachedproposalforaRegulationregardingmeasures
appropriatetobetakeninthisfield.
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(l)AcceleratedwrittenprocedureNo.1557of26.5*1975

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ProposaiforaCouncilRégulation
maintainingineffecttheruleswherebyimports
intotheFederalRepublicofGermanyand.theBeneluxcountries
oisyntheticsocksoriginatinginTaiwanaresubjecttoimport
'authorisations
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES .
/
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No«1439/74^^oncommonrules
forimportsandinparticulararticle13thereof;•
TheCommitteesetupunderarticle5of"thesaidRegulationhavingbeen
consulted ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasbyRegulation(EEC)No.ofMay1975»"theContaission-
establishedruleswherebyimportsintotheFederalRepublicofGermany
andtheBeneluxcountriesofsyntheticsocksoriginatinginTaiwanwere
madesubjecttoauthorisation ;
Whereasthefactorswhichjustifiedtheestablishment oftheserulesare
stillpresentandwhereasitisconsequently necessarytomaintainthem
ineffectforaperiodof'sixmonths; ..■«'
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION !
.(1)O.J.No*L159of15*6.1974,page1.

Article 1
1.Therules whereby imports into theFederal Republic ofGermany and
Benelux countries ofsynthetic socks originating inTaiwan aresubject
toauthorisation which were adopted byCommission Regulation (EEC )
No. of May 1975 shall remain applicable foraperiod of
6months from thedate ofitsentry into force .
2.This Regulation shall enter into force onthedayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inall Member States .
Done atBrussels . For the Council 1
The Président