CELEX: 31978D1000
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-24 00:00:00
Title: 78/1000/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 November 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to knitted or crocheted trousers (except shorts), other than babies' , of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A II of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-61, 62, 64), originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

8 . 12. 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 344/39
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 24 November 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to knitted or
              crocheted trousers (except shorts), other than babies', of wool, of cotton or of
              man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A II of the Common
           ' Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.05-61 , 62, 64), originating in Taiwan and in
                                   free circulation in the other Member States
                                   (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                      (78/ 1000/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas it appears from the application submitted
COMMUNITIES,                                                     that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
                                                                 sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            production and employment ;
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                    Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
                                                                 by unequal conditions of competition, which allow
                                                                 exports to be made at prices appreciably lower than
Having regard to the application under the first para­           those of the Community products in question ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 17
November 1978 by the Governments          of the Benelux         Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
countries to the Commission of             the European
                                                                 already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
Communities, for authorization not to     apply Commu­           vate these difficulties ;
nity treatment to knitted or crocheted    trousers (except
shorts), other than babies', of wool, of cotton or of
man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex            Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
60.05 A II of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE                  machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
codes 60.05-61 , 62, 64), originating in Taiwan and in           tion from the other Member States ;
free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                 for the application of protective measures under the
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
products in question originating in Taiwan is subject            tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
to a Community quantitative quota allocated among                of 12 May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
the Member States by Commission Regulation (EEC)
No 3020/77 of 30 December 1977 (*), confirmed by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 255/78 of 7 February                 Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
 1978(2);                                                        gave rise to the application in question does not need
                                                                 to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
                                                                 small amount involved,
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­
vidual markets ; whereas there are therefore disparities
existing between the import conditions in the various             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be
achieved progressively ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial
policy measures applied in connection with these
products by the Member States are causing deflection             The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those               Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
commercial policy measures which are in force                     authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
because of the difficult economic situation in the                products indicated below, where they originate in
sector concerned ;                                               Taiwan    and  are    in  free   circulation in the other
                                                                  Member States, and in respect of which applications
(i) OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 51 .
0 OJ No L 39, 9 . 2. 1978 , p. 1 .                                (3) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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for import licences were lodged after 9 November             these products from Taiwan or until 31 December
1978 :                                                        1978, whichever is the earlier.
           CCT                                                                      Article 3
          heading                    Description
            No
                                                             This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                             Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
ex 60.05 A II         Knitted     or    crocheted trousers   Kingdom of the Netherlands.
(NIMEXE codes         (except shorts), other than babies',
60.05-61 , 62, 64)    of wool, of cotton or of man-made
                      textile fibres                          Done at Brussels, 24 November 1978 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                      Article 2
                                                                                     Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of                                     Vice-President