CELEX: 31978D0844
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-26 00:00:00
Title: 78/844/EEC: Commission Decision of 26 September 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to bed linen, table linen, toilet and kitchen linen falling within subheading ex 62.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 62.02-73) originating in the People' s Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States

19 . 10 . 78                      Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 293/21
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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                             COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                               of 26 September 1978
             authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
             Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to bed linen,
             table linen, toilet and kitchen linen falling within subheading ex 62.02 B of the
             Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 62.02-73) originating in the People's
                  Republic of China and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                  (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                    (78/844/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                               Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                 already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
                                                             vate these difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­        Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                             tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 14               Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
September 1978 by the Benelux Governments to the             for the application of protective measures under the
Commission of the European Communities, for                  first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
authorization not to apply Community treatment to            tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
bed linen, table linen, toilet and kitchen linen falling     of 12 May 1971 (l), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
within subheading ex 62.02 B of the Common
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 62.02-73) originating
in the People's Republic of China and in free circula­       Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
tion in the other Member States ;                            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 in the Benelux countries the importation of
the products in question originating in the People's
Republic of China is prohibited ;
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial
policy measures applied in connection with these
products by the Member States are causing deflection
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those                                    Article 1
commercial policy measures which are in force
because of the difficult economic situation in the           The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
sector concerned ;                                           Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
                                                             authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
Whereas there are serious difficulties in the industrial     products indicated below, where they originate in the
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                  (•) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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People s Republic of China and are in free circulation      these products from the People s Republic of China or
in the other Member States, and in respect of which         until 31 December 1978, whichever is the earlier.
applications for import licences were lodged after 13
September 1978 :                                                                  Article 3
          CCT                                               This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
         heading                   Description
           No                                               Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
                                                            Kingdom of the Netherlands.
ex 62.02 B            Bed linen, table linen, toilet and
(NIMEXE          code kitchen linen
62.02-73)                                                   Done at Brussels, 26 September 1978 .
                                                                                    For the Commission
                      Article 2
                                                                                      Guido BRUNNER
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of                           Member of the Commission