CELEX: 31977D0072
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 November 1976 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to women's, girls' and infants' coats, jackets, dresses and skirts, falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 17/22                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                20 . 1 . 77
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 3 November 1976
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
               Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to women's,
              girls' and infants' coats, jackets, dresses and skirts, falling within heading No ex
               61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circula­
                                           tion in the other Member States
                                    (Only the French and Dutch tests are authentic)
                                                       (77/72/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                     tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                                 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 28                                            Article 1
October 1976 by the Governments of the Benelux
countries to the Commission by telex from the Office            The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of                Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
the Netherlands to the European Communities, for                 authorized not to apply Community treatment to
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                imports of women's, girls' and infants' coats, jackets,
women's, girls' and infants' coats, jackets, dresses and         dresses and skirts, falling within heading No ex 61.02
skirts, falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the                of the Common Customs Tariff, where they originate
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and                 in Taiwan and are in free circulation in the other
in free circulation in the other Member States,                  Member States, and in respect of which applications
                                                                 for import licences were lodged after 17 October
Whereas for the products in question, the Benelux                1976 .
countries, in accordance with the Council Decision of
 10 July 1975 ('), have opened in respect of Taiwan an
                                                                                          Article 2
annual quota of 34 tonnes which has been almost
wholly taken up ;
                                                                This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
Governments of the Benelux countries, there are                  the products in question from Taiwan and in any case
serious economic difficulties in the ready-made                  not later than 31 December 1976 .
clothing sector, resulting in a decline of production
and a constant reduction of the number of workers in                                      Article J
that sector ;
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely           Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
by unequal conditions of competition with certain                Kingdom of the Netherlands.
countries (including Taiwan), whereby such countries
are enabled to export at prices lower than those of
producers in the Benelux countries ;
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 3 November 1976 .
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                          For the Commission
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                    Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 182, 12. 7. 1975, p. 2.                             (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.