CELEX: 31977D0478
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21 January 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to imports of bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and kitchen linen falling within heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of India and in free circulation in the other Member States

5. 8 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 198 /25
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                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 21 January 1977
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to imports of
              bed linen , table linen , toilet linen and kitchen linen falling within heading No
              ex 62.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of India
                                and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                     (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                      (77/478 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas the quota share allocated for 1977 to the
COMMUNITIES,                                                    Netherlands is 400 000 kilograms ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           Whereas according to information supplied by the
                                                                Governments of the Benelux countries there are
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                 serious economic difficulties in the branch of the
                                                                textile industry concerned, resulting in a decline of
Having regard to the application under the first para­          production and a constant reduction in the number of
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 18                   workers employed in that sector ;
January 1977 by the Governments of the Benelux
countries to the Commission by telex from the office
of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of               Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
the Netherlands to the European Communities, for                by unequal conditions of competition with certain
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               countries (including the Republic of India), whereby
bed linen , table linen , toilet linen and kitchen linen ,      such countries are enabled to export at prices lower
falling within heading No ex 62.02 of the Common                than those of producers in the Benelux countries ;
Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of India
and in free circulation in the other Member States ,
                                                                Whereas the indirect imports in question, which
                                                                would be in addition to those already effected, would
Whereas the importation of the products in question
                                                                be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;
originating in the Republic of India is the subject of
an Agreement between the Community and that
country concluded on 10 November 1975 ;
                                                                Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
                                                                motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
Whereas under the Agreement the Republic of India               sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
has undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its
exports to the Community of household linen falling
within heading No ex 62.02 of the Common Customs                Whereas authorization should be given, for a limited
Tariff to a certain ceiling allocated among the                 period, for the application of protective measures,
Member States ;                                                 under the first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the
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 conditions specified in the Commission Decision of                                    Article 2
 12 May 1971 ( 1 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,         This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                                 arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                     the products in question from the Republic of India
                                                                 and in any case not later than 31 December 1977.
                          Article 1                                                    Article 3
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of                       This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
 Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are               Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
 authorized not to apply Community treatment to                  Kingdom of the Netherlands.
 imports of bed linen, table linen, toilet linen and
 kitchen linen falling within heading No ex 62.02 of             Done at Brussels, 21 January 1977.
 the Common Customs Tariff, where they originate in
                                                                                         For the Commission
 the Republic of India and are in free circulation in
 the other Member States, and in respect of which                                       Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
 applications for import licences were lodged after 5
January 1977.                                                                                Vice-President
(>) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.