CELEX: 31978D0199
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 January 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to industrial and occupational clothing of mixed synthetic textile fibres and of cotton for men and women, falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 61 / 26                      Official Journal of the European Communities                                      3 . 3 . 78
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 19 January 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to industrial
              and occupational clothing of mixed synthetic textile fibres and of cotton for
              men and women , falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex 61.02 of the
              Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in
                                                the other Member States
                                  ( Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                      (78 / 199 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas authorization should therefore be given , for a
COMMUNITIES,                                                       limited period , for the application of protective
                                                                   measures under the first paragraph of Article 115
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­              sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                      Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 12
January 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
countries to the Commission by telex from the office
of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of                                              ArtieIt 1
the Netherlands to the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                  The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
industrial and occupational clothing of mixed                      Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
synthetic textile fibres and of cotton for men and                 hereby authorized not to apply Community treatment
women , falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex                 to industrial and occupational clothing of mixed
61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in                 synthetic textile fibres and of cotton for men and
Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other                     women , falling within heading Nos ex 61.01 and ex
Member States ,
                                                                   61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff where they ori­
Whereas imports into the Community of the products                 ginate in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in
in question originating in Hong Kong are the subject               the other Member States, and in respect of which
of an Agreement negotiated between the Community                   application for import licences lodged after 2 January
and Hong Kong ;                                                     1978 are , on the date of this Decision , pending with
                                                                   the Benelux authorities .
Whereas under the Agreement Hong Kong has under­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of
                                                                                               Art idt 2
certain textile products to the Community to certain
ceilings allocated among Member States ;
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Whereas     there  are  economic     difficulties  in  the         Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
industry in question and these difficulties are aggra­             Kingdom of the Netherlands .
vated by imports of low-priced products from third
countries ;
Whereas imports of the products in question would                  Done at Brussels, 19 January 1978 .
be likely to implicate the aims pursued by the above­
mentioned Agreement ;                                                                            For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                          Étienne DAVIGNON
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                              Member of the Commission
                                                                   (') 0 | No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .