CELEX: 31976D0060
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26 November 1975 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' undergarments falling within heading No 61.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany

20 . 1 . 76                              Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 11 / 15
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                                            (Acts whose hubliciition is not obligatory)
                                                    COMMISSION
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 26 November 1975
              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' undergarments falling within heading No 61.04 of the
              Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the
                                                 Federal Republic of Germany
                                         (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                           ( 76/ 60 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          allocating quantitative quotas in respect of imports
COMMUNITIES,                                                            into the Community of certain textile products origi­
                                                                        nating in Taiwan (') ; whereas the quota shares allo­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   cated   for  1975   to the    Benelux countries and   the
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                   Federal Republic of Germany are 27 000 kg and
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                          1 98 000 kg respectively ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­                  Whereas, since it was not possible when the Commu­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 19                          nity quota was opened to achieve full alignment of
November 1975 by the Governments of the Benelux                         the import arrangements previously applied in the
countries to the Commission by telex from the Office                    Member States , the above Regulation ( EEC) No
of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of                        1783 /75 provides, as . a temporary measure, for a dero­
the Netherlands to the European Communities, for                        gation from the principle of equal and continuous
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                       access for all importers to Community quotas by stipu­
women 's, girls' and infants' undergarments falling                     lating that the quota in question be allocated initially
within heading No 61.04 of the Common Customs                           on the basis of the volumes of imports previously
Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in                admitted into the various Member States and need be
the Federal Republic of Germany,                                        adjusted only progressively to the supply requirements
                                                                        of the markets ;
Whereas imports into the Community of the products
in question originating in Taiwan are subject to a
Community quantitative quota established by Council                     Whereas for this reason the allocation of the quota in
Regulation ( EEC) No 1783/ 75 of 10 July 1975 on                        question still involves certain disparities in the quota
                                                                        shares fixed for the various Member States in relation
rules for imports of certain textile products originating
in Taiwan (') ;                                                         to the supply requirements of the markets concerned ;
Whereas this quota is administered by allocation                        Whereas these disparities have caused in the Benelux
among the Member States, as determined by Commis­                       countries a flow of imports of the products in ques­
sion Regulation ( EEC) No 1849/ 75 of 18 July 1975                      tion , originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in
(') OJ No L 182, 12 . 7 . 1975 , p . 2 .                               (-') OJ No L 189 , 21 . 7 . 1975 , p . 24 .
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the Federal Republic of Germany, which treatens to                    authorized not to apply Community treatment to
continue and to grow ;                                                imports of the following prpduct :
Whereas according to information supplied by the
Governments of the Benelux countries there are                              CCT
                                                                           hauling                Description of goods
serious economic difficulties in the branch of the                           No
textile industry in question resulting in a progressive
decline of production and a constant reduction of the                 61.04           Women's, girls' and infants' undergar­
number of workers employed in that sector ;                                           ments
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
by unequal conditions of competition with certain                     where they originate in Taiwan and are in free circula­
countries ( including Taiwan ), whereby such countries                tion in the Federal Republic of Germany, and in
are enabled to export at prices lower than those of                   respect of which applications for import licences were
producers in the Benelux countries ;                                  lodged after 9 November 1 975 .
Whereas the indirect imports in question , which
would be in addition to those already effected , would                                       A rtic/e 2
be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;
                                                                      This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in              arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                    the products in question from Taiwan and in any case
sary cooperation from the Federal Republic of                         not later than 31  December 1975 .
Germany ;
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given ,                                          Article 3
for a limited period , for the application of protective
measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115 ,                  This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­                    Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (') and in particular                    Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Article 1 thereof,
                                                                      Done at Brussels , 26 November 1975 .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                For the Commission
                           Article 1
                                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are                                           /Member of the Commission
(') O | No 1 . 121 , V 6 . 1471 , p . 26 .