CELEX: 31977D0073
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 November 1976 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treatment to certain under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of cotton or of other textile materials - men's and boys' pyjamas, women's, girls' and infants' pyjamas and nightdresses, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the Netherlands

20 . 1 . 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 17/ 23
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 29 November 1976
               authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treat­
               ment to certain under garments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized,
               of cotton or of other textile materials — men's and boys' pyjamas, women's,
               girls' and infants' pyjamas and nightdresses, falling within heading No ex 60.04
               of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circula­
                                                    tion in the Netherlands
                                                (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                           (77/73/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­               The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized not to
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                      apply Community treatment to the following
                                                                     products :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 22                             CCT
November 1976 by the Government of the Federal                           heading                 Description of goods
Republic of Germany to the Commission by telex                              No
from the office of its permanent representative to the
European Communities, for authorization not to apply                 ex 60.04       Certain    under      garments,    knitted   or
Community treatment to certain under garments,                                      crocheted , not elastic or rubberized :
knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of                                 — Of cotton or of other textile materials :
cotton or of other textile materials — men 's and boys'
pyjamas, women 's, girls' and infants' pyjamas and                                      — Men's and boys' pyjamas
nightdresses, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of                                     — Women's, girls' and               infants'
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong                                              pyjamas and nightdresses
Kong and in free circulation in the Netherlands,
                                                                    where they originate in Hong Kong and are in free
Whereas, under the Agreement concluded on 8 April                    circulation in the Netherlands, and in respect of
 1976 between the Community and Hong Kong                           which applications for import licences were lodged
following Article 4 of the Arrangement regarding                    after 9 November 1976 .
international trade in textiles, Hong Kong has under­
taken to limit its exports of the products in question                                      Article 2
to the Federal Republic of Germany to a certain
ceiling ;                                                           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                                    arise in the Federal Republic of Germany for the
Whereas further indirect imports would be likely to                  importation of the products in question from Hong
aggravate the serious economic difficulties in the                   Kong and in any case not later than 31 December
branch of the textile industry concerned, which are                  1976 .
resulting in particular in a progressive decline of
production ;                                                                                Article 3
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in            This Decision is adressed to the Federal Republic of
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                  Germany.
sary cooperation from the Netherlands and the other
Member States ;                                                      Done at Brussels , 29 November 1976 .
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                               For the Commission
for the application of protective measures under the
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                         Finn GUNDELACH
tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
May 1971 ( ] ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .