CELEX: 31979D0030
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-12 00:00:00
Title: 79/30/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 December 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men' s and boys' woven breeches, shorts and trousers (including slacks); women' s girls' and infants' woven trousers and slacks, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-62, 64, 66, 72, 74, 76; 61.02-66, 68, 72), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

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                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                               of 12 December 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men's and
              boys' woven breeches, shorts and trousers (including slacks) ; women's, girl's and
              infants ' woven trousers and slacks , of wool , of cotton or of man-made textile
              fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the
              Common Customs Tariff ( NIMEXE codes 61.01-62, 64, 66, 72, 74, 76 ; 61.02-66, 68 ,
              72), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                         States
                                  (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                     (79 /30 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                     already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
                                                                vate these difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                    machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­          Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, • made on 5                 for the application of protective measures under the
December 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux                 first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
countries to the Commission of the European                     tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­              of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
nity treatment to men's and boys' woven breeches,
shorts and trousers (including slacks) ; women's, girls'
and infants' woven trousers and slacks of wool, of              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within
heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the                                        Article 1
Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-62,
64, 66, 72, 74, 76 ; 61.02-66, 68 , 72), originating in         The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other                  Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
Member States ;                                                 hereby authorized not to apply Community treatment
                                                                to the products indicated below, where they originate
Whereas the importation into the Community of the               in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the other
products in question originating in Hong Kong is                Member States, and in respect of which applications
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                  for import licences were lodged after 22 November
Community and that country ;                                     1978 :
Whereas under that Agreement Hong Kong has                                CCT
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its                      heading                        Description
                                                                           No
exports of the products in question to the Community
up to the amount of certain ceilings allocated among
the Member States ;                                             ex 61.01 or               Men's and boys' woven breeches,
                                                                ex 61.02 B                shorts and trousers (including
                                                                ( NIMEXE codes            slacks) : women's, girls' and infants'
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­           61.01-62, 64, 66, 72, woven trousers and slacks, of wool ,
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the            74, 76 ; 61.02-66, 68 , of cotton or of man-made textile
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­        72)                       fibres
ities existing between the import conditions in the
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
be achieved progressively ;                                                                Article 2
Whereas it appears from the application submitted"              This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
that there are serious difficulties in    the industrial        arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                     (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.
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these products from   Hong Kong or until 31              Done at Brussels, 12 December 1978 .
December 1978 whichever is the earlier.
                    Article 3
                                                                                For the Commission
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of                                   Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands .                                                       Vice-President