CELEX: 31977D0724
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 March 1977 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton other than of cotton gauze or of unbleached terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the Benelux countries

No L 300/20                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                   24 . 11 . 77
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 22 March 1977
               authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany not to apply Community treat­
               ment to woven fabrics of cotton other than of cotton gauze or of unbleached
               terry towelling and similar terry fabrics, falling within heading No ex 55.09 of
               the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China and
                                  in free circulation in the Benelux countries
                                         (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                    (77/724/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                               first paragraph of Article 115 of the Treaty, subject to
COMMUNITIES,                                                 the conditions specified in the Commission Decision
                                                             of 12 May 1971 (2 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 1 15 of the Treaty, made on 14 March                                     Article 1
1977 by the Government of the Federal Republic of
Germany to the Commission by telex from the office           The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby autho­
of its Permanent Representative to the European              rized not to apply Community treatment to woven
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­           fabrics of cotton other than of cotton gauze or of
nity treatment to woven fabrics of cotton other than         unbleached terry towelling and similar terry fabrics,
of cotton gauze or of unbleached terry towelling and         falling within heading No ex 55.09 of the Common
similar terry fabrics, falling within heading No ex          Customs Tariff, where they originate in the People's
55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in           Republic of China and are in free circulation in the
the People's Republic of China and in free circulation        Benelux countries, and in respect of which applica­
in the Benelux countries,                                    tions for import licences were lodged after 3 March
                                                              1977 .
Whereas for fabrics falling within heading No ex
55.09 of the Common Customs Tariff, the Federal
Republic of Germany, in accordance with the Council                                       Article 2
Decision of 13 December 1 976 ('), opened in respect
of the People's Republic of China a quota of DM              This Decison shall apply until new opportunities arise
3 000 000 for 1977, which has been used up ;                  in the Federal Republic of Germany for the importa­
                                                              tion of the products in question from the People's
Whereas, according to information supplied by the             Republic of China, and in any case not later than 31
Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the            December 1977 .
textile industry concerned is faced with a serious crisis
which shows itself especially by a decrease in produc­
tion and by a reduction in its share of the market ;                                      Article 3
Whereas indirect imports, which would be in addition         This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
to those already effected, especially from the Benelux        Germany.
countries, would be likely to aggravate these economic
difficulties ;
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in      Done at Brussels, 22 March 1977 .
motion rapidly the machinery for bringing about the
necessary cooperation from the Benelux countries and                                         For the Commission
the other Member States ;
                                                                                            Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures, under the                                             Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 365, 31 . 12 . 1976 .                             ( 2 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .