CELEX: 31978D0736
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 August 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to track suits of knitted or crocheted fabric, not elastic or rubberized, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A II (NIMEXE codes 60.05-16, 17, 19) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

7 . 9 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 245/ 29
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 16 August 1978
                 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
                 Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to track suits
                 of knitted or crocheted fabric , not elastic or rubberized, of wool , of cotton or of
                 man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 60.05 A II (NIMEXE codes
                 60.05-16, 17 , 19) of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia
                                  and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                      (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                        (78/736/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas although the imports which gave rise to the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      application submitted would appear to be an isolated
                                                                  operation, they are nevertheless likely, owing to the
                                                                  appreciable amount of the imports, would be likely to
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             jeopardize the efficiency of the abovementioned
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             commercial measures ;
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Having regard to the application under the first para­             machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 7 August              tion from the other Member States ;
 1978 by the Benelux Governments to the Commis­
sion of the European Communities, for authorization               Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
not to apply Community treatment to track suits of                for the application of protective measures under the
knitted or crocheted fabric, not elastic or rubberized
                                                                  first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres,
                                                                  tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
falling within subheading ex 60.05 A II (NIMEXE                   May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
codes 60.05-16, 17, 19) of the Common Customs
Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circu­
lation in the other Member States,
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas in Benelux the importation of the products
in question originating in Czechoslovakia is, in accor­
dance with the Council Decision of 20 December
 1977 (1), subject to quantitative restriction ;                                            Article 1
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy                      The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
measures applied in connection with these products                Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of             authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­             products indicated below, where they originate in
cial policy measures, which are in force because of the           Czechoslovakia and are in free circulation in the other
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;            Member States, and in respect of which applications
                                                                  for import licences were lodged after 27 July 1978
                                                                  and are, on the date of this Decision, pending with
Whereas according to the application submitted there              the Benelux authorities :
are      serious  difficulties  in  the   industrial  sector
concerned involving a considerable drop in produc­                          CCT
tion and employment and a progressive decline in its                       heading                        Description
market share ;                                                               No
                                                                  ex 60.05 A II            Track suits of knitted or crocheted
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely            (NIMEXE           codes fabric, not elastic or rubberized, of
by unequal conditions of competition, whereby                     60.05-16, 17, 19)        wool, of cotton or of man-made
exports can be effected at prices appreciably lower                                        textile fibres
than those of the Community products in question ;
(») OJ No L 360, 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .                            (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                   Article 2                            Done at Brussels, 16 August 1978 .
                                                                               For the Commission
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of                                   Étienne DAVIGNON
Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.                                                 Member of the Commission