CELEX: 31979D0015
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-29 00:00:00
Title: 79/15/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 November 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to woven fabrics of cotton and woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), falling within heading No 55.09 or subheading 56.07 A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 55.09-01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 41, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 92, 93, 97; 56.07-01, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 36), originating in Thailand and in free circulation in the other Member States

11 . 1 . 79                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                            No L 7/ 27
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 29 November 1978
                authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
                Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to woven
                fabrics of cotton and woven fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or
                waste), falling within heading No 55.09 or subheading 56.07 A of the Common
                Customs Tariff ( NIMEXE codes 55.09-01 , 02, 03 , 04, 05, 11 , 12, 13, 14, 15 , 16, 17 , 19,
                21 , 29, 31 , 33 , 35 , 37 , 38 , 39, 41 , 49, 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56, 57 , 59, 61 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66, 67 ,
                68 , 69, 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 86, 87 , 92 , 93 , 97 ; 56.07-01 , 04 , 05 ,
                07 , 08 , 11 , 13 , 14, 16, 17 , 18 , 21 , 23 , 24, 26, 27 , 28 , 32, 33, 34, 36), originating in Thai­
                                land and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                          (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                                  (79/ 15/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                                various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
COMMUNITIES,                                                                  be achieved progressively ;
                                                                              Whereas it appears from the application submitted
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                         that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                         sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                               production and employment ;
                                                                              Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
Having regard to the application under the first para­                        already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 17                                vate these difficulties ;
November 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux
countries to the Commission of the European                                   Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­                            machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
nity treatment to woven fabrics of cotton and woven                           tion from the other Member States ;
fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste),
falling within heading No 55.09 or subheading 56.07                           Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
A of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes                                  for the application of protective measures under the
55.09-01 , 02, 03, 04, 05, 11 , 12, 13 , 14, 15, 16, 17, 19,                  first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
21 , 29, 31 , 33 , 35, 37, 38 , 39 , 41 , 49 , 51 , 52, 53 , 54, 55,          tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/ EEC
56, 57, 59 , 61 , 63 , 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72, 73 ,           of 12 May 1971 (!), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
74, 76, 77, 78 , 81 , 82, 83 , 84, 86, 87, 92, 93 , 97 ;
56.07-01 , 04, 05, 07, 08 , 1 1 , 13 , 14, 16, 17, 18 , 21 , 23 ,             Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
24, 26, 27, 28 , 32, 33, 34, 36), originating in Thailand                    gave rise to the application in question does not need
and in free circulation in the other Member States,                           to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
                                                                              small amount involved,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Thailand is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Community and that country ;
                                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas under that Agreement Thailand has under­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of                    The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
the products in question to the Community up to the                           Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                                authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
Member States ;                                                               products indicated below, where they originate in
                                                                             Thailand and are in free circulation in the other
                                                                             Member States, and in respect of which applications
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                         for import licences were lodged after 11 November
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                          1978 :
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­
ities existing between the import conditions in the                          (!) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                                             CCT heading No                                             Description
          55.09 or 56.07 A                                                                   Woven fabrics of cotton and woven
          ( NIMEXE codes 55.09-01 , 02, 03, 04, 05, 11 , 12, 13, 14, 15,                    fabrics of man-made fibres (discon­
           16, 17,  19 , 21 , 29,  31 , 33 ,  35, 37, 38 , 39 , 41 , 49, 51 , 52,   53, 54, tinuous or waste)
          55,  56,  57,  59,  61 , 63 , 64,   65, 66, 67, 68 , 69 ,   70 , 71 , 72, 73, 74,
          76,  77,  78 , 81 , 82,  83 , 84,   86, 87, 92, 93 , 97    ; 56.07-01 ,   04, 05,
          07,  08 , 1 1, 13,  14,  16,  17,   18 , 21 , 23, 24, 26,   27, 28 , 32,  33, 34,
          36)
                                                                       Article 2
          This Decision shall apply until new opportunities arise in the Benelux countries for the
          importation of these products from Thailand or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is
          the earlier.
                                                                       Article 3
          This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
          and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
          Done at Brussels, 29 November 1978 .
                                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                            Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                                                         Member of the Commission