CELEX: 31976D0200
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 20 January 1976 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' shirts falling within heading No ex 61.03, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany

13 . 2. 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 38 /25
                                                            II
                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 20 January 1976
             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' shirts falling within heading No ex 61.03 , originating in Taiwan and in free
                                 circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany
                                      (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                       (76/200/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  sion Regulation (EEC) No 1849/75 of 18 July 1975
COMMUNITIES,                                                    allocating quantitative quotas in respect of imports
                                                                into the Community of certain textile products origi­
                                                                nating in Taiwan (2) ; whereas the quota shares allo­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           cated for  1976 to the Benelux countries and the
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           Federal Republic of Germany are 1 188 000 and
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                   7 842 000 items respectively ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 14
January 1976 by the Governments of the Benelux                  Whereas, since it was not possible when the Commu­
countries to the Commission by telex from the Office            nity quota was opened to achieve full alignment of
of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of               the import arrangements previously applied in the
the Netherlands to the European Communities, for                Member States, the above Regulation (EEC) No
authorization not to apply Community treatment to               1783/75 provides, as a temporary measure, for a dero­
men's and boys' shirts falling within heading No ex             gation from the principle of equal and continuous
61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in              access for all Community importers to Community
Taiwan and in free circulation in the Federal Republic          quotas by stipulating that the quota in question be
of Germany,                                                     allocated initially on the basis of the volume of
                                                                imports previously admitted into the various Member
                                                                States and that it need be adjusted only progressively
Whereas imports into the Community of the products              to the supply requirements of the markets ;
in question originating in Taiwan are subject to a
Community quantitative quota established by Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1783/75 of 10 July 1975 on
rules for imports of certain textile products originating
in Taiwan (') ;                                                 Whereas for this reason this allocation of the quota in
                                                                question still involves certain disparities in the quota
                                                                shares fixed for the various Member States by refer­
Whereas this quota is administered by allocation                ence to the supply requirements of the markets
among the Member States, as determined by Commis­               concerned :
(!) OJ No L 182, 12. 7 . 1975, p. 2 .                           (2) OJ No L 189 , 21 . 7. 1975, p. 24.
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Whereas these disparities have caused in the Benelux             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
countries a flow of imports of the products in ques­                                       Article 1
tion, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in
the Federal Republic of Germany, which threatens to              The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
continue and to grow ;                                           Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
                                                                 authorized not to apply Community treatment to
                                                                 imports of the following product :
Whereas, according to information supplied by the
Governments of the Benelux countries, there are
                                                                       CCT
serious economic difficulties in the shirt-making                     heading                   Description of goods
sector, resulting in a progressive decline of production                No
and a constant reduction of the number of workers
employed in that sector ;                                        ex 61.03         Men's and boys' under garments, including
                                                                                  collars, shirt fronts and cuffs :
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely                            Men's and boys' shirts
by unequal conditions of competition with certain
countries (including Taiwan), whereby such countries             where they originate in Taiwan and are in free circula­
are enabled to export at prices lower than those of              tion in the Federal Republic of Germany, and in
producers in the Benelux countries ;                              respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                                  lodged after 1 January 1976.
Whereas the indirect imports in question, which                                            Article 2
would be in addition to those already effected, would
                                                                 This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;             arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
                                                                 the product in question from Taiwan and in any case
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in          not later than 31 December 1976 .
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                         Article 3
sary cooperation from the Federal Republic of
Germany ;                                                        This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                                  Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
                                                                  Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Whereas, in order to ensure that the execution of the
above commercial policy measures is not obstructed,               Done at Brussels, 20 January 1976.
authorization should be given, for a limited period, for
                                                                                             For the Commission
the application of protective measures, under the first
paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the conditions laid                                    Christopher SOAMES
down by the Commission Decision of 12 May
1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.