CELEX: 31977D0653
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 June 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men's shirts of mixed synthetic textile fibres and cotton falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 266/ 12                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             19 . 10 . 77
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 28 June 1977
             authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
             Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men's shirts
             of mixed synthetic textile fibres and cotton falling within heading No ex 61.03
             of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hong Kong and in free circula­
                                               tion in the other Member States
                                        (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                          (77/653/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the application for a licence which gave rise
COMMUNITIES,                                                        to the application under Article 1 1 5 should not be
                                                                    covered by this authorization in view of the small
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               amount involved,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­              HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 20 June
1977 by the Governments of the Benelux countries to
                                                                                            Article 1
the Commission by telex from the office of the Perma­
nent Representative of the Kingdom of the Nether­                   The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
lands to the European Communities, for authorization                Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
not to apply Community treatment to men's shirts of                 authorized not to apply Community treatment to
mixed synthetic textile fibres and cotton falling within            imports of men's shirts of mixed synthetic textile
heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff,                   fibres and cotton, falling within heading No ex 61.03
originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in                 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they originate
the other Member States,
                                                                    in Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the other
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                   Member States, and in respect of which application
products in question originating in Hong Kong is the                for import licences were lodged after the date of this
                                                                    Decision .
subject of an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and Hong Kong and concluded on 8
April 1976 ;                                                                                Article 2
Whereas under the Agreement, Hong Kong has under­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
these textile products to the Community to ceilings                 arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
allocated among the Member States ;                                 the products in question from Hong Kong and in any
                                                                    case not later than 31 December 1977 .
Whereas there are serious economic difficulties in the
sector in question resulting in a drop in production                                        Article 3
and considerable unemployment ;
Whereas further imports of the products in question                 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
which would be in addition to those already effected,               Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
would be likely to aggravate those difficulties ;                   Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                 Done at Brussels, 28 June 1977 .
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                                              For the Commission
for the application of protective measures, under the
first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­                                         Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;                                               Vice-President
(') OI No L 121 . V 6 . 1971 . p . 26 .