CELEX: 31978D0213
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31 January 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to cartridges for smooth-base sporting guns, falling within heading No ex 93.07 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 64/28                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                     7 . 3 . 78
                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 31 January 1978
             authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
             Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to cartridges
             for smooth-base sporting guns, falling within heading No ex 93.07 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 / 21 3 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                      for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                  first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
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 25
January 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux                                             Article 1
countries to the Commission of the European
Communities by telex from the office of the Perma­                The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
nent Representative of the Kingdom of the Nether­                 Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
lands to the European Communities, for authorization              authorized not to apply Community treatment to
not to apply Community treatment to cartridges for                cartridges for smooth-base sporting guns, falling
smooth-base sporting guns, falling within heading No              within heading No ex 93.07 of the Common Customs
ex 93.07 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating                Tariff where they originate in Czechoslovakia and are
in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other            in free circulation in the other Member States and in
Member States,                                                    respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                                  lodged after 12 January 1978 .
Whereas for the products in question the Benelux
countries, in accordance with the Council Decision of                                      Article 2
20 December 1977, have opened in respect of
Czechoslovakia an annual quota of 94 500 items ;                  This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                                  arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                 the products in question from Czechoslovakia or until
Governments of the Benelux countries, there are                   31 December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
serious economic difficulties in the sector in question ,
caused largely by unequal conditions of competition                                        Article 3
with certain countries (including Czechoslovakia),
whereby such countries are enabled to export at prices            This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
lower than those of producers in the Benelux coun­                 Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
tries ;                                                           Kingdom of the Netherlands .
Whereas indirect imports of the products in question ,
which would be in addition to those already effected,              Done at Brussels, 31 January 1978 .
would be likely to aggravate these economic diffi­
culties ;                                                                                     For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                      Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the other Member States ;                                                                Vice-President
                                                                   (') OJ No L 121 ,   6 . 1971 , p. 26 .