CELEX: 31976D0048
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 November 1975 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men's socks falling within heading No ex 60.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 9/ 30                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            16 . 1 . 76
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 17 November 1975
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men's socks
              falling within heading No ex 60.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating
                         in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                      (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                        (76/48/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 laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            May 1971 (3), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 11                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
November 1975 by the Governments of the Benelux
countries to the Commission by telex from the Office                                      Article 1
of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands to the European Communities, for                 The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
men's socks falling within heading No ex 60.03 of the            authorized not to apply Community treatment to
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and                imports of men's socks falling within heading No ex
in free circulation in the Federal Republic of                   60.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they orig­
Germany,                                                         inate in Hungary and are in free circulation in the
                                                                 Federal Republic of Germany, and in respect of which
Whereas for the products in question , the Benelux               applications for import licences were lodged after 29
countries, in accordance with the Council Decision of            October 1975 .
2 December 1974 ( 1 ), as amended by the Decision of
27 March 1975 (2), have opened in respect of Hungary
                                                                                          Article 2
an annual quota of 19 000 dozen pairs, which has
already been fully allocated ;
                                                                 This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas the prices of the imports in question are                arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
approximately 40 % below those which producers in                the products in question from Hungary and in any
the Benelux countries are obliged to charge on the               case not later than 31 December 1975 .
basis of their production costs ;
                                                                                          Article 3
Whereas according to information supplied by the
Governments     of the     Benelux countries there are
serious economic difficulties in the sector concerned,
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                                 Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
resulting in a progressive decline of production and             Kingdom of the Netherlands.
employment ;
Whereas at the present time low-priced imports of the
product in question, which would be in addition to               Done at Brussels, 17 November 1975 .
imports already effected, would be likely to aggravate
these economic difficulties ;                                                               For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the                                      Finn GUNDELACH
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
tion from the Federal Republic of Germany ;                                             Member of the Commission
{') Of No L 358 , 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .
(-') OJ No L 99, 21 . 4. 1975, p. 1 .                           (3) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.