CELEX: 31978D0790
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-13 00:00:00
Title: 78/790/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 September 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to unbleached fabrics of synthetic rayon staple fibres, falling within subheading 56.07 ex B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 56.07-42), originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States

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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                               COMMISSION
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 13 September 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to unbleached
              fabrics of synthetic rayon staple fibres, falling within subheading 56.07 ex B of
              the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 56.07-42), originating in Romania
                             and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                  (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                     (78/790/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
COMMUNITIES,                                                  cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
                                                              individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­
                                                              ities existing between the import conditions in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         be achieved progressively ;
graph of Article 115 thereof,
                                                              Whereas it appears from the application submitted
Having regard to the application under the first para­        that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 4                 sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
September 1978 by the Benelux Governments to the              production and employment ;
Commission of the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
unbleached fabrics of synthetic rayon staple fibres,          Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
falling within subheading 56.07 ex B of the Common            already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 56.07-42), originating            vate these difficulties :
in Romania and in free circulation in the other
Member States,
                                                              Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Whereas the importation into the Community of the             machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
products in question originating in Romania is                tion from the other Member States ;
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;
                                                              Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                              for the application of protective measures under the
Whereas, under that Agreement, Romania has under­             first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of     tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
the products in question to the Community up to the           of 12 May 1971 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the
Member States :                                               (!) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                         Article 2
                                                            This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                      Article 1
                                                            arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of                  these products from Romania or until 31 December
Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are            1978 , whichever is the earlier.
authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
products .indicated below, where they originate in                                  Article 3
Romania and are in free circulation in the other
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Member States, and in respect of which applications         Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
for import licences were lodged after 27 August 1978 :      Kingdom of the Netherlands.
          CCT
         heading
           No
                                   Description              Done at Brussels, 13 September 1978 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
56.07exB              Unbleached fabrics of synthetic
(NIMEXE code          rayon staple fibres                                             Etienne DAVIGNON
56.07-42)
                                                                                  Member of the Commission