CELEX: 31979D0056
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-13 00:00:00
Title: 79/56/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 December 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to women' s, girls' and infants' (other than babies' ) knitted or crocheted pyjamas and night dresses, of cotton or synthetic fibres, falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 60.04-21, 25, 51, 53), originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 14/ 16                           Official Journal ot the European Communities                                          20 . 1 . 79
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 13 December 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to women 's,
              girls ' and infants ' (other than babies ') knitted or crocheted pyjamas and night
              dresses , of cotton or synthetic fibres , falling within heading No ex 60.04 of the
               Common Customs Tariff ( NIMEXE codes 60.04-21 , 25 , 51 , 53 ), originating in
                      Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                       ( Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic )
                                                          (79 / 56/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
COMMUNITIES ,                                                         machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                      tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 thereof,                                         for the application of protective measures under the
Having regard to the application under the first para­                first paragraph of Article 115 , subject to the condi­
                                                                      tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 6
December 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux                       of 12 May 1971 ( J ), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
countries to the Commission of the European
Communities , for authorization not to apply Commu­                   Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
nity treatment to women 's, girls' and infants ' (other               gave rise to the application in question does not need
than babies ') knitted or crocheted pyjamas and night                 to be covered by such an authorization ,
dresses, of cotton or synthetic fibres , falling within
heading No ex 60.04 of the Common Customs Tariff
( NIMEXE codes 60.04-21 , 25 , 51 , 53 ), originating in
Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Member States ;
Whereas in the Benelux countries the importation of                                              Article 1
the products in question originating in Czechoslo­
vakia   is , in   accordance      with     Council   Decision         The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
77/ 806/ EEC of 20 December 1977 ( 1 ), subject to an                 Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
annual quota which is wholly taken up ;                               hereby authorized not to apply Community treatment
                                                                      to the products indicated below, where they originate
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial                 in Czechoslovakia and are in free circulation in the
policy measures applied in connection with these                      other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
products by the Member States are causing deflection                  tions for import licences were lodged after 26
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those                   November 1978 :
commercial policy measures which are in force
because of the difficult economic situation            in the
                                                                                 CCT
sector concerned ;
                                                                                                                Description
                                                                                  No
Whereas it appears from the application submitted
that  there   are  serious difficulties     in  the industrial
sector concerned , involving a considerable drop in
                                                                      ex 60.04                   Women's, girls ' and infants' (other
                                                                      ( NIMEXE codes             than babies ') knitted or crocheted
 production and employment ;                                          60.04-21 , 25 , 51 , 53 )  pyjamas and night dresses, of
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely                                           cotton or synthetic fibres
 by unequal conditions of competition , which allow
exports to be made at prices appreciably lower than
 those of the Community products in question ;
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
already made or proposed , would be likely to aggra­                  This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
vate these difficulties ;                                             arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
(') OJ No L 360 , 31 . 12 . 1977 , p. 1                               (-) 0 | No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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these products from Czechoslovakia or until 31           Done at Brussels , 13 December 1978 .
December 1978 whichever is the earlier .
                    Art idi 3
                                                                                 For the Commission
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of                                     £tienne DAVIGNON
Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands .                                                  Member of the Commission