CELEX: 31978D0376
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 March 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to suits (including coordinate suits) for men and boys, of wool, cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 106/ 26                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               20 . 4. 78
                                                              II
                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 2 March 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to suits
              (including coordinate suits) for men and boys, of wool , cotton or of man-made
              textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs
               Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                      (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                       (78 /376/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    vidual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     persist between the import conditions in the various
                                                                  Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            only progressively ;
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                   Whereas disparities in the commercial policy
                                                                  measures applied in connection with these products
 Having regard to the application under the first para­           by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 24                    trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­
 February 1978 by the Benelux Governments to the                  cial policy measures, which are in force because of the
Commission of the European Communities, for                       difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;
authorization not to apply Community treatment to
suits (including coordinate suits) for men and boys, of
wool , cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling              Whereas according to the application submitted there
                                                                  are   serious  difficulties in   the  industrial    sector
within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs
Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in          concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
the other Member States ,                                         tion and employment ;
Whereas the importation into the Community of the                 Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
products in question originating in Taiwan is subject             by unequal conditions of competition , whereby
to a Community quantitative quota allocated among                 exports can be effected at prices appreciably lower
the Member States by Commission Regulation ( EEC)                 than those of the Community products in question ;
No 3020/77 of 30 December 1 977 ('), confirmed by
by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 255/78 of 7
                                                                  Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
February 1 978 (2) ;
                                                                  already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
                                                                  difficulties ;
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­
                                                                  Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
(') OJ No L 357,          12 . 1977 .                             machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
(*) OJ No L       9 . 2 . 1 978 .                                 tion from the other Member States ;
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 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given                                      Article 2
 for the application of protective measures under the
 first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
                                                                   This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
 tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                                   arise for the importation of these products from
 May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,                Taiwan or until 31 December 1978 , whichever is the
                                                                   earlier.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                            Article 1
                                                                                        Article 3
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
 Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are                 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
 authorized not to apply Community treatment to the                Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
 products indicated below, where they originate in                 Kingdom of the Netherlands.
 Taiwan      and are   in   free  circulation    in the  other
 Member States, and in respect of which applications
 for import licences were lodged after 13 February
 1978 :
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 2 March 1978 .
       CCT
      heading                       Description
        No
                                                                                          For the Commission
 ex 61.01          Suits (including coordinate suits) for men
                   and boys, of wool , cotton or of man-made                             Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                   textile fibres
                                                                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .