CELEX: 31976D0052
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 October 1975 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to electric motors, falling within heading No ex 85.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 10 /38                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              17. 1 . 76
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                                          (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                  COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 16 October 1975
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to electric
              motors, falling within heading No ex 85.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, orig­
              inating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                       (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                          (76/52/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     serious economic difficulties in the sector in question,
COMMUNITIES,                                                       caused largely by unequal conditions of competition
                                                                   with certain countries (including Czechoslovakia),
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              whereby such countries are enabled to export at prices
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­              lower than those of producers in the Benelux coun­
                                                                   tries ;
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­             Whereas the result of these economic difficulties is a
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 8 October              considerable drop in production leading to unemploy­
1975 by the Governments of the Benelux countries to                ment in a number of factories, and a constant reduc­
the Commission by telex from the office of the Perma­              tion of the number of workers employed in the sector
nent Representative of the Kingdom of the Nether­                  in question ;
lands to the European Communities, for authorization
not to apply Community treatment to electric motors,
falling within heading No ex 85.01 of the Common                   Whereas the indirect imports in question, which
Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in               would be in addition to those already effected, would
free circulation in the other Member States ,
                                                                   be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;
Whereas for the products in question , the Benelux
countries, in accordance with the Council Decision of              Whereas it is not possible to set in motion the
2 December 1974 ( 1 ), as amended by the Decision of               machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
27 March 1975 (2), have opened, in respect of Czechos­             tion from the Federal Republic of Germany ;
lovakia, an annual quota of F1 367 123 ; whereas
imports of these products into the Federal Republic of
Germany from the same third country are liberalized ;              Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                   for the application of protective measures, under the
Whereas according to information supplied by the                   first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
Governments of the Benelux countries, there are                    tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
                                                                   May 1971 (}), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
(') OJ No L 358 , 31 . 12. 1974, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 99 , 21 . 4. 1975, p. 7 .                             (J) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                  the products in question from Czechoslovakia and in
                                                            any case not later than 31 December 1975 .
                      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               Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
imports of electric motors, falling within heading No        Kingdom of the Netherlands.
ex 85.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they
originate in Czechoslovakia and in respect of which
applications for import licences were lodged after 29        Done at Brussels, 16 October 1975 .
September 1975.
                                                                                     For the Commission
                      Article 2
                                                                                      Christopher SOAMES
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of                                    Vice-President