CELEX: 31977D0734
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 July 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to shirts other than of silk, noil or other waste silk, flax or ramie, for men and boys, falling within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                            COMMISSION
                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 15 July 1977
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to shirts other
              than of silk, noil or other waste silk, flax or ramie, for men and boys , falling
              within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the
                   Republic of Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                 (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                    (77/734/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas the allocation of the ceilings in question still
COMMUNITIES,                                                  involves certain disparities in the quota shares fixed
                                                              for the various Member States by reference to the
                                                              supply requirements of the markets concerned ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                               Whereas these disparities are likely to cause a flow of
                                                              indirect trade which would aggravate the situation of
                                                              the clothing industry ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 7 July             Whereas according to information supplied by the
1977 by the Benelux Governments to the Commis­                Benelux Governments, there are serious economic
sion by telex from the office of its Permanent Repre­         difficulties in the clothing sector, resulting in a
sentative to the European Communities, for authoriza­         progressive decline of production and a reduction of
tion to apply protective measures in respect of the           the number of workers employed in that sector ;
importation of shirts other than of silk, noil or other
waste silk, flax or ramie, for men and boys, falling
within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs              Whereas indirect imports, which would be in addition
Tariff, originating in the Republic of Korea and in           to those already effected, would be likely to aggravate
free circulation in the other Member States,                  these economic difficulties ;
                                                              Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
Whereas the importation into the Community of the             motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
products in question originating in the Republic of           sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
Korea is the subject of an Agreement negotiated
between the Community and Hong Kong and signed
on 22 December 1976 ;                                         Whereas authorization should accordingly be given ,
                                                              for a limited period, for the application of protective
                                                              measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,
Whereas, under the Agreement, the Republic of                 subject to the conditions laid down by the Commis­
Korea has undertaken to take all necessary steps to           sion Decision of 12 May 1971 ('), and in particular
limit its exports of certain textile products to the          Article 1 thereof,
Community to certain ceilings allocated among the
Member States ;                                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                  the products in question from the Republic of Korea
                                                             and in any case not later than 31 December 1977.
                        Article 1
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of                                         Article 3
Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
authorized not to apply Community treatment to               This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
imports of shirts other than of silk, noil or other waste     Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
silk, flax or ramie, for men and boys, falling within         Kingdom of the Netherlands.
heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff,
where they originate in the Republic of Korea and are
in free circulation in the other Member States, and in
respect of which applications for import licences were        Done at Brussels, 15 July 1977.
lodged after the date of this Decision .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                        Article 2
                                                                                     Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of                                    Vice-President