CELEX: 31978D0999
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-24 00:00:00
Title: 78/999/EEC: Commission Decision of 24 November 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men' s and boys' shirts, woven, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling with heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.03-11, 15, 19), originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States

8 . 12. 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 344/37
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 24 November 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men's and
              boys' shirts, woven , of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling
              within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes
              61.03-11 , 15 , 19), originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other
                                                    Member States
                                   (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                      (78/999/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
                                                               first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the application under the first para­         tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 17                 of 12 May 1971 (!), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
November 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux
countries to the Commission of the European
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­
nity treatment to men's and boys' shirts, woven, of            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling
within heading No ex 61.03 of the Common Customs
Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.03-11 , 15, 19), originating in
Romania and in free circulation in the other Member                                     Article 1
States ;
                                                               The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
Whereas the importation into the Community of the              Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
products in question originating in Romania is                 authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the                 products indicated below, where they originate in
Community and that country ;                                   Romania and are in free circulation in the other
                                                               Member States, and in respect of which applications
Whereas under that Agreement Romania has under­                for import licences were lodged after 6 November
                                                               1978 :
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of
the products in question to the Community up to the
amount of certain ceilings allocated among the                            CCT
Member States ;                                                          heading                      Description
                                                                           No
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of , the needs of the         ex 61.03                Men's and boys' shirts, woven, of
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­       (NIMEXE codes           wool, of cotton or of man-made
ities existing between the import conditions in the            61.03-11 , 15, 19)      textile fibres
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
be achieved progressively ;
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                                       Article 2
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in             This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
production and employment ;                                    arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
                                                               these products from Romania or until 31 December
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those          1978 , whichever is the earlier.
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;                                      (1) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                   Article 3                           Done at Brussels, 24 November 1978 .
                                                                              For the Commission
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of                                 Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.                                                      Vice-President