CELEX: 31977D0366
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to drawn or blown glass, falling within heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Bulgaria and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 138 /34                       Official Journal of the European Communities                               4. 6. 77
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 10 May 1977
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to drawn or
              blown glass, falling within heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                originating in Bulgaria and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                   (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                     77/366/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                  tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
                                                              May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
                                                                                        Article 1
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 3 May
1977 by the Governments of the Benelux countries to           The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
the Commission by telex from the office of the Perma­         Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
nent Representative of the Kingdom of the Nether­             authorized not to apply Community treatment to
lands to the European Communities, for authorization          imports of drawn or blown glass, falling within
not to apply Community treatment to drawn or blown            heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff,
glass, falling within heading No ex 70.05 of the              where they originate in Bulgaria and are in free circu­
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Bulgaria and            lation in the other Member States, and in respect of
in free circulation in the other Member States,               which applications for import licences were lodged
Whereas for drawn or blown glass, falling within              after 24 April 1977.
heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff,
the Benelux countries, in accordance with the Council                                   Article 2
Decision of 13 December 1976 ('), have opened in              This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
respect of Bulgaria a quota of 350 tonnes for 1977            arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
which is wholly taken up ;                                    the products in question from Bulgaria and in any
Whereas there are at present economic difficulties in         case not later than 31 December 1977.
the glass industry in the Benelux countries, which are
caused largely by a fall in demand ;                                                    Article 3
Whereas according to information supplied by the              This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Benelux authorities, the indirect imports in question ,        Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
which would be in addition to those already effected,          Kingdom of the Netherlands.
would be likely to aggravate these economic diffi­
culties ;
                                                               Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion rapidly the machinery for bringing about the                                        For the Commission
necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                                           fitienne DAVIGNON
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                   Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 365, 31 . 12. 1976, p. 1 .                         (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26 .