CELEX: 31978D0326
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 woven and knitted dresses for women, girls and infants, of wool, cotton or man-made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

6 . 4 . 78                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 92/ 21
                                               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 woven and
              knitted dresses for women , girls and infants, of wool , cotton or man-made
              textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs
               Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                     (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                       (78/326/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    whereas according to the application submitted there
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    are   serious  difficulties     in  the  industrial  sector
                                                                 concerned, involving a considerable drop in produc­
                                                                 tion and employment ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­           Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  by unequal conditions of competition, whereby
                                                                 exports can be effected at prices appreciably lower
                                                                 than those of the Community products in question ;
 Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 24
 February 1978 by . the Governments of the Benelux               Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
countries to the Commission of the European                      already effected, would be likely to aggravate these
 Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­              difficulties ;
 nity treatment to woven and knitted dresses for
women , girls and infants, of wool, cotton or man­               Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 made textile fibres, falling within subheading ex 61.02         machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in                  tion from the Other Member States ;
Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member
States,
                                                                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                                 for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                 first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
                                                                 tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
 products in question originating in Taiwan is subject
                                                                 May 1971 (3 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
 to a Community quantitative quota allocated among
 the Member States by Commission Regulation (EEC)
 No 3020/77 of 30 December 1 977 ('), confirmed by               Whereas, however, the request for a licence which
 Council Regulation ( EEC) No 255/78 of 7 February               gave rise to the application in question does not need
 1978 (-');                                                      to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
                                                                 small amount involved ,
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­
vidual markets ; whereas for that reason disparities
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 persist between the import conditions in the various
Member States ; whereas uniformity can be achieved
only progressively ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas disparities in the commercial policy
 measures applied in connection with these products              The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
by the Member States are giving rise to deflection of            Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
trade, thus preventing the execution of those commer­            authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
cial policy measures which are in force because of the           products indicated below, where they originate in
difficult economic situation in the sector concerned ;           Taiwan     and are    in  free circulation  in   the other
                                                                 Member States, and in respect of which applications
(■) OJ No L 357, 31 . 12. 1977, p. .51 .
I2) OJ No L 39, 9. 2. 1978, p. 1 .                               (J) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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for import licences were lodged after the date of this        Taiwan or until 31 December 1978 whichever is the
Decision :                                                    earlier.
                                                                                    Article 3
      CCT
     heading                    Description
       No                                                     This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                               Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
ex 61.02 B      Woven and knitted dresses for women ,          Kingdom of the Netherlands.
                girls and infants, of wool , cotton or man-
                made textile fibres
                                                               Done at Brussels, 2 March 1978 .
                                                                                      For the Commission
                        Article 2
                                                                                     Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise for the importation of these products from                                          Vice-President