CELEX: 31978D0792
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 September 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to unbleached fabrics of synthetic rayon staple fibres, falling within subheading ex 56.07 B of the Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 56.07-42), originating in South Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States

26. 9 . 78                       Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 261 / 19
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                               of 13 September 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to unbleached
              fabrics of synthetic rayon staple fibres, falling within subheading ex 56.07 B of
              the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 56.07-42), originating in South
                          Korea and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                  (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                    (78/792/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES,                                                 Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
                                                             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
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                              Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
                                                             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 4                of 12 May 1971 (J), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
September 1978 by the Benelux Governments to the
Commission of the European Communities, for
authorization not to apply Community treatment to            Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
unbleached fabrics of synthetic rayon staple fibres,         gave rise to the application in question does not need
falling within subheading ex 56.07 B of the Common           to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
                                                             small amount involved,
Customs Tariff (NIMEXE code 56.07-42), originating
in South Korea and in free circulation in the other
Member States,
                                                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in South Korea is                                  Article 1
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;                                 The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
                                                             Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
Whereas, under that Agreement, South Korea has               authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its          products indicated below, where they originate in
exports of the products in question to the Community         South Korea and are in free circulation in the other
up to the amount of certain ceilings allocated among         Member States, and in respect of which applications
the Member States ;                                          for import licences were lodged after 3 September
                                                             1978 :
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                  CCT
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the                  heading                    Description
individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­                No
ities existing between the import conditions in the
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only          ex 56.07 B             Unbleached fabrics of synthetic
be achieved progressively ;                                  (NIMEXE code           rayon staple fibres
                                                             56.07-42)
Whereas it appears from the application submitted
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial                               Article 2
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                  This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                             arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
                                                             these products from South Korea or until 31
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those       December 1978 whichever is the earlier.
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;                                    O OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                   Article 3                           Done at Brussels, 13 September 1978 .
                                                                              For the Commission
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of                                   Etienne DAVIGNON
Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands.                                                Member of the Commission