CELEX: 31978D0283
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 February 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to woven suits for men and boys, falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Yugoslavia and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 74/26                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                 16 . 3 . 78
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                                              COMMISSION
                                           COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 10 February 1978
             authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
             Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to woven suits
             for men and boys , falling within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs
             Tariff, originating in Yugoslavia and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                          States
                                  (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                     (78 /283/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas there are serious economic difficulties in the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     sector in question and these difficulties are increased
                                                                 by low-priced imports from third countries ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing European                Whereas further imports of the products in question
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­            would be likely to implicate the aims pursued by the
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                  abovementioned Agreement,
                                                                 Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Having regard to the application under the first para­           machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
                                                                 tion from the other Member States ;
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 27
January 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux                   Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
countries to the Commission by telex from the office             for the application of protective measures, under the
of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of                first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
Belgium to the European Communities, for authoriza­              tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
tion not to apply Community treatment to woven                   May 1971 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
suits for men and boys, falling within heading No ex
61.01 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in               Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
Yugoslavia and in free circulation in the other                  gave rise to the application under Article 115 should
Member States,                                                   not be covered by this authorization in view of the
                                                                 small amount involved ,
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Yugoslavia is the            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
subject of an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and this third country ;
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas under the Agreement, Yugoslavia has under­               The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
taken to take all necessary steps to limit its exports of         Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
these products to the Community to ceilings allocated
among the Member States ;                                        (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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authorized not to apply Community treatment to                                  Article 3
imports of woven suits for men and boys, falling
within heading No ex 61.01 of the Common Customs           This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom ol
Tariff, where they originate in Yugoslavia and are in      Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
free circulation in the other Member States , and in       Kingdom of the Netherlands.
respect of which applications for import licences were
lodged after the date of this Decision .
                                                           Done at Brussels, 10 February 1978 .
                       Article 2
                                                                                  For the Commission
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of                               Guido BRUNNER
the products in question from Yugoslavia, or until 31
December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.                                      Member of the Commission