CELEX: 31979D0013
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-28 00:00:00
Title: 79/13/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 November 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to objects made of pressed or blown glass, falling within heading No ex 70.10 or ex 70.13 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other Member States

11 . 1 . 79                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 7/ 25
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 28 November 1978
                authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
                Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to objects
                made of pressed or blown glass, falling within heading No ex 70.10 or ex 70.13 of
                the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Czechoslovakia and in free circula­
                                             tion in the other Member States
                                      (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                          (79/ 13/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 /202/EEC
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                    gave rise to the application in question does not need
 Having regard to the application under the first para­             to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 14                     small amount involved,
 November 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux
countries to the Commission of the European                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­
nity treatment to objects made of pressed or blown                                          Article 1
glass, falling within heading No ex 70.10 or ex 70.13              The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in                        Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
Czechoslovakia and in free circulation in the other
                                                                   authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
Member States,                                                     products indicated below, where they originate in
Whereas in the Benelux countries the importation of                 Czechoslovakia and are in free circulation in the other
the products in question originating in Czechoslo­                 Member States, and in respect of which applications
vakia     is, in   accordance   with     Council    Decision       for import licences were lodged after 1 1 November
77/806/ EEC of 20 December 1977 ( 1 ), subject to an                1978 :
annual quota, which has already been wholly taken
up ;                                                                      CCT
                                                                         heading
Whereas the disparities which exist in the commercial                      No
                                                                                                     Description
policy measures applied in connection with these
products by the Member States are causing deflection
of trade, thereby preventing the execution of those
                                                                   ex 70.10 or      Objects made of pressed or blown glass
                                                                   ex 70.13
commercial policy measures which are in force
because of the difficult economic situation in the
sector concerned ;                                                                          Article 2
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                  This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
that there are serious difficulties in the industrial
                                                                   arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in                 these products from Czechoslovakia or until 31
production and employment ;                                        December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely
by unequal conditions of competition , which allow                                          Article 3
exports to be made at prices appreciably lower than                This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
those of the Community products in question ;                      Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those             Kingdom of the Netherlands.
already made or proposed, would be likely to aggra­
vate these difficulties ;
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 28 November 1978 .
Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­                                           For the Commission
tion from the other Member States ;
                                                                                               Etienne DAVIGNON
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 360 , 31 . 12. 1977, p. 1 .                            (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.