CELEX: 31977D0764
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-16 00:00:00
Title: 77/764/EEC: Commission Decision of 16 June 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 Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States

8 . 12 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 314/ 35
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 16 June 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 Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                       (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                         (77/764/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                      for the application of protective measures under the
                                                                  first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­             May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 8 June
 1977 by the Governments of the Benelux countries to                                          Article 1
the Commission by telex from the office of the Perma­
nent Representative of the Kingdom of the Nether­                 The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
lands to the European Communities, for authorization              Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
not to apply Community treatment to drawn or blown                authorized not to apply Community treatment to
glass falling within heading No ex 70.05 of the                   imports of drawn or blown glass falling within
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and                 heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff,
in free circulation in the other Member States,                   where they originate in Hungary and are in free circu­
                                                                  lation in the other Member States and in respect of
Whereas, for the products in question , the Benelux               which applications for import licences were lodged
countries, in accordance with the Council Decision of             after 30 May 1977, and are on the date of this Deci­
 13 December 1976 ( 1 ), have opened in respect of                sion pending with the Benelux authorities.
Hungary an annual quota of 850 tonnes which has
taken up about 66 % ;                                                                         Article 2
Whereas there are at present economic difficulties in             This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
the glass industry in the Benelux countries, which are            Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
caused largely by a fall in demand ;                              Kingdom of the Netherlands .
Whereas the realization of the import motivating the
application even if it seems to be an isolated opera­             Done at Brussels, 16 June 1977.
tion, is likely, in view of the large amount, to contri­
bute to the deterioration of the said situation ;                                               For the Commission
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                       Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
motion rapidly the machinery for bringing about the
necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No L 365 , 31 . 12. 1976, p . 1 .                          (2 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .