CELEX: 31977D0141
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 February 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to women's, girls' and infants' coats, jackets, dresses and skirts falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

16 . 2 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 44/ 23
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 3 February 1977
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to women 's,
              girls' and infants' coats, jackets, dresses and skirts falling within heading No ex
              61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circula­
                                               tion in the other Member States
                                        (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                          (77/ 141 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          tions specified in the Commission Decision of 12
                                                                      May 1971 (2), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 28                                                   Article 1
January 1977 by the Governments of the Benelux
countries to the Commission by telex from the Office                  The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of                     Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
the Netherlands to the European Communities, for                      authorized not to apply Community treatment to
authorization not to apply Community treatment to                     imports of women's, girls' and infants' coats, jackets,
women's, girls' and infants' coats, jackets, dresses and              dresses and skirts, falling within heading No ex 61.02
skirts falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the                      of the Common Customs Tariff, where they originate
Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and                      in Taiwan and are in free circulation in the other
in free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                                      Member States, and in respect of which applications
Whereas for the products in question , the Benelux                    for import licences were lodged after 17 January 1977.
countries, in accordance with the Council Decision of
 10 July 1 975 ( 1 ), have opened in respect of Taiwan an                                        Article 2
annual quota of 36 tonnes which has almost wholly
taken up ;                                                            This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
                                                                      arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                     the products in question from Taiwan and in any case
Governments of the Benelux countries, there are                       not later than 31 December 1977 .
serious economic difficulties in the ready-made
clothing sector, resulting in a decline of production
and a constant reduction of the number of workers                                                Article 3
employed in that sector ;
                                                                      This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely                Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
by unequal conditions of competition with certain                     Kingdom of the Netherlands.
countries (including Taiwan), whereby such countries
are enabled to export at prices lower than those of
producers in the Benelux countries ;                                  Done at Brussels, 3 February 1977.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­                                                 For the Commission
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                                                  Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                                    Vice-President
(') OJ No L 182, 12 . 7 . 1975 , p. 2 .                               (') OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .