CELEX: 31976D0409
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 November 1975 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' outer garments, falling within subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

* 23 . 4. 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 106/35
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 27 November 1975
               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' outer garments, falling within subheading ex 61.02 B of the
               Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the
                                                    other Member States
                                       (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                         (76/409/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 19
  November 1975 by the Governments of the Benelux                                          Article 1
  countries to the Commission by telex from the office
  of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of               The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
  the Netherlands to the European Communities, for                Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
  authorization not to apply Community treatment to               authorized not to apply Community treatment to
  women's, girls' and infants' outer garments, falling            imports of women 's, girls' and infants' outer garments,
  within subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common                      falling within subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common
  Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan and in free               Customs Tariff, where they originate in Taiwan and in
  circulation in the other Member States,                         respect of which applications for import licences were
                                                                  lodged after 11 November 1975.
  Whereas for the products in question, the Benelux
  countries, in accordance with the Council Decision of
                                                                                           Article 2
  10 July 1975 ( 1 ), have opened in respect of Taiwan an
  annual quota of 32 metric tons, which is fully taken            This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
  up ;                                                            arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
                                                                  the products in question from Taiwan and in any case
  Whereas, according to information supplied by the               not later than 31 December 1975 .
  Governments of the Benelux countries , there are
  serious economic difficulties in the ready-made                                          Article 3
  clothing sector, resulting in a decline of production
  and a constant reduction of the number of workers               This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
  employed in that sector ;                                       Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
  Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely          Kingdom of the Netherlands.
  by unequal conditions of competition with certain
  countries (including Taiwan), whereby such countries            Done at Brussels, 27 November 1975 .
  are enabled to export at prices lower than those of
  producers in the Benelux countries ;                                                        For the Commission
  Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in                                     Finn GUNDELACH
  motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
  sary cooperation from the other Member States ;                                         Member of the Commission
  (') OJ No L 182, 12. 7 . 1975, p. 2.                            (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.