CELEX: 31975D0701
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-17 00:00:00
Title: 75/701/EEC: Commission Decision of 17 October 1975 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to unworked drawn or blown glass in rectangles having a thickness of 4 mm or less, falling within heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the USSR and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany

20 . 11 . 75                      Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 300/ 11
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                                     (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                             COMMISSION
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                of 17 October 1975
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to unworked
              drawn or blown glass in rectangles having a thickness of 4 mm or less, falling
              within heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in the
                     USSR and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany
                                  (Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                    (75/701 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas the Commission is aware that the glass
COMMUNITIES,                                                  industry in the Benelux countries is currently expe­
                                                              riencing severe economic difficulties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         Whereas these economic difficulties are evidenced by
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­         a reduction in the use of the production capacity of
graph of Article 115 thereof ;
                                                              the industry concerned resulting in unemployment in
                                                              several factories and by a steady reduction in the
                                                              number of workers employed in this sector ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty made on 10
October 1975 by the governments of the Benelux                Whereas the indirect imports in question are liable to
countries to the Commission of the European                   exacerbate the current economic difficulties ;
Communities by telex from the Permanent Represen­
tation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Euro­
pean Communities for authorization not to apply
Community treatment to unworked drawn or blown                Whereas it is not possible to rapidly establish
glass in rectangles having a thickness of 4 mm or less,       machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
falling within heading No ex 70.05 of the Common              tion from the Federal Republic of Germany ;
Customs Tariff, originating in the USSR and in free
circulation in the other Member States ;
                                                              Whereas in these circumstances authorization should
                                                              be given for the application of protective measures as
                                                              provided for in the first paragraph of Article 1 1 5
Whereas, as regards the products in question, the             subject to the conditions laid down in the Commis­
Benelux countries have opened no quota for the                sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (>), and in particular
USSR whereas in the Federal Republic of Germany               Article 1 thereof,
imports of such products from that third country have
been liberalized ;                                            0 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                      Article 2
                       Article 1                           This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
                                                            Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of                  Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
authorized not to apply Community treatment to
imports of unworked drawn or blown glass in rectan­         Done at Brussels, 17 October 1975 .
gles having a thickness of 4 mm or less, falling within
heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                                                                                   For the Commission
originating in the USSR and in free circulation in the
Federal Republic of Germany in respect of which                                     The Vice-President
applications for import licences were lodged on 30
September 1975.                                                                    Christopher SOAMES