CELEX: 31979D0060
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-15 00:00:00
Title: 79/60/EEC: Commission Decision of 15 December 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men' s and boys' woven breeches, shorts and trousers (including slacks); women' s, girls' and infants' woven trousers and slacks, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes 61.01-62, 64, 66, 72, 74, 76; 61.02-66, 68, 72), originating in Albania and in free circulation in the other Member States

20 . 1 . 79                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                              No L 14/21
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 15 December 1978
               authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
               Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men 's and
               boys' woven breeches , shorts and trousers ( including slacks) ; women 's , girls' and
               infants ' woven trousers and slacks , of wool , of cotton or of man-made textile
               fibres , falling within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the
               Common Customs Tariff ( NIMEXE codes 61.01-62 , 64 , 66 , 72 , 74 , 76 ; 61.02-66, 68 ,
               72 ), originating in Albania and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                       ( Only the Dutch and French texts are authentic )
                                                          (79 / 60 / EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, although the imports which gave rise to the
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                         application submitted would appear to be an isolated
                                                                       operation , they are nevertheless likely, in view of the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 substantial volume of the imports, to aggravate these
 Economic Community, and in particular the first para­                 difficulties ;
 graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
                                                                       Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
 Having regard to the application under the first para­                machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 5                          tion from the other Member States ;
 December 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux
 countries to the Commission of the European                           Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
 Communities , for authorization not to apply Commu­                   for the application of protective measures under the
 nity treatment to men 's and boys' woven breeches,                    first paragraph of Article 115, subject to the condi­
 shorts and trousers ( including slacks) ; women 's, girls'            tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/ EEC
 and infants ' woven trousers and slacks, of wool , of                 of 12 May 1971 (2 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
 cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling within
 heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B of the
 Common Customs Tariff ( NIMEXE codes 61.01-62,
 64, 66, 72, 74, 76 ; 61.02-66, 68 , 72), originating in               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Albania and in free circulation in the other Member
States ;
                                                                                                     Artide 1
Whereas in the Benelux countries the importation of
the products in question originating in Albania is, in                The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
accordance with Council Decision 78 / 545/ EEC of 12                   Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands arc
June 1 978 ( ') subject to a quantitative restriction ;                hereby authorized not to apply Community treatment
                                                                       to the products indicated below, where they originate
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­                  in Albania and are in free circulation in the other
cate these quotas on the basis of the needs of the indi­              Member States, and in respect of which applications
vidual markets ; whereas there are therefore disparities               for import licences were lodged after 27 November
existing between the import conditions in the various                  1978 and are , at the date of this Decision , pending
Member States ; whereas uniformity can only be                        with the Benelux authorities :
achieved progressively ;
                                                                                  (XT
Whereas it appears from the application submitted                               limiting
                                                                                   No
                                                                                                                     Description
that    there are serious difficulties     in  the industrial
sector concerned , involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                           ex 61.01 or ex 61.02 H        Men's and boys' woven breeches,
                                                                      ( NIMEXE codes                shorts and trousers (including
                                                                      6101-62 , 64 , 66 , 72        slacks) ; women's girls' and infants'
Whereas these economic difficulties are caused largely                74 , 76 ; 61.02-66 , 68 , woven trousers and slacks, of wool ,
by unequal conditions of competition , which allow                    72)                           of cotton or of man-made textile
exports to be made at prices appreciably lower than                                                 fibres
those of the Community products in question ;
(') OJ No L 168 , 26 . 6 . 1978 , p. 1                                (-) O ) No 1 . 121 , 3 . 6 . I l> 71 . p. 26 .
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                    Article 2                            Done at Brussels , 15 December 1978 .
                                                                                 For the Commission
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of                                     Etienne DAVIGNON
Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands .                                                  Member of the Commission