CELEX: 31976D0038
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 9 October 1975 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to girls' cotton skirts falling within subheading ex 61.02 B, originating in Taiwan and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 8 /26                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15. 1 . 76
                                                            II
                                        (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                COMMISSION
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 9 October 1975
             authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
             Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to girls' cotton
             skirts falling within subheading ex 61.02 B, originating in Taiwan and in free
                                       circulation in the other Member States
                                     (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                       (76/38/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
COMMUNITIES,                                                    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           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 115 thereof,
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 3 October           The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
1975 by the Governments of the Benelux countries to             Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
the Commission by telex from the Office of the                  authorized not to apply Community treatment to
Permament Representative of the Kingdom of the                  imports    of girls'     cotton     skirts  falling within
Netherlands to the European Communities, for author­            subheading ex 61.02 B of the Common Customs
ization not to apply Community treatment to girls'              Tariff, where they originate in Taiwan and in respect
cotton skirts falling within subheading ex 61.02 B of           of which applications for import licences were lodged
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Taiwan                after 23 September 1975.
and in free circulation in the other Member States,
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas for the products in question, the Benelux
countries, in accordance with the Council Decision of           This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
10 July 1975 ( ! ), have opened in respect of Taiwan an         arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
annual quota of 32 metric tons ;                                the products in question from Taiwan and in any case
                                                                not later than 31 December 1975 .
Whereas, according to information supplied by the
Governments of the Benelux countries, there are
                                                                                         Article 3
serious economic difficulties in the ready-made
clothing sector, resulting in the closure of a number           This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
of firms, a constant reduction of the number of                 Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
workers employed in that sector and a progressive loss          Kingdom of the Netherlands.
of control over the domestic market ;
Whereas the indirect imports in question, which                 Done at Brussels, 9 October 1975.
would be in addition to those already effected, would
be likely to aggravate these economic difficulties ;                                        For the Commission
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given                                            Christopher SOAMES
for the application of protective measures, under the
first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­                                          Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 182, 12. 7. 1975, p . 2.                            (2) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.