CELEX: 31978D0791
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 September 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to parkas, anoraks, windcheaters and the like, woven, 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 61.01-29, 31, 32; 61.02-25, 26, 28), originating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States

26. 9 . 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 261 / 17
                                             COMMISSION DECISION
                                               of 13 September 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to parkas,
              anoraks, windcheaters and the like, woven , 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 61.01-29, 31 , 32 ; 61.02-25 , 26, 28) origi­
                nating in Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                   (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                     (78/791 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas further indirect imports, in addition to those
COMMUNITIES,                                                   already made would be likely to aggravate these diffi­
                                                               culties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas it is not possible to set in motion rapidly the
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          machinery for bringing about the necessary coopera­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                tion from the other Member States ;
Having regard to the application under the first para­         Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 6                  for the application of protective measures under the
September 1978 by the Benelux Governments to the               first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
Commission of the European Communities, for                    tions laid down in Commission Decision 71 / 202/EEC
authorization not to apply Community treatment to              of 12 May 1971 (*), and in particular Article 1 thereof ;
parkas, anoraks, windcheaters and the like, woven, of
wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres, falling         Whereas, however, the application for a licence which
within heading No ex 61.01 or subheading ex 61.02 B            gave rise to the application in question does not need
of the Common Customs Tariff (NIMEXE codes                     to be covered by such an authorization in view of the
61.01-29, 31 , 32 ; 61.02-25, 26, 28), originating in          small amount involved,
Hong Kong and in free circulation in the other
Member States,
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas the importation into the Community of the
products in question originating in Hong Kong is
covered by an Agreement negotiated between the
Community and that country ;                                                               Article 1
                                                               The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
Whereas, under that Agreement, Hong Kong has                   Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
undertaken to take all necessary steps to limit its            authorized not to apply Community treatment to the
exports of the products in question to the Community           products indicated below, where they originate in
up to the amount of certain ceilings allocated among           Hong Kong and are in free circulation in the other
the .Member States ;                                           Member States, and in respect of which applications
                                                               for import licences were lodged after 5 September
                                                               1978 :
Whereas it was not possible on that occasion to allo­
cate these ceilings on the basis of the needs of the
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individual markets ; whereas there are therefore dispar­                 heading                        Description
ities existing between the import conditions in the                        No
various Member States ; whereas uniformity can only
be achieved progressively ;                                    ex 61.01 or ex 61.02 B      Parkas, anoraks, windcheaters and
                                                               (NIMEXE             codes : the like, woven, of wool, of cotton
                                                               61.01-29,      31 ,    32 ; or of man-made textile fibres
Whereas it appears from the application submitted              61.02-25, 26, 28)
chat there are serious difficulties in the industrial
sector concerned, involving a considerable drop in
production and employment ;                                    (!) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6. 1971 , p. 26.
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                      Article 2                           Done at Brussels, 13 September 1978 .
This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
these products from Hong Kong or until 31
December 1978 , whichever is the earlier.
                      Article 3                                                  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