CELEX: 31976D0039
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 4 November 1975 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to imports of toilet linen and kitchen linen of cotton falling within subheading 62.02 ex B, originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of Germany

15 . 1 . 76                       Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 8 /27
                                            COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 4 November 1975
               authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
               Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to imports of
               toilet linen and kitchen linen of cotton falling within subheading 62.02 ex B,
               originating in the People's Republic of China and in free circulation in the
                                           Federal Republic of Germany
                                   (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                      (76/39/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
COMMUNITIES,                                                   for the application of protective measures, under the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­          tions laid down by the Commission Decision of 12
                                                               May 1971 f 1 ), and in particular Article 1 thereof,
graph of Article 115 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 27                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
October 1975 by the Governments of the Benelux
countries to the Commission by telex from the Office                                     Article 1
of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands to the European Communities, for               The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
authorization not to apply Community treatment to              Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
toilet linen and kitchen linen of cotton , falling within      authorized not to apply Community treatment to
subheading 62.02 ex B of the Common Customs                    imports of toilet linen and kitchen linen of cotton
Tariff, originating in the People's Republic of China          falling within subheading 62.02 ex B of the Common
and in free circulation in the Federal Republic of             Customs Tariff, where they originate in the People's
Germany,                                                       Republic of China and are in free circulation in the
Whereas there are no opportunities for the importa­            Federal Republic of Germany and in respect of which
tion into the Benelux countries of the products in             applications for import licences were lodged after 16
                                                               October 1975 .
question from the People's Republic of China, and
whereas imports of these products from the same
 third country into the Federal Republic of Germany                                      Article 2
 are liberalized ;
                                                               This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Whereas, according to information available to the             arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
 Commission , the prices of the imports in question are        the products in question from the People's Republic
 approximately 50 % lower than corresponding prices            of China and in any case not later than 31 December
 charged on the market in the Benelux countries ;               1975 .
 Whereas, according to information supplied by the
 Governments of the Benelux countries , the textile                                      Article 3
 industry is facing serious economic difficulties
 resulting in a considerable drop in production leading        This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
 to unemployment in a number of factories and a                Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
 constant    reduction   of  the  number     of   workers      Kingdom of the Netherlands .
 employed in the sector in question ;
 Whereas low-priced imports of the products in ques­
 tion are likely to aggravate these economic diffi­             Done at Brussels, 4 November 1975 .
 culties ;
                                                                                            For the Commission
 Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
 motion rapidly the machinery for bringing about the                                         Finn GUNDELACH
 necessary cooperation from the Federal Republic of
 Germany ;                                                                              Member of the Commission
                                                               (>) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p . 26.