CELEX: 31977D0735
Language: en
Date: 1977-09-05 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 5 September 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men's leather footwear falling within heading No ex 64.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member States

2. 12 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 309/ 15
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 5 September 1977
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to men's
              leather footwear falling within heading No ex 64.02 of the Common Customs
              Tariff, originating in Romania and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                           States
                                      (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                       (77/735/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    first paragraph of Article 1 1 5 subject to the conditions
COMMUNITIES,                                                      laid down by the Commission Decision of 12 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
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­                                       Article 1
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 31 August
 1977 by the Governments of the Benelux countries by              The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
telex from the office of the Permanent Representative             Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the European                 authorized not to apply Community treatment to
Communities, for authorization not to apply Commu­                imports of men's footwear falling within heading No
nity treatment to men 's leather footwear falling within          ex 64.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating
heading No ex 64.02 of the Common Customs Tariff,                 in Romania and in respect of which applications for
originating in Romania and in free circulation in the             import licences were lodged after 18 August 1977.
other Member States,
Whereas, the Benelux countries, in accordance with                                           Article 2
Council Decision 75/21 0/ EEC, as amended by the                 This Decision shall apply until such time as there are
Decision of 13 December 1976 ('), have opened in                  new openings in the Benelux countries for imports of
respect of Romania an annual quota of 208 000 pairs               the products in question from Romania or until 31
of footwear ;                                                     December 1977 .
Whereas, according to the data given in the applica­
tion , this amount is largely exceeded, considering the                                      Article 3
indirect imports already effected ;
                                                                 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Whereas, according to the information supplied by                 Belgium , the Grand of Luxembourg and the Kingdom
the Governments of the Benelux countries, the sector              of the Netherlands .
in question is experiencing serious economic diffi­
culties ;
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 5 September 1977.
Whereas it is not possible at short notice to set in
motion the machinery for securing the requisite coop­                                          For the Commission
eration of the other Member States ;
                                                                                                fitienne DAVIGNON
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 365, 31 . 12 . 1976, p. 1 .                          (2 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p. 26 .