CELEX: 31976D0779
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 September 1976 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, not to apply Community treatment to drawn of blown glass falling within heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Poland and in free circulation in the other Member States

No L 270/38                         Official Journal of the European Communities                              2. 10 . 76
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                 of 2 September 1976
             authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
             Kingdom of the Netherlands, not to apply Community treatment to drawn or
             blown glass falling within heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff,
                originating in Poland and in free circulation in the other Member States
                                    (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                      (76/779/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 first paragraph of Article 1 1 5, subject to the condi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tions 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 115 thereof,                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the application under the first para­
                                                                                       Article 1
graph of Article 1 15 of the Treaty, made on 30 August
1976 by the Governments of the Benelux countries to            The Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of
the Commission by telex from the Office of the                 Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the                 authorized not to apply Community treatment to
Netherlands to the European Communities, for author­           imports of drawn or blown glass falling within
ization not to apply Community treatment to drawn              heading No ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff
or blown glass falling within heading No ex 70.05 of           where they originate in Poland and are in free circula­
the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Poland               tion in the other Member States and in respect of
and in free circulation in the other Member States,            which applications for import licences were lodged
Whereas for drawn or blown glass falling within No             after 17 August 1976.
ex 70.05 of the Common Customs Tariff, the Benelux
countries, in accordance with the Council Decision of                                  Article 2
18 December 1975 ( !), have opened in respect of               This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
Poland a quota of 1 900 metric tons for 1976, which is         arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
wholly taken up ;                                              the products in question from Poland and in any case
                                                               not later than 31 December 1976 .
Whereas there are at present economic difficulties in
the glass industry in the Benelux countries, which are
caused largely by a fall in demand ;                                                   Article 3
Whereas according to information supplied by the               This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Benelux authorities, the indirect imports in question,         Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
which would be in addition to those already effected,          Kingdom of the Netherlands.
would be likely to aggravate these economic diffi­
culties ;
                                                               Done at Brussels, 2 September 1976.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
motion rapidly the machinery for bringing about the                                       For the Commission
necessary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                                           Christopher SOAMES
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given
for the application of protective measures under the                                           Vice-President
(') OJ No L 332, 31 . 12. 1975, p. 1 .                         (2) OJ No L 121 , 3. 6. 1971 , p. 26.