CELEX: 31978D0220
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 8 February 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to women's outer garments, falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member States

9 . 3 . 78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 67/31
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 8 February 1978
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
              Kingdom of the Netherlands not to apply Community treatment to women 's
              outer garments , falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common Customs
              Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free circulation in the other Member
                                                                 States
                                           (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                            (78 / 220/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                          Whereas the application for a licence which gave rise
COMMUNITIES,                                                            to the application under Article 115 should not be
                                                                        covered by this authorization in view of the small
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   amount involved ,
Economic Community, and in particular the first para­
graph of Article 1 1 5 thereof,
Having regard to the application under the first para­                  HAS ADOP1ED THIS DECISION :
graph of Article 115 of the Treaty, made on 1
February 1978 by the Governments of the Benelux                                                Article 1
countries by telex from the office of the Permanent
Representative of the Kingdom of Belgium to the                         The Kingdom of Belgium , the Grand Duchy of
European Communities, for authorization not to apply                    Luxembourg and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are
Community treatment to women 's outer garments,                         authorized not to apply Community treatment to
falling within heading No ex 61.02 of the Common                        women 's outer garments, falling within heading No ex
Customs Tariff, originating in Hungary and in free                      61.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, where they ori­
circulation in the other Member States,                                 ginate in Hungary and are in free circulation in the
Whereas the Benelux countries , in accordance with                      other Member States, and in respect of which applica­
the Council Decision of 20 December 1 977 ('), have                     tions for import licences were lodged after the date of
                                                                        this Decision .
opened provisionally, while awaiting the coming into
 force of a definitive regime, a quota which has already
been used up ;                                                                                 Article 2
Whereas, according to information supplied by the                       This Decision shall apply until new opportunities
application , there are serious economic difficulties in                arise in the Benelux countries for the importation of
the Benelux branch of industry in question , resulting                  the products in question from Hungary and in any
in a progressive decline of production and a constant                   case not later than 30 June 1978 .
 reduction of the number of workers employed in that
sector ;
                                                                                               Article 3
Whereas further indirect imports of the products in
question , because of their prices, would be likely to                  This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
aggravate those difficulties ;                                          Belgium , the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the
                                                                        Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Whereas it is not possible at the present time to set in
 motion the machinery for bringing about the neces­
sary cooperation from the other Member States ;
                                                                        Done at Brussels, 8 February 1978 .
Whereas authorization should accordingly be given ,
 for a limited period, for the application of protective
                                                                                                  For the Commission
 measures, under the first paragraph of Article 115,
subject to the conditions laid down in the Commis­                                               Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
sion Decision of 12 May 1971 (2), and in particular
Article 1 thereof ;                                                                                  Vice-President
(■) OJ No L 360 , 31 . 12. 1977.
 (2 ) OJ No L 121 , 3 . 6 . 1971 , p . 26 .