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( 1 ) OJ NO L 99 , 21 . 4 . 1975 , P . 7 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 60 , 12 . 3 . 1979 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL DECISION

OF 2 APRIL 1979

AMENDING THE QUOTAS FOR THE IMPORTATION INTO THE BENELUX COUNTRIES OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ALBANIA AND HUNGARY

( 79/371/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 113 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS THE BENELUX COUNTRIES , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL DECISION 75/210/EEC OF 27 MARCH 1975 ON UNILATERAL IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS IN RESPECT OF STATE-TRADING COUNTRIES ( 1 ), HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS RESULTING FROM DECISION 79/252/EEC ( 2 ) BE AMENDED AS REGARDS ALBANIA AND HUNGARY ;

WHEREAS CERTAIN AMENDMENTS REQUESTED BY THE BENELUX COUNTRIES POSE NO PARTICULAR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AND THE MEASURES IN QUESTION SHOULD BE ADOPTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

DECISION 79/252/EEC IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

1 . IN SECTION ( F ) OF ANNEX IV ( ALBANIA ), THE AMOUNT OF THE QUOTA UNDER THE OUTWARD PROCESSING ARRANGEMENTS IN RESPECT OF THE BENELUX COUNTRIES , AS REGARDS CATEGORY 5 , IS HEREBY INCREASED FROM 208 000 TO 218 000 PIECES .

2 . IN SECTION ( G ) OF ANNEX VI ( HUNGARY ), THE AMOUNTS OF THE QUOTAS UNDER THE OUTWARD PROCESSING ARRANGEMENTS IN RESPECT OF THE BENELUX COUNTRIES , AS REGARDS CATEGORIES 5 AND 8 , ARE HEREBY INCREASED FROM 748 000 TO 804 000 PIECES AND FROM 48 000 TO 49 000 PIECES RESPECTIVELY .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE BENELUX COUNTRIES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 2 APRIL 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . FRANCOIS-PONCET