21. 9. 85 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 252/15 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2662/85 of 20 September 1985 making the importation of certain textile products originating in Turkey subject to quantitative limitation THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Reglation (EEC) No 1842/71 ('), and in particular Article 1 thereof, After consultation within the Advisory Committee established by Article 3 of that Regulation, '~ Whereas imports of textile products on the Community market have during recent years given rise to market disturbance and are causing serious damage to Community producers resulting in the closure of factories and considerable loss of employment; Whereas, in consequence of this situation , imports of certain textile products originating in the majority of low-cost supplier countries are at present subject to a Community system of authorization and quantitative limitation ; Whereas the extremely rapid increase in recent years of imports into the Community of T-shirts (category 4), jerseys (category S), trousers (category 6), shirts (cate- gory 8), underpants (category 13), bed linen (category 20), dresses (category 26) and outer garments (category 83) originating in Turkey have helped to exacerbate the cumulative disturbance of the Community market ; whereas the Community has already made imports of such products subject to Community or regional quantitative limits; Whereas the quantities of products covered by import documents already issued between 1 July and 10 September 1985 under the surveillance system intro- duced in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2819/79 (%), as last amended and extended by Regula- tion (EEC) No 3551/84(®) showed the following percentage increases by comparison to the quantitative limits laid down by the Community in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3639/84 () for the same catego- ries in the period 1 January to 30 June 1985 : T-shirts () OJ No L 192, 26. 8. 1971, p. 14. () OJ No L 320, 15. 12. 1979, p. 9. () O] No L 331, 19. 12. 1984, p. 14. () OJ No L 335, 22. 12. 1984, p. 28. category 4) 92 %, trousers (category 6) 115 %, outer garments (category 83) 130 % ; Whereas in the first six months of 1985 imports into the Community of jerseys (category 5), shirts (category 8) and bed linen (category 20) originating in Turkey amounted to 78 %, 71 % and 59 % respectively of 1984 imports ; Whereas this situation makes it necessary to take immediate action in order to avoid irreparable injury to producers in the Community as currently composed ; Whereas it is therefore necessary to adopt, pursuant to Article 60 of the Additional Protocol to the Associa- tion Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey, the protective measures needed to overcome these difficulties ; Whereas in the first six months of 1985 imports into Germany of socks (category 12) originating in Turkey amounted to 600 % of 1984 imports ; " Whereas in the first six months of 1985 imports into Germany of underpants (category 13) originating in Turkey amounted to 318 % of 1984 imports ; whereas in the first seven months of 1985 imports into the United Kingdom of the same products amounted to 127 % of 1984 imports; Whereas in the first seven months of 1985 imports into France and the United Kingdom of dresses (cate- gory 26) amounted respectively to 130 % and 107 % of 1984 imports ; Whereas the volume of this increase makes it neces- sary to take immediate action aimed at avoiding irre- parable damage to producers in France, Germany and the United Kingdom ; whereas it therefore justifies the adoption, pursuant to Article 60 of the Additional Protocol to the Association Agreement between the European Economic Community and Turkey, of the safeguard measures needed to overcome these difficul- ties ;. ) Whereas the cumulative disturbance of the Commu- nity market should not be exacerbated by a concentra- tion of imports in the initial period of application of quantitative restrictions; whereas imports to the Community should be as regularly phased as possible,