31989R3034

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3034/89

of 9 October 1989

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on polymers of styrene, in primary and other forms, falling within CN code 3903, 3915 and 3920 originating in Brazil and Mexico to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 of 19 December 1988 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 7 of Annex I;

Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;

Whereas, in the case of polymers of styrene, in primary and other forms falling within CN codes 3903, 3915 and 3920, originating in Brazil and Mexico, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 4 100 000; whereas, on 10 June 1989, imports of these products into the Community originating in Brazil and Mexico reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Brazil and Mexico,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 13 October 1989, the levying of customs duties suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Brazil and Mexico:

1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // // // // 10.0457 // 3903 // Polymers of styrene, in primary forms // // 3915 20 00 // Waste, paring and scarp, of polymers of styrene // // 3920 30 00 3920 99 50 // Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials // // // - Of polymers of styrene // // // - Of addition polymerization products // // //

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 9 October 1989.

For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 375, 31. 12. 1988, p. 1.