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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 252/79

OF 9 FEBRUARY 1979

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON TARPAULINS , SAILS , AWNINGS , SUNBLINDS , TENTS AND CAMPING GOODS , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 62.04 , ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 OF 29 DECEMBER 1978 OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF PREFERENCES FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX C TO THAT REGULATION , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING EQUAL TO 91,5 % OF THE SUM ARRIVED AT BY ADDING TOGETHER THE VALUE OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , IN TONNES , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN 1968 AND COMING FROM COUNTRIES LISTED IN ITS ANNEX D , BUT NOT INCLUDING PRODUCTS COMING FROM COUNTRIES ALREADY COVERED BY VARIOUS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY , AND 5 % OF THE 1970 TONNAGE OF SUCH IMPORTS COMING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM COUNTRIES ALREADY COVERED BY SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THAT CEILING , THE AMOUNTS FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX D SHOULD BE WITHIN A MAXIMUM COMMUNITY AMOUNT REPRESENTING 50 % OF THAT CEILING , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS TO BE REDUCED TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED IN ANNEX C TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN ANY OF THE SAID COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNTRIES LISTED IN ITS ANNEX E , ONCE THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF TARPAULINS , SAILS , AWNINGS , SUNBLINDS , TENTS AND CAMPING GOODS , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 62.04 , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 146 TONNES , AND THEREFORE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 73 TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 8 JANUARY 1979 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF TARPAULINS , SAILS , AWNINGS , SUNBLINDS , TENTS AND CAMPING GOODS , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 62.04 , ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA , A COUNTRY COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 WHICH PROVIDES THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN RELATION TO SOUTH KOREA ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 13 FEBRUARY 1979 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA :

CCT HEADING NO*DESCRIPTION*

62.04*TARPAULINS , SAILS , AWNINGS , SUNBLINDS , TENTS AND CAMPING GOODS*

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 FEBRUARY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 375 , 30 . 12 . 1978 , P . 71 .