31980R0946

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 328 , 24 . 12 . 1979 , P . 14 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 946/80

OF 14 APRIL 1980

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON KNIVES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 82.09 A , ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2788/79 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2788/79 OF 10 DECEMBER 1979 OPENING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF PREFERENTIAL COMMUNITY TARIFF CEILINGS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING , EXPRESSED IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , WHICH WILL BE EQUAL TO THE VALUE OF THE CEILINGS FOR WHICH IS GIVEN IN ANNEX A THERETO ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME ( ON THE IMPORTATION OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN ANY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX C THERETO ) ONCE THE COMMUNITY CEILING HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF KNIVES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 82.09 A , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 4 515 000 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT ; WHEREAS , ON 3 APRIL 1980 , THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2788/79 WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE CEILING SHOULD NOT BE EXPRESSED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 21 APRIL 1980 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2788/79 SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY ORIGINATING IN ANY BENEFITING COUNTRY OR TERRITORY - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX C THERETO :

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82.09 // KNIVES WITH CUTTING BLADES , SERRATED OR NOT ( INCLUDING PRUNING KNIVES ), OTHER THAN KNIVES FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 82.06 , AND BLADES THEREFOR : //

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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 , 14 APRIL 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ANTONIO GIOLITTI

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION