31980R3138

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 328 , 24 . 12 . 1979 , P . 77 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3138/80

OF 4 DECEMBER 1980

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON RAW OR UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCOS OTHER THAN VIRGINIA TYPE , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 24.01 EX A AND EX B AND ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2791/79 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2791/79 OF 10 DECEMBER 1979 ESTABLISHING PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS IN RESPECT OF RAW OR UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCOS OTHER THAN VIRGINIA TYPE , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 24.01 EX A AND EX B IN FAVOUR OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR THE TOBACCOS IN QUESTION , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING OF 2 500 TONNES ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME ON IMPORTS OF THE TOBACCOS IN QUESTION COMING FROM ANY BENEFICIARY OR TERRITORY ONCE THE COMMUNITY CEILING HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS ON 25 NOVEMBER 1980 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE TOBACCOS 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 2791/79 WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE CEILING SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 8 DECEMBER 1980 , CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2791/79 SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY , COMING FROM ANY BENEFICIARY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY :

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24.01 EX A EX B // RAW OR UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCOS OTHER THAN VIRGINIA TYPE //

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 , 4 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION