31991R3002

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3002/91 of 14 October 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of categories 9 and 20 (order Nos 40.0090 and 40.0200), originating in Sri Lanka, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;

Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;

Whereas, in respect of products of categories 9 and 20 (order Nos 40.0090 and 40.0200), originating in Sri Lanka, the relevant ceilings amount to 131 and 232 tonnes respectively;

Whereas on 23 April 1991 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Sri Lanka, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against those ceilings;

Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Sri Lanka,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 19 October 1991 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Sri Lanka:

Order No Category

(unit) CN code Description 40.0090 9

(tonnes) 5802 11 00

5802 19 00

ex 6302 60 00 Terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics of cotton; toilet linen and kitchen linen, of terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, of cotton, other than knitted or crocheted 40.0200 20

(tonnes) 6302 21 00

6302 22 90

6302 29 90

6302 31 10

6302 31 90

6302 32 90

6302 39 90 Bed linen, other than knitted or crocheted

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 October 1991. For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 370, 31. 12. 1990, p. 39.