31985R2494

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2494/85

of 3 September 1985

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on lactic acid and its salts and esters, falling within subheading 29.16 A I, originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3562/84 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3562/84 of 18 December 1984 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1985 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 10 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III, other than those in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I; whereas, as provided for in Article 11 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 lactic acid and its salts and esters, falling within subheading 29.16 A I, the individual ceiling was fixed at 260 000 ECU; whereas, on 24 June 1985, imports of these products into the Community, originating in China, reached that ceiling after being charged thereagainst;

Whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against China,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 7 September 1985, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3562/84, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:

1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 29.16 A I (NIMEXE code 29.16-11) // Lactic acid and its salts and esters // //

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, 3 September 1985.

For the Commission

Claude CHEYSSON

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 338, 27. 12. 1984, p. 1.