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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2916/80

OF 11 NOVEMBER 1980

TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 28 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS PRODUCTION OF THE PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN THIS REGULATION IS AT PRESENT INADEQUATE OR NON-EXISTENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND PRODUCERS ARE THUS UNABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF USER INDUSTRIES IN THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS IT IS IN THE COMMUNITY ' S INTEREST TO SUSPEND TOTALLY THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES ON THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ;

WHEREAS , TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN ACCURATELY ASSESSING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION IN THE SECTORS CONCERNED IN THE NEAR FUTURE , THESE SUSPENSION MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN ONLY TEMPORARILY WITH THEIR TERM OF VALIDITY FIXED TO COINCIDE WITH THE INTERESTS OF COMMUNITY PRODUCTION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES RELATING TO THE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED FROM THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS REGULATION UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1980 :

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EX 85.21 D II // ELECTRONIC PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORIES ( EPROMS ), UV ERASABLE , WITH A STORAGE CAPACITY OF 32 K BITS OR 64 K BITS , IN THE FORM OF A MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CONTAINED IN A HOUSING BEARING A CAPACITY MARKING OF ' 32 ' OR ' 64 ' , WHOSE EXTERIOR DIMENSIONS DO NOT EXCEED 15.6 MM BY 36 MM , WITH A QUARTZ WINDOW ON THE UPPER SURFACE //

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EX 85.21 D II // RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES ( RAMS ), WITH A STORAGE CAPACITY OF 64 K BITS , IN THE FORM OF A MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CONTAINED IN A HOUSING BEARING A CAPACITY MARKING OF ' 64 ' , WHOSE EXTERIOR DIMENSIONS DO NOT EXCEED 7.7 MM BY 21.4 MM , WITH EIGHT CONNECTING PINS ALONG EACH OF THE LONGER SIDES //

ARTICLE 2

THE AUTONOMOUS COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF DUTIES RELATING TO THE PRODUCTS LISTED BELOW SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED FROM THE DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THIS REGULATION UNTIL 30 JUNE 1981 :

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EX 51.01 A // YARN CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 88 % POLYGLYCOLLIC ACID //

EX 58.07 A // BRAID OF YARN CONTAINING NOT LESS THAN 88 % POLYGLYCOLLIC ACID //

EX 81.03 B // WIRE OF UNALLOYED TANTALUM , OF A DIAMETER NOT LESS THAN 0.2 MM AND NOT MORE THAN 0.5 MM , FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CAPACITORS ( A ) //

( A ) CONTROL OF USE FOR THIS SPECIAL PURPOSE SHALL BE CARRIED OUT PURSUANT TO THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY PROVISIONS LAID DOWN FOR THESE PRODUCTS .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF 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 , 11 NOVEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

C . NEY