COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2126/1999

of 6 October 1999

re-introducing normal customs duties on certain tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of iron or steel originating in the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, for which a tariff ceiling was opened by Council Regulation (EC) No 70/97

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 70/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia and to imports of wine originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Slovenia(1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2863/98(2), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EC) No 70/97 provides in its Articles 1 and 4 an exemption from customs duties in the framwork of tariff ceilings for the products originating in the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia listed in its Annexe C. Article 4(3) provides that the Commission may, as soon as a tariff ceiling is reached, adopt a Regulation re-introducing, until the end of the calendar year, the customs duties applicable to third countries in respect of imports of the products concerned;

(2) the Community surveillance provided by Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 70/97 has shown that preferential imports of products in the framework of the tariff ceiling with order Number 01.0160 have exceeded this ceiling;

(3) this situation is liable to cause serious damage to the Community sector concerned and requires the re-introduction of normal customs duties in respect of the Republics concerned;

(4) the levying of normal customs duties for these products should therefore be re-introduced,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

From 10 October 1999 until 31 December 1999, the levying of normal customs duties shall be re-introduced on imports into the Community of products listed in the Annex and originating in the Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, for which a tariff ceiling was opened by Regulation (EC) No 70/97.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that 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, 6 October 1999.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 16, 18.1.1997, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 85.

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