31982R0342

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 342/82

of 12 February 1982

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on handkerchiefs, products of category 89 (code 0890), originating in Malaysia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3602/81 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3602/81 of 7 December 1981 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1982 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Article 2 (1) of that Regulation provides that customs duties may, for each category of products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling which is indicated in column 6 of Annex B, for each of the beneficiaries indicated in column 5 of the same Annex;

Whereas Article 3 (1) of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question originating in any of the said countries and territories, once the relevant Community ceiling has been reached;

Whereas, in respect of handkerchiefs of category No 89, the ceiling should be 300 900 pieces;

Whereas on 8 February 1982 imports into the Community of handkerchiefs of category No 89, originating in Malaysia, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements reached and were charged against that ceiling;

Whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3602/81 which provides that the ceiling should not be exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in respect of the products in question in relation to Malaysia,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 19 February 1982, the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3602/81, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Malaysia:

1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Code // Category // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1982) // Description // // // // // // // (1) // (2) // (3) // (4) // // // // // // 0890 // 89 // 61.05 A // // Handkerchiefs: // // // // 61.05-20 // A. Of woven cotton fabric of a value of more than 15 ECU/kg net weight // // // // //

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, 12 February 1982.

For the Commission

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 365, 21. 12. 1981, p. 90.