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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2292/83

of 10 August 1983

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on primary cells and primary batteries, falling within heading No 85.03 and originating in Hong Kong, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3377/82 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3377/82 of 8 December 1982 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1983 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 9 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C, other than those listed in column 4 of Annex A, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex A; whereas, as provided for in Article 10 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 primary cells and primary batteries, falling within heading No 85.03, the individual ceiling was fixed at 1 970 450 ECU; whereas, on 8 August 1983, imports of these products into the Community originating in Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 14 August 1983, the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3377/82 shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Hong Kong:

1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 85.03 // Primary cells and primary batteries // //

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, 10 August 1983.

For the Commission

Étienne DAVIGNON

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 363, 23. 12. 1982, p. 1.