31980R1143

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( 1 ) OJ NO L 332 , 27 . 12 . 1979 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1143/80

OF 6 MAY 1980

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON WOVEN FABRICS OF SILK , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 136 ( CODE 1360 ), ORIGINATING IN INDIA , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2894/79 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2894/79 OF 10 DECEMBER 1979 OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF PREFERENCES FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) AND ( 2 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX D , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING EQUAL TO 55 % OF TOTAL IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS IN THE CATEGORY IN QUESTION INTO THE COMMUNITY , FROM ALL BENEFICIARIES , IN 1977 ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE CEILING RESULTING FROM THIS CALCULATION MAY IN NO CASE EXCEED 125 % IN GENERAL OF THE PREFERENTIAL AMOUNT FIXED FOR 1978 ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THAT CEILING , THE AMOUNTS FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX E SHOULD BE WITHIN A MAXIMUM COMMUNITY AMOUNT REPRESENTING 50 % OF THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS ARTICLES 4 ( 2 ) AND 10 OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDE 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 , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNTRIES LISTED IN ITS ANNEX F , ONCE THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF WOVEN FABRICS OF SILK , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 136 , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 143 TONNES , AND THEREFORE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 72 TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 29 APRIL 1980 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF WOVEN FABRICS OF SILK , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 136 , ORIGINATING IN INDIA , A COUNTRY COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2894/79 WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN RELATION TO INDIA ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 11 MAY 1980 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2894/79 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORIGINATING IN INDIA :

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CODE // CATEGORY // CCT HEADING NO // NIMEXE CODE ( 1980 ) // DESCRIPTION //

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1360 // 136 // 50.09 // 50.09-01 ; 20 ; 31 ; 39 ; 41 ; 42 ; 44 ; 45 ; 47 ; 48 ; 61 ; 62 ; 64 ; 66 ; 68 ; 80 // WOVEN FABRICS OF SILK //

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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 , 6 MAY 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION