31982R1404

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1404/82

of 4 June 1982

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on paracetamol (INN), falling within subheading 29.25 B III ex b) and originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3601/81 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3601/81 of 7 December 1981 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1982 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas, in pursuance of 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 paracetamol (INN) falling within subheading 29.25 B III ex b), the individual ceiling was fixed at 300 000 ECU; whereas, on 20 May 1982, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached that ceiling; whereas customs duties in respect of the products in question must therefore be re-established against China,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 11 June 1982, the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3601/81, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China:

1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 29.25 B III ex b) (NIMEXE code 29.25-53) // Paracetamol (INN) // //

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, 4 June 1982.

For the Commission

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Member of the Commission

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