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

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 686/80

OF 20 MARCH 1980

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON TAPESTRIES , HAND-MADE , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 60 ( CODE 0600 ), ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG , 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 ) 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 4 ( 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 TAPESTRIES , HAND-MADE , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 60 , THE CEILING SHOULD BE ONE TONNE ; WHEREAS , ON 7 MARCH 1980 , THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG , A COUNTRY COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2894/79 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 HONG KONG ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 25 MARCH 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 HONG KONG :

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0600 // 60 // 58.03 // // TAPESTRIES , HAND-MADE , OF THE TYPE GOBELINS , FLANDERS , AUBUSSON , BEAUVAIS AND THE LIKE , AND NEEDLE-WORKED TAPESTRIES ( FOR EXAMPLE , PETIT POINT AND CROSS STITCH ) MADE IN PANELS AND THE LIKE BY HAND : //

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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 , 20 MARCH 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION