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

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2018/80

OF 28 JULY 1980

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON SACKS AND BAGS , OF A KIND USED FOR PACKING OF GOODS , OF WOVEN FABRICS , ETC ., PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 93 ( CODE 0930 ), 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 SACKS AND BAGS , OF A KIND USED FOR PACKING OF GOODS , OF WOVEN FABRICS , ETC ., PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 93 , THE CEILING SHOULD BE SEVEN TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 7 JULY 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-ESTBLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN RELATION TO HONG KONG ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 2 AUGUST 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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CODE // CATEGORY // CCT HEADING NO // NIMEXE CODE ( 1980 ) // DESCRIPTION //

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// ( 1 ) // ( 2 ) // ( 3 ) // ( 4 ) //

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0930 // 93 // EX 62.03 B // // SACKS AND BAGS , OF A KIND USED FOR THE PACKING OF GOODS : //

// // // // B . OF OTHER TEXTILE MATERIALS : //

// // // 62.03-93 ; 95 ; 97 ; 98 // SACKS AND BAGS , OF A KIND USED FOR THE PACKING OF GOODS , OF WOVEN FABRICS , OTHER THAN MADE FROM POLYETHYLENE OR POLYPROPYLENE STRIP //

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 , 28 JULY 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION