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( 1 ) OJ NO L 354 , 29 . 12 . 1980 , P . 114 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 345 , 20 . 12 . 1980 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 673/81

OF 16 MARCH 1981

RE-INTRODUCING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES APPLICABLE TO GLAZED SETTS , FLAGS AND PAVING , HEARTH AND WALL TILES FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 69.08 , ORIGINATING IN THAILAND AND BENEFITING FROM THE TARIFF PREFERENCES PROVIDED FOR BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3322/80

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3322/80 OF 16 DECEMBER 1980 ESTABLISHING A MULTIANNUAL SCHEME OF GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES AND ITS APPLICATION FOR 1981 IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 10 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM ) NO 3308/80 OF 16 DECEMBER 1980 ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT BY THE ECU IN COMMUNITY LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ( 2 ),

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 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION , AS SOON AS THE INDIVIDUAL CEILINGS IN QUESTION ARE REACHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , THE COMMISSION , EITHER ACTING ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE OR ONCE A MEMBER STATE HAS REQUESTED IT TO DO SO , SHALL RE-INTRODUCE THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ;

WHEREAS , IN THE CASE OF GLAZED SETTS , FLAGS AND PAVING , HEARTH AND WALL TILES , THE INDIVIDUAL CEILING WAS FIXED AT 2 796 000 ECU ; WHEREAS , ON 11 MARCH 1981 , IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO THE COMMUNITY , ORIGINATING IN THAILAND , REACHED THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS BENELUX HAS REQUESTED THAT THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BE RE-INTRODUCED ; WHEREAS THE CUSTOMS DUTIES IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION MUST THEREFORE BE RE-INTRODUCED AGAINST THAILAND ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 20 MARCH 1981 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3322/80 , SHALL BE RE-INTRODUCED ON IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THAILAND :

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69.08 // GLAZED SETTS , FLAGS AND PAVING , HEARTH AND WALL TILES //

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 , 16 MARCH 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION