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

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 728/81

OF 20 MARCH 1981

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON CARPETS , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 142 ( CODE 1420 ), ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3320/80 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3320/80 OF 16 DECEMBER 1980 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 4 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX D THERETO , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING EQUAL TO 56.1 % OF THE 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 127.5 % IN GENERAL OF THE PREFERENTIAL AMOUNT FIXED FOR 1978 ; WHEREAS ARTICLES 3 ( 1 ) AND 9 OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDE THAT THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED ANY TIME THE COMMUNITY CEILING HAS BEEN REACHED , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX G THERETO ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF CARPETS , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 142 , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 260.10 TONNES ; WHEREAS , ON 13 MARCH 1981 , THE AMOUNT OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN COUNTRIES COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3320/80 WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE CEILING SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 24 MARCH 1981 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3320/80 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY , ORIGINATING IN ALL BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE LISTED IN ANNEX G THERETO :

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CODE // CATEGORY // CCT HEADING NO // NIMEXE CODE ( 1981 ) // DESCRIPTION //

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1420 // 142 // EX 58.02 // 58.02-69 ; 79 ; 89 // CARPETS , CARPETING , RUGS , MATS AND MATTING , OF SISAL , OF OTHER FIBRES OF THE AGAVE FAMILY OR OF MANILA HEMP //

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 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION