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

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 757/81

OF 24 MARCH 1981

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON HANDKERCHIEFS , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 89 ( CODE 0890 ), ORIGINATING IN CHINA , 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 , 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 3 ( 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 HANDKERCHIEFS , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 89 , THE CEILING SHOULD BE 60 180 PIECES ; WHEREAS ON 14 MARCH 1981 AMOUNT OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF HANDKERCHIEFS , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 89 , ORIGINATING IN CHINA , A COUNTRY 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 IN RELATION TO CHINA ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 29 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 AND ORIGINATING IN CHINA :

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

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

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0890 // 89 // 61.05 A // // HANDKERCHIEFS : //

// // // 61.05-20 // A . OF WOVEN COTTON FABRIC OF A VALUE OF MORE THAN 15 EUA/KG NET WEIGHT //

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 , 24 MARCH 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION