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

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1135/81

OF 29 APRIL 1981

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON ELASTIC FABRICS AND TRIMMINGS ( OTHER THAN KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS ), PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 105 ( CODE 1050 ), 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 ELASTIC FABRICS AND TRIMMINGS ( OTHER THAN KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS ), PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 105 , THE CEILING SHOULD BE 2.04 TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 23 APRIL 1981 THE AMOUNT OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , 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 3 MAY 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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1050 // 105 // 59.13 // 59.13-01 ; 11 ; 13 ; 15 ; 19 ; 32 ; 34 ; 35 ; 39 // ELASTIC FABRICS AND TRIMMINGS ( OTHER THAN KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS ) CONSISTING OF TEXTILE MATERIALS COMBINED WITH RUBBER THREADS //

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 , 29 APRIL 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION