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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 1254/81

OF 11 MAY 1981

REINTRODUCING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES APPLICABLE TO OXALIC ACID AND ITS SALTS AND ESTERS , FALLING UNDER SUBHEADING 29.15 A I , ORIGINATING IN CHINA 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 12 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 ARTICLE 1 OF THAT REGULATION , DUTIES ON THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX B ORIGINATING IN EACH OF THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX C SHALL BE TOTALLY SUSPENDED AND THE PRODUCTS AS SUCH SHALL , AS A GENERAL RULE , BE SUBJECT TO STATISTICAL SURVEILLANCE EVERY THREE MONTHS ON THE REFERENCE BASE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 12 ;

WHEREAS , AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 12 , WHERE THE INCREASE OF PREFERENTIAL IMPORTS OF THOSE PRODUCTS , ORIGINATING IN ONE OR MORE BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES , CAUSES , OR IS LIKELY TO CAUSE , ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES IN THE COMMUNITY OR IN A REGION OF THE COMMUNITY , THE COMMISSION MAY , ACTING ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE , OR AT THE REQUEST OF A MEMBER STATE , REINTRODUCE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ;

WHEREAS , IN THE CASE OF OXALIC ACID AND ITS SALTS AND ESTERS AND ACCORDING TO THE CALCULATION CARRIED OUT IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THAT ARTICLE 12 , THE REFERENCE BASE WAS FIXED AT 114 000 ECU ; WHEREAS , ON 16 APRIL 1981 , IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO THE COMMUNITY ORIGINATING IN CHINA REACHED THE REFERENCE BASE AFTER BEING CHARGED THEREAGAINST ; WHEREAS CONTINUANCE OF THE PREFERENCE SCHEME CAUSES ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES IN A REGION OF THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS FRANCE HAS REQUESTED THAT THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BE REINTRODUCED ; WHEREAS , AT THE END OF THE PERIOD OF 10 DAYS COMMENCING AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED ARTICLE 12 , THAT MEMBER STATE HAS CONFIRMED ITS REQUEST ; WHEREAS CUSTOMS DUTIES IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION MUST THEREFORE BE REINTRODUCED AGAINST CHINA ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 15 MAY 1981 THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3322/80 , SHALL BE REINTRODUCED ON IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CHINA :

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29.15 // POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES , HALIDES , PEROXIDES AND PERACIDS , AND THEIR HALOGENATED , SULFONATED , NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES : //

// A . ACYCLIC POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS : //

// I . OXALIC ACID AND ITS SALTS AND ESTERS //

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 , 11 MAY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION