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( 1 ) OJ NO L 354 , 29 . 12 . 1980 , P . 82 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3486/81

OF 4 DECEMBER 1981

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON RAW OR UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCOS OTHER THAN VIRGINIA TYPE , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADINGS 24.01 EX A AND EX B AND ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3321/80 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3321/80 OF 16 DECEMBER 1980 APPLYING GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES FOR 1981 IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 6 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 4 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR THE TOBACCOS IN QUESTION , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING OF 2 550 TONNES ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 4 OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME ON IMPORTS OF THE TOBACCOS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN ANY BENEFICIARY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY ONCE THE COMMUNITY CEILING HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , ON 25 NOVEMBER 1981 , IMPORTATIONS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE TOBACCOS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3321/80 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 11 DECEMBER 1981 , CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3321/80 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORIGINATING IN ANY BENEFICIARY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY :

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24.01 EX A , EX B // RAW OR UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCOS OTHER THAN VIRGINIA TYPE //

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 , 4 DECEMBER 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION