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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 679/83

of 24 March 1983

re-establishing the levying of customs duties applicable to methanol, falling within subheading 29.04 A I and originating in Libya, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3377/82 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3377/82 of 8 December 1982 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1983 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas, in pursuance of Articles 1 and 9 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C, other than those listed in column 4 of Annex A, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex A; whereas, as provided for in Article 10 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;

Whereas, in the case of methanol falling within subheading 29.04 A I, the individual ceiling was fixed at 256 300 ECU; whereas on 22 March 1983 imports of that product into the Community originating in Libya reached that ceiling after being charged thereagainst; whereas, it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Libya,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 28 March 1983, the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3377/82 shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Libya:

1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 29.04 A I // Methanol (methyl alcohol) // //

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 1983.

For the Commission

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 363, 23. 12. 1982, p. 1.