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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1859/83

of 7 July 1983

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on melamine falling within subheading 29.35 ex Q and originating in Kuwait, 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, pursuant to 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 melamine falling within subheading 29.35 ex Q, the individual ceiling was fixed at 407,950 ECU; whereas, on 4 July 1983, imports of these products into the Community originating in Kuwait 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 Kuwait,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 11 July 1983, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3377/82 shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Kuwait:

1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 29.35 ex Q (NIMEXE code 29.35-92) // Melamine // //

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, 7 July 1983.

For the Commission

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Member of the Commission

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