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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2960/83

of 21 October 1983

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on umbrellas and sunshades, falling within heading No 66.01 and originating in Singapore, 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 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 umbrellas and sunshades falling within heading No 66.01 the individual ceiling was fixed at 1 715 700 ECU; whereas, on 18 October 1983, imports of these products into the Community, originating in Singapore, 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 Singapore,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 25 October 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 Singapore:

1.2 // // // CCT heading No // Description // // // 66.01 // Umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick umbrellas, umbrella tents, and garden and similar umbrellas) // //

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, 21 October 1983.

For the Commission

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Member of the Commission

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