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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3452/83

of 6 December 1983

repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2898/83 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on methanol, falling within subheading 29.04 A I and originating in Saudi Arabia, 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 preferences for 1983 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2898/83 of 18 October 1983 (2) re-established, as from 22 October 1983, the levying of customs duties on methanol (methyl alcohol), falling within subheading 29.04 A I and originating in Saudi Arabia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3377/82 apply;

Whereas the calculation of the charges which justified the abovementioned re-establishment of duty was based on information which turned out to be inaccurate; whereas, after investigation, it was established that imports into the Community of methanol originating in Saudi Arabia were not accompanied by certificates of origin in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3606/82 (3), and because of that they are not admitted to benefit under the preferential tariff arrangements; whereas, additionally, Saudi Arabia has not complied with the formalities required to be enabled to effectively benefit from preferential tariff arrangements until 4 November 1983;

Whereas it is therefore desirable to repeal Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2898/83 with effect from 22 October 1983,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2898/83 is hereby repealed.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 22 October 1983.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 6 December 1983.

For the Council

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 286, 19. 10. 1983, p. 14.

(3) OJ No L 377, 31. 12. 1982, p. 1.