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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2694/87

of 7 September 1987

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on gelatin and gelatin derivatives falling within subheading 35.03 ex B, originating in Colombia and Brazil, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;

Whereas, as provided for in Article 13 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 gelatin and gelatin derivatives, falling within subheading 35.03 ex B of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in Colombia and Brazil, the individual ceiling was fixed at 660 000 ECU; whereas, on 21 August 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in Colombia and Brazil reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Columbia and Brazil,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 11 September 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Colombia and Brazil:

1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CCT heading No and NIMEXE-code // Description // // // // 10.0430 // 35.03 ex B (35.03-91) // Gelatin and gelatin derivatives // // //

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 September 1987.

For the Commission

COCKFIELD

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1986, p. 1.