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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 438/88

from 17 February 1988

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on twines, cordage, ropes and cables of synthetic fibres, products of category 90 (order number 40.0900) originating in South Korea to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 of 3 December 1987 concerning the administration of the generalized tariff preferences for 1988 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II of Council Regulation No 3783/87 (2) to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of its Annexes I or II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes; whereas Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3783/87 provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;

Whereas, in respect of twines, cordage, ropes and cables of synthetic fibres, products of category No 90 (order number 40.0900) the relevant ceiling amounts to 13 tonnes;

Whereas on 9 February 1988 imports of the products in question into the Community originating in South Korea, a country covered by preferential arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;

Whereas it is appropriate to re-introduce the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to South Korea,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 21 February 1988 the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No 3782/87, shall be re-esablished in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in South Korea:

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order number // Category (Unit) // CN code // Description // // // // // (1) // (2) // (3) // (4) // // // // // 40.0900 // 90 (tonnes) // 5607 41 00 5607 49 11 5607 49 19 5607 49 90 5607 50 11 5607 50 19 5607 50 30 5607 50 90 // Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, of synthetic fibres, plaited or not // // // //

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 this entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 February 1988.

For the Commission

COCKFIELD

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 367, 28. 12. 1987, p. 58.

(2) OJ No L 367, 28. 12. 1987, p. 1.