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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2289/88

of 26 July 1988

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on sacks and bags falling within CN code 3923 21 00, originating in Thailand, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87 of 17 November 1987 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1988 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87, 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 14 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 sacks and bags falling within CN code 3923 21 00, the individual ceiling was fixed at 4 380 000 ECU;

Whereas, on 15 July 1988, imports of these products into the Community originating in Thailand 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 Thailand,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 30 July 1988, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3635/87, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Thailand:

1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CN code // Description // // // // 10.480 // 3923 21 00 // Sacks and bags (including cones) // // // - Of polymers of ethylene // // //

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, 26 July 1988.

For the Commission

COCKFIELD

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 350, 12. 12. 1987, p. 1.