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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2455/88

of 4 August 1988

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, sacks and bags used for the packing of goods of category No 33 (code 40.0330) originating in Thailand, 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 that Regulation provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3782/87 (2) to individual ceilings within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of its Annexes I or II, in respect of certian or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;

Whereas Article 3 of that Regulation provides that the levbying 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 woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn, sacks and bags used for the packing of goods of category No 33 (code 40.0330) the relevant ceiling amounts to 123 tonne;

Whereas on 27 July 1988 imports of the products in question into the Community originating in Thailand, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;

Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Thailand,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 8 August 1988 the levying of customs cuties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3782/87, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in Thailand:

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order No // Category // CN code // Description // // // // // // // // // 40.0330 // 33 (tonnes) // 5407 20 11 6305 31 91 6305 31 99 // Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn obtained from strip or the like of polyethylene or polypropylene, less than 3 m wide; sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods, not knitted or crocheted, obtained from strip or the like // // // //

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, 4 August 1988.

For the Commission

Stanley CLINTON DAVIS

Member of the Commission

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

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