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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2896/88

of 20 September 1988

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on track suits of knitted or crocheted fabric, products of category 73 (order No 40.0730), originating in Thailand and the Philippines, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in 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 applicable for 1988 to 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 to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3782/87 (2) to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of Annex I or II thereto, 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 track suits of knitted or crocheted fabric, products of category 73 (order No 40.0730), the relevant ceiling amounts to 114 000 and 97 000 pieces respectively;

Whereas on 13 September 1988 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Thailand and the Philippines, countries 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 and the Philippines,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 24 September 1988, the levying of customs duties, 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 and the Philippines:

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order No // Category // CN code // Description // // // // // // // // // 40.0730 // 73 (1 000 pieces) // 6112 11 00 6112 12 00 6112 19 00 // Track suits of knitted or crocheted fabric, of wool, of cotton or of man-made textile fibres // // // //

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, 20 September 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.