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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4118/88

OF 23 DECEMBER 1988

EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF RETROSPECTIVE CONTROL OF IMPORTS OF FOOTWEAR INTO THE COMMUNITY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 288/82 OF 5 FEBRUARY 1982 ON COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS ( 1 ), AS AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1243/86 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) THEREOF,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1765/82 OF 30 JUNE 1982 ESTABLISHING COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS FROM STATE-TRADING COUNTRIES ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1243/86, AND COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1766/82 OF 30 JUNE 1982 ESTABLISHING COMMON RULES FOR IMPORTS FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ( 4 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1409/86 ( 5 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) THEREOF,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2658/87 OF 23 JULY 1987 ON THE TARIFF AND STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURE AND ON THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF ( 6 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3174/88 ( 7 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 15 THEREOF,

HAVING CONSULTED THE COMMITTEE SET UP UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION,

WHEREAS, BY DECISION 78/560/EEC ( 8 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2854/79 ( 9 ), THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED RETROSPECTIVE CONTROL OF IMPORTS OF FOOTWEAR INTO THE COMMUNITY;

WHEREAS, BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3927/87 ( 10 ), THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THAT DECISION WAS EXTENDED TO 31 DECEMBER 1988;

WHEREAS THE REASONS WHICH ORIGINALLY LED THE COMMISSION TO TAKE SUCH ACTION CONTINUE TO APPLY AND, WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO PROLONG THIS RETROSPECTIVE CONTROL,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF DECISION 78/560/EEC IS HEREBY EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1989 .

ARTICLE 2

THE DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN ARTICLE 1 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2854/79 IS REPLACED BY THE DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN THE ANNEX TO THIS REGULATION .

ARTICLE 3

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

IT SHALL APPLY FROM 1 JANUARY 1989 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS, 23 DECEMBER 1988 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

WILLY DE CLERCQ

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 35, 9 . 2 . 1982, P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 113, 30 . 4 . 1986, P . 1 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 195, 5 . 7 . 1982, P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 195, 5 . 7 . 1982, P . 21 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 128, 14 . 5 . 1986, P . 25 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 256, 7 . 9 . 1987, P . 1 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 298, 31 . 10 . 1988, P . 1 .

( 8 ) OJ NO L 188, 11 . 7 . 1978, P . 28 .

( 9 ) OJ NO L 323, 19 . 12 . 1979, P . 6 .

( 10 ) OJ NO L 369, 29 . 12 . 1987, P . 30 .

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6406 10 _ 6406 99,

6406 99 30 _ 6406 99 90