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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4120/88

OF 23 DECEMBER 1988

EXTENDING THE PERIODS OF VALIDITY OF REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 3044/79 AND ( EEC ) NO 1782/80 ON COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN MALTA AND EGYPT

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 THEREOF,

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

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2819/79 ( 3 ), THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF WHICH WAS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 4119/88 ( 4 ), MAKES IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE;

WHEREAS, BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3044/79 ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3928/87 ( 6 ), THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN MALTA;

WHEREAS, BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1782/80 ( 7 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3928/87, THE COMMISSION ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN EGYPT;

WHEREAS THOSE REGULATIONS EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1988;

WHEREAS THE REASONS THAT JUSTIFIED THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ABOVE REGULATIONS ARE STILL VALID; WHEREAS THE SAID REGULATIONS SHOULD THEREFORE BE EXTENDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

COMMUNITY SURVEILLANCE OF IMPORTS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS, ESTABLISHED BY REGULATIONS ( EEC ) NO 3044/79 AND ( EEC ) NO 1782/80, IS HEREBY EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 1989 .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1989 .

IT SHALL APPLY UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 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 320, 15 . 12 . 1979, P . 9 .

( 4 ) SEE PAGE 24 OF THIS OFFICIAL JOURNAL .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 343, 31 . 12 . 1979, P . 8 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 369, 29 . 12 . 1987, P . 31 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 174, 9 . 7 . 1980, P . 16 .