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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2666/90

of 17 September 1990

reintroducing the levying of the customs duties applicable to twine, cordage, ropes and cables, of synthetic fibres products of category 90 (order No 40.0900), articles, products of category 98 (order No 40.0980) originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3897/89 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3897/89 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas pursuant to Article 10 of that Regulation, preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II to individual ceilings within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of its Annex I and column 7 of its Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin specified in column 5 of the same Annexes; whereas Article 11 of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be reintroduced at any time in respect of imports of the products in question as soon as the relevant individual ceilings are reached at Community level;

Whereas, in respect of twine, cordage, ropes and cables, of synthetic fibres, products of category No 90 (order No 40.0900), articles, products of category 98 (order No 40.0980) originating in China the relevant ceiling respectively amount to 14 and 3 tonnes; whereas those ceilings were reached on 30 August 1990 by charges of imports into the Community of the products in question originating in China, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against those ceilings;

Whereas it is appropriate to reintroduce the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to China,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 21 September 1990 the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3897/89, shall be reintroduced on imports into the Community of the following products, originating in China:

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order No // Category (unit) // CN code // Description // // // // // // // // // 40.0900 // 90 (tonnes) // 5607 41 00 5607 49 11 5607 49 19 5607 49 90 5607 50 11 5607 50 19 5607 50 30 5607 50 90 // Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, of synthetic fibres, plaited or not // 40.0980 // 98 (tonnes) // 5609 00 00 5905 00 10 // Other articles made from yarn, twine, cordage, rope or cables, other than textile fabrics, articles made from such fabrics and articles of category 97 // // // //

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, 17 September 1990.

For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 383, 30. 12. 1989, p. 45.