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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2669/90

of 17 September 1990

reintroducing the levying of the customs duties applicable to underpants and briefs, products of category 13 (order No 40.0130) originating in Thailand, 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 underpants and briefs, products of category 13 (order No 40.0130) originating in Thailand, the relevant ceiling amounts to 1 922 000 pieces; whereas that ceiling was reached on 30 August 1990 by charges of imports into the Community of the products in question originating in Thailand, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

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

1.2.3.4 // // // // // Order No // Category (unit) // CN code // Description // // // // // // // // // 40.0130 // 13 (1 000 pieces) // 6107 11 00 6107 12 00 6107 19 10 6108 21 00 6108 22 00 6108 29 00 // Men's or boys' underpants and briefs, women's or girls' knickers and briefs, knitted or crocheted, of wool, cotton or of man-made 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, 17 September 1990.

For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission

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

Amendments and corrections
December 31, 1990	See 389R3897
September 21, 1990	Entry into force - Date pub. + 3 See Art 2