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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 3429/90

of 27 November 1990

re-establishing the levying of the customs duties applicable to products of category No 37 ( order No 40.0370 ) and the products of category No 75 ( order No 40.0750 ) 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 Regulation ( EEC ) No 3897/89, 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 the products of category No 37 ( order No 40.0370 ) and No 75 ( order No 40.0750 ) originating in Thailand, the relevant ceiling amounts respectively to 368 tonnes and 9 000 pieces; whereas that ceiling was reached on 20 March 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 re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Thailand,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1

As from 2 December 1990 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation ( EEC ) No 3897/89, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products, originating in Thailand :

1.2.3.4Order No

Category ( unit )

CN code

Description

40.0370

37 ( tonnes )

5516 11 00 5516 12 00 5516 13 00 5516 14 00 5516 21 00 5516 22 00 5516 23 10 5516 23 90 5516 24 00 5516 31 00 5516 32 00 5516 33 00 5516 34 00 5516 41 00 5516 42 00 5516 43 00 5516 44 00 5516 91 00 5516 92 00 5516 93 00 5516 94 00 5803 90 50 ex 5905 00 70

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

Order No

Category ( unit )

CN code

Description

40.0750

75 ( 1 000 pieces )

6103 11 00 6103 12 00 6103 19 00 6103 21 00 6103 22 00 6103 23 00 6103 29 00

Men's or boys' knitted or crocheted suits and ensembles, of wool, of cotton or of man-made fibres, excluding ski suits // // // //

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, 27 November 1990 .

For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission

Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres // // // //