COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1880/92

of 6 July 1992

reintroducing the levying of the customs duties applicable to products of CN code 3923 21 00 originating in China, to which the preferential arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), extended into 1992 by Regulation (EEC) No 3587/91 (2), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of that Regulation, suspension of customs duties is accorded for 1992 to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I; whereas Article 7 of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be reintroduced as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level;

Whereas, in the case of products of CN code 3923 21 00 originating in China, the individual ceiling amounts to ECU 4 829 000; whereas that ceiling was reached on 7 April 1992, by charges of imports into the Community of the products in question originating in China;

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 12 July 1992, the levying of customs duties, suspended for 1992 pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be reintroduced on imports into the Community of the following products, originating in China. >TABLE POSITION>

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, 6 July 1992. For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission