COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3120/94 of 19 December 1994 re-establishing the levying of customs duties and ending the charges against tariff ceilings opened in 1994, on certain textile products originating in Mexico, Malaysia, Lithuania, China and Brazil, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), extended for 1994 by Regulation (EC) No 3668/93 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,
Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded from 1 July to 31 December 1994 for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of its Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;
Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;
Whereas as provided for in the third paragraph of Article 12 of the abovementioned Regulation, the Commission may, after the preferential period, take measures to stop quantities being charged against any particular tariff limit if these limits were exceeded particularly as a result of regularizations of imports actually made during the preferential tariff period;
Whereas, in respect of products of the order Nos and origins indicated in the table below, the relevant ceilings were fixed at the levels indicated in that table; whereas that ceiling was reached on the date indicated below, by charges of the imports into the Community of the products in question;
40.0320 Mexico 1. 1 - 30. 6. 1994 45 tonnes 5. 4. 1. 7 - 31. 12. 1994 45 tonnes 14. 9. 40.0350 Malaysia 1. 1 - 30. 6. 1994 132 tonnes 19. 4. 1. 7 - 31. 12. 1994 132 tonnes 21. 9. 40.0480 Malaysia 1. 1 - 30. 6. 1994 30 tonnes 10. 2. 1. 7 - 31. 12. 1994 30 tonnes 27. 7. 40.0500 Lithuania 1. 1 - 30. 6. 1994 30 tonnes 7. 3. 1. 7 - 31. 12. 1994 30 tonnes 1. 9. 40.0560 China 1. 1 - 30. 6. 1994 5,5 tonnes 23. 4. 1. 7 - 31. 12. 1994 5,5 tonnes 9. 8. 40.0660 Brazil 1. 1 - 30. 6. 1994 11,5 tonnes 8. 2. 1. 7 - 31. 12. 1994 11,5 tonnes 1. 8. 40.1000 China 1. 1 - 30. 6. 1994 13,5 tonnes 18. 3. 1. 7 - 31. 12. 1994 13,5 tonnes 18. 8.
Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties and to take measures to stop quantities being charged against the said ceilings for the products in question,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
1. The levying of customs duties, suspended from 1 July to 31 December 1994, pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the products indicated in the table below:
2. No further quantities shall be charged against the tariff ceilings opened from 1 January to 30 June 1994 by Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, relating to the products indicated in the table below:
40.0320 32 5801 10 00 Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn obtained from strip or the like of polyethylene or polyprophylene, less than 3 m wide: sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods, not knitted or crocheted, obtained from strip or the like Mexico 5801 21 5801 22 5801 23 5801 24 5801 25 5801 26 5801 31 5801 32 5801 33 5801 34 5801 35 5801 36 5802 20 5802 30 40.0350 35 5407 10 00 Woven fabrics of synthetic fibres (continuous), other than those for types of category 114 Malaysia 5407 20 5407 30 5407 41 5407 42 5407 42 5407 43 5407 44 5407 44 5407 51 5407 52 5407 53 5407 53 5407 54 5407 60 5407 60 5407 60 5407 60 5407 60 5407 71 5407 72 5407 73 5407 73 5407 73 5407 74 5407 81 5407 82 5407 83 5407 83 5407 84 5407 91 5407 92 5407 93 5407 93 5407 94 ex 5811 00 ex 5905 00 40.0480 48 5107 10 10 Yarn of combed sheep's or lambs' wool (worsted yarn) or of combed fine animal hair, not put up for retail sale Malaysia 5107 10 5107 20 5107 20 5107 20 5107 20 5107 20 5107 20 5108 20 5108 20 40.0500 50 5111 11 00 Woven fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or of fine animal hair Lithuania 5111 19 5111 19 5111 20 5111 30 5111 30 5111 30 5111 90 5111 90 5111 90 5111 90 5112 11 5112 19 5112 19 5112 20 5112 30 5112 30 5112 30 5112 90 5112 90 5112 90 5112 90 40.0560 56 5508 10 90 Yarn of staple synthetic fibres (including waste), put up for retail sale China 5511 10 5511 20 40.0660 66 6301 10 00 Travelling rugs and blankets, other than knitted or crocheted, of wool, of cotton or of man-made fibres Brazil 6301 20 6301 20 6301 30 ex 6301 40 ex 6301 90 40.1000 100 5903 10 10 Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with preparations of cellulose derivatives or of other artificial plastic materials China 5903 10 5903 20 5903 20 5903 90 5903 90 5903 90
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 24 December 1994.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 1994.