COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1164/92 of 5 May 1992 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of categories 9, 23 and 39 (order Nos 40.0090, 40.0230 and 40.0390), originating in India, 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 Economic 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 into 1992 by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3387/91 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded for each category of products in Annexes I and II thereto individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of 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, in respect of products of categories 9, 23 and 39 (order Nos 40.0090, 40.0230 and 40.0390), originating in India, the relevant ceilings amount to 131, 308 and 101 tonnes respectively;

Whereas on 27 March 1992 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in India, 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 India,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 10 May 1992 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in India:

Order No Category

(unit) CN code Description 40.0090 9

(tonnes) 5802 11 00

5802 19 00

ex 6302 60 00 Terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics of cotton; toilet linen and kitchen linen, of terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, of cotton, other than knitted or crocheted 40.0230 23

(tonnes) 5508 20 10

5510 11 00

5510 12 00

5510 20 00

5510 30 00

5510 90 00 Yarn of staple or waste artificial fibres, not put up for retail sale 40.0390 39

(tonnes) 6302 51 10

6302 51 90

6302 53 90

ex 6302 59 00

6302 91 10

6302 91 90

6302 93 90

ex 6302 99 00 Table linen, toilet and kitchen linen, other than knitted or crocheted, other than of terry towelling or similar terry fabrics of cotton

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, 5 May 1992. For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 370, 31. 12. 1990, p. 39. (2) OJ No L 341, 12. 12. 1991, p. 1. This Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 282/90 (OJ No L 31, 7. 2. 1992, p. 1).