COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3627/92 of 15 December 1992 re-estabishing the levying of customs duties on products of category Nos 65 and 75 (order Nos 40.0650 and 40.0750), originating in China, 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 for 1992 by Regulation (EEC) No 3587/91 (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 1992 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 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 category Nos 65 and 75 (order Nos 40.0650 and 40.0750), originating in China, the relevant ceiling respectively amounts to 34 tonnes and 2 000 pieces;

Whereas on 27 February 1992 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in China, 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 China,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 20 December 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 China:

Order No Category

(unit) CN code Description 40.0650 65 (tonnes) 5606 00 10

ex 6001 10 00

6001 21 00

6001 22 00

6001 29 10

6001 91 10

6001 91 30

6001 91 50

6001 91 90

6001 92 10

6001 92 30

6001 92 50

6001 92 90

6001 99 10 Knitted or crocheted fabric other than of categories 38 A and 63, of wool, of cotton or of man-made fibres ex 6002 10 10

6002 20 10

6002 20 39

6002 20 50

6002 20 70 40.0650 (cont'd) ex 6002 30 10

6002 41 00

6002 42 10

6002 42 30

6002 42 50

6002 42 90

6002 43 31

6002 43 33

6002 43 35

6002 43 39

6002 43 50

6002 43 91

6002 43 93

6002 43 95

6002 43 99 6002 91 00

6002 92 10

6002 92 30

6002 92 50

6002 92 90

6002 93 31

6002 93 33

6002 93 35

6002 93 39

6002 93 91

6002 93 99 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, 15 December 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. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1509/92 (OJ No L 159, 12. 6. 1992, p. 1).