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( 1 ) OJ NO L 354 , 29 . 12 . 1980 , P . 114 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 345 , 20 . 12 . 1980 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1934/81

OF 13 JULY 1981

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON EQUIPMENT FOR PARLOUR , TABLE AND FUNFAIR GAMES FOR ADULTS OR CHILDREN , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 97.04 AND ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3322/80 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3322/80 OF 16 DECEMBER 1980 ESTABLISHING A MULTIANNUAL SCHEME OF GENERALIZED TARIFF PREFERENCES AND ITS APPLICATION FOR 1981 IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 11 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC , EURATOM ) NO 3308/80 OF 16 DECEMBER 1980 ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNIT OF ACCOUNT BY THE ECU IN COMMUNITY LEGAL INSTRUMENTS ( 2 ),

WHEREAS , IN PURSUANCE OF ARTICLES 1 AND 9 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3322/80 SUSPENSION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES SHALL BE ACCORDED TO EACH OF THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX C , OTHER THAN THOSE LISTED IN COLUMN 4 OF ANNEX A , WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF CEILING FIXED IN COLUMN 9 OF ANNEX A ;

WHEREAS , AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 11 OF THAT REGULATION , WHEN THE QUANTITY OF A SINGLE CONSIGNMENT IMPORTED INTO ONE MEMBER STATE IS SUCH THAT THE COMMUNITY CEILING MIGHT BE EXCEEDED IN THAT MEMBER STATE , IN VIEW OF THE PREVIOUS CHARGES WHICH IT HAS MADE , THAT STATE SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO APPLY TO THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRY OR TERRITORY , A SYSTEM OF DEPOSITS ON THE DUTIES OF THAT PART OF THE CONSIGNMENT IN EXCESS OF THE COMMUNITY CEILING ; WHEREAS , IF THE DEPOSIT IS JUSTIFIED , THE COMMISSION SHALL , BE MEANS OF A REGULATION , RE-ESTABLISH THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES AT COMMUNITY LEVEL , THE DUTIES PAID IN DEPOSIT NOT BEING REPAYABLE FOR THAT PART OF THE CONSIGNMENT IN EXCESS OF THE COMMUNITY CEILING IN THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED ;

WHEREAS , IN THE CASE OF EQUIPMENT FOR PARLOUR , TABLE AND FUNFAIR GAMES FOR ADULTS OR CHILDREN , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 97.04 , THE INDIVIDUAL CEILING WAS FIXED AT 2 535 000 ECU ; WHEREAS , ON 3 JULY 1981 , IMPORTS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO IRELAND , ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE REACHED , AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 11 , THIS CEILING ; WHEREAS THAT MEMBER STATE HAS APPLIED TO THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION THE SYSTEM OF DEPOSITS ON THE DUTIES OF THE PART IN EXCESS THEREOF ; WHEREAS THE DEPOSIT IS JUSTIFIED AND CUSTOMS DUTIES IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION MUST THEREFORE BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL AGAINST SINGAPORE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . AS FROM 17 JULY 1981 THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3322/80 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED ON IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE :

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97.04 // EQUIPMENT FOR PARLOUR , TABLE AND FUNFAIR GAMES FOR ADULTS OR CHILDREN ( INCLUDING BILLIARD TABLES AND PIN-TABLES AND TABLE-TENNIS REQUISITES ) //

2 . WHERE THERE ARE ANY OF THE GOODS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 1 , ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE , THE SYSTEM OF DEPOSITS APPLIED IN IRELAND , IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 11 OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION , IS JUSTIFIED AND DUTIES PAID IN DEPOSIT SHALL NOT BE REPAYABLE FOR THAT PART OF THE CONSIGNMENT IN EXCESS OF THE COMMUNITY CEILING IN THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED .

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 , 13 JULY 1981 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

KARL-HEINZ NARJES

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION