COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3673/90 of 18 December 1990 amending Regulation (EEC) No 693/88 as regards the amounts expressed in ecu

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 1 (4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3897/89 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of certain textile products originating in developing countries (2), and in particular Article 1 (4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3898/88 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (3), and in particular Article 1 (4) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3899/89 of 18 December 1989 reducing for 1990 the levies on certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (4) and in particular Article 1 (4) thereof,

Whereas Decision 89/645/ECSC of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council, of 18 December 1989 applying for 1990 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries (5) provides that the concept of originating products is to be defined under the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 concerning the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods (6) ; whereas the rules to be applied for this purpose should be the same as those laid down for other products;

Whereas, to take account of monetary evolution, it is necessary to modify the amounts in ecu in Articles 7 and 10 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 693/88 of 4 March 1988 on the definition of the concept of originating products for the purposes of the application of tariff preferences granted by the European Economic Community in respect of certain products from developing countries (7),

Whereas the measures provides for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Origin,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 693/88 is hereby amended as follows: 1. In Article 7 (2), "ECU 2590" is replaced by "ECU 2820".

2. The footnote to Article 7 (2) is replaced by the following:

"The equivalent in national currencies of the ecu is as follows: >PIC FILE= "T0048116">

The amounts in the national currencies which may result from the conversion of the amounts expressed in ecu may be rounded up."

3. In the second subparagraph of Article 10 (2), "ECU 180" and "ECU 515" are replaced by "ECU 200" and "ECU 565".

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from the third day after publication.

(1) OJ No L 383, 30.12.1989, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 383, 30.12.1989, p. 45. (3) OJ No L 383, 30.12.1989, p. 90. (4) OJ No L 383, 30.12.1989, p. 125. (5) OJ No L 383, 30.12.1989, p. 128. (6) OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 1. (7) OJ No L 77, 22.3.1988, p. 1. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1990.

For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission