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( 1 ) OJ NO L 332 , 27 . 12 . 1979 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 961/80

OF 18 APRIL 1980

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON FLAX OR RAMIE YARN , NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 115 ( CODE 1150 ), ORIGINATING IN BRAZIL , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2894/79 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NG 2894/79 OF 10 JECAMBER 1979 OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF PREFERENCES FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) AND ( 2 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX D , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING EQUAL TO 55 % OF TOTAL IMPORTS OF PRODUCTS IN THE CATEGORY IN QUESTION INTO THE COMMUNITY , FROM ALL BENEFICIARIES , IN 1977 ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE CEILING RESULTING FROM THIS CALCULATION MAY IN NO CASE EXCAED 125 % IN GENERAL OF THE PREFERENTIAL AMOUNT FIXED FOR 1978 ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THAT CEILING , THE AMOUNTS FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONEF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX E SHOULD BE WITHIN A MXIVUM COMMUNITY AMOUNT REPRESENTING 50 % OF THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS ARTICLES 4 ( 2 ) AND 10 OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDE THAT THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN ANY OF THE SAID COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNTRIES LISTED IN ITS ANNEX F , ONCE THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY MAXIVUM AMOUNT HAS BEEN REACPED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF FLAX OR RAMIE YARN , NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 115 , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 305 TONNES , AND THEREFORE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 152.5 TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 11 APRIL 1980 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN BRAZIL , A COUNTRY COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2894/79 WHICH PROVIDES THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN RELATION TO BRAZIL ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 22 APRIL 1980 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURUUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2894/79 SHALL BE ERE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORIGINATING IN BRAZIL :

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CODE // CATEGORY // CCT HEADING NO // NIMEXE CODE ( 1980 ) // DESCRIPTION //

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1150 // 115 // 54.03 // 54.03-10 ; 31 ; 35 ; 37 ; 39 ; 50 ; 61 ; 69 // FLAX OR RAMIE YARN , NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE //

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IC 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 , 18 APRIL 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ANTONIO GIOLITTI

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION