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( 1 ) OJ NO L 154 , 21 . 6 . 1979 , P . 1 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1535/79

OF 23 JULY 1979

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON GLOVES , MITTENS , MITTS , STOCKINGS , SOCKS AND SOCKETTES , NOT BEING KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 61.10 AND ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1195/79 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1195/79 OF 12 JUNE 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 4 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX C THERETO , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING EQUAL TO 96 % OF THE SUM ARRIVED AT BY ADDING TOGETHER THE VALUE OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , IN TONNES , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN 1968 AND COMING FROM COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX D THERETO , BUT NOT INCLUDING PRODUCTS COMING FROM COUNTRIES ALREADY COVERED BY VARIOUS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY , AND 5 % OF THE 1970 TONNAGE OF SUCH IMPORTS COMING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM COUNTRIES ALREADY COVERED BY SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THAT CEILING , THE AMOUNTS FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX D SHOULD BE WITHIN A MAXIMUM COMMUNITY AMOUNT REPRESENTING 50 % OF THAT CEILING , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS TO BE REDUCED TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED IN ANNEX C TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED REGULATION ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES 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 ANNEX E THERETO , ONCE THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF GLOVES , MITTENS , MITTS , STOCKINGS , SOCKS AND SOCKETTES , NOT BEING KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 61.10 , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 23.1 TONNES , AND THEREFORE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 11.55 TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 18 JULY 1979 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG , A COUNTRY COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1195/79 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 HONG KONG ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 27 JULY 1979 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1195/79 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG :

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61.10 // GLOVES , MITTENS , MITTS , STOCKINGS , SOCKS AND SOCKETTES , NOT BEING KNITTED OR CROCHETED GOODS //

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 , 23 JULY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION