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

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2693/79

OF 29 NOVEMBER 1979

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON CARPETS , WHETHER TUFTED OR NOT , OTHER THAN OF JUTE OR OTHER TEXTILE BAST FIBRES OF HEADING NO 57.03 OR COIR , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 58.02 EX A AND ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , 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 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX C TO THAT REGULATION , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING EQUAL TO 96 % OF THE SUM ARRIVED AT BY ADDING TOGETHER THE TONNAGE OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN 1968 AND COMING FROM COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX D , 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 ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED ANY TIME THE COMMUNITY CEILING HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF CARPETS , WHETHER TUFTED OR NOT , OTHER THAN OF JUTE OR OTHER TEXTILE BAST FIBRES OF HEADING NO 57.03 OR COIR , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 58.02 EX A , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 626.9 TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 22 NOVEMBER 1979 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN COUNTRIES COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1195/79 WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE CEILING SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 4 DECEMBER 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 :

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58.02 // OTHER CARPETS , CARPETING , RUGS , MATS AND MATTING , AND ' KELEM ' , ' SCHUMACKS ' AND ' KARAMANIE ' RUGS AND THE LIKE ( MADE UP OR NOT ): //

// EX A . CARPETS , WHETHER TUFTED OR NOT , //

// OTHER THAN OF JUTE OR OTHER TEXTILE //

// BAST FIBRES OF HEADING NO 57.03 OR COIR //

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 , 29 NOVEMBER 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION