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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 678/83

of 24 March 1983

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on clothing accessories and articles, knitted or crocheted, products of category 67 (code 0670), originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3378/82 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3378/82 of 8 December 1982 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1983 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas Article 2 of that Regulation provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected to individual ceilings not allocated among the Member States, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 7 of Annex A or B thereto, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annex; whereas Article 3 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 once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;

Whereas, in respect of clothing accessories and articles, knitted or crocheted, products of category 67, the relevant ceiling amounts to 6,5 tonnes; whereas, on 18 March 1983, imports into the Community of suits and costumes of knitted or crocheted fabric, products of category 67, originating in India, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;

Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to India,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 28 March 1983, the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3378/82, shall be re-established in respect of the following products, imported into the Community and originating in India:

1.2.3.4.5 // // // // // // Code // Category // CCT heading No // NIMEXE code (1983) // Description // // // // // // // (1) // (2) // (3) // (4) // // // // // // 0670 // 67 // ex 60.05 // // Outer garments and other articles, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized: // // // ex 60.06 B // // Knitted or crocheted fabric and articles thereof, elastic or rubberized (including elastic knee-caps and elastic stockings): // // // // // B. Other: // // // // 60.05-93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99 60.06-92; 96; 98 // Clothing accessories and other articles (except garments), knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized; articles (other than bathing costumes) of knitted or crocheted fabric, elastic or rubberized, of wool, of cotton, or of man-made textile fibres // // // //

(1) OJ No L 363, 23. 12. 1982, p. 92.

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, 24 March 1983.

For the Commission

Karl-Heinz NARJES

Member of the Commission //