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

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 945/80

OF 14 APRIL 1980

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON CARPETS , CARPETING , RUGS , MATS AND MATTING , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 142 ( CODE 1420 ), ORIGINATING IN MEXICO , 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 ) NO 2894/79 OF 10 DECEMBER 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 EXCEED 125 % IN GENERAL OF THE PREFERENTIAL AMOUNT FIXED FOR 1978 ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THAT CEILING , THE AMOUNTS FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX E SHOULD BE WITHIN A MAXIMUM 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 EXCEPTION OF COUNTRIES LISTED IN ITS ANNEX F , ONCE THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF CARPETS , CARPETING , RUGS , MATS AND MATTING , PRODUCTS OF CATEGORY 142 , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 255 TONNES , AND THEREFORE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 127.500 TONNES ; WHEREAS , ON 1 APRIL 1980 , THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN MEXICO , 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 MEXICO ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 21 APRIL 1980 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2894/79 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORIGINATING IN MEXICO :

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

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1420 // 142 // EX 58.02 // 58.02-20 ; 60 ; 80 // CARPETS , CARPETING , RUGS , MATS AND MATTING , OF SISAL , OF OTHER FIBRES OF THE AGAVE FAMILY OR OF MANILA HEMP //

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 , 14 APRIL 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ANTONIO GIOLITTI

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION