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

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1537/79

OF 23 JULY 1979

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON WOVEN FABRICS OF REGENERATED TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 56.07 B , ORIGINATING IN THAILAND , 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 ) TO ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING WHICH IS INDICATED , FOR EACH OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX B , UNDER ( A ) IN COLUMN 5 ; WHEREAS , ONLY THE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX D OF THE REGULATION IN QUESTION , OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED UNDER ( B ) IN COLUMN 4 OF ANNEX B , IN RESPECT OF THE CORRESPONDING PRODUCTS MAY BE CHARGED AGAINST THAT CEILING ; 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 AMOUNT REPRESENTING 50 % OF THAT CEILING ;

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 ITS ANNEX E , ONCE THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF WOVEN FABRICS OF REGENERATED TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 56.07 B , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 254.80 TONNES , AND THEREFORE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 127.40 TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 18 JULY 1979 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF WOVEN FABRICS OF REGENERATED TEXTILE FIBRES , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 56.07 B , ORIGINATING IN THAILAND , 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 THAILAND ,

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 THAILAND :

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56.07 // WOVEN FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES ( DISCONTINUOUS OR WASTE ): //

// B . OF REGENERATED TEXTILE FIBRES //

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