CELEX: 31974R0391
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 391/74 of the Commission of 13 February 1974 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale, falling within subheading No 55.05 A, originating in Colombia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3503/73 of 18 December 1973 apply

15 . 2 . 74                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 43 /39
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 391 /74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 13 February 1974
               re-establishing the levying of customs duties on cotton yarn , not put up for
               retail sale , falling within subheading No 55.05 A, originating in Colombia, to
               which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC)
                                           No 3503/73 of 18 December 1973 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   the amounts of imports into the Community of
COMMUNITIES,                                                     cotton yarn, not put up for retail sale, falling within
                                                                 subheading 55.05 A, originating in Colombia, a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                 country covered by preferential tariff arrangements,
                                                                 reached that maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3503/73
3503/73 (') of 18 December 1973 establishing prefer­             which provides that maximum amounts should not be
ential tariffs in respect of certain textile products origi­     exceeded, Common Customs Tariff duties should be
nating in developing countries, and in particular                re-established in respect of the products in question
Article 4 (2) thereof ;                                          in relation to Colombia,
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
provides that customs duties may, for each category of
products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling                                           Art iclc 1
equal to 150 % of the sum arrived at by adding
together the value of the products in question , in              As from 18 February 1974, the levying of customs
metric tons, imported into the Community in 1968                 duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
and coming from countries listed in Annex B to that              (EEC) No 3503/73 of 18 December 1973 , shall be
Regulation, but not including products coming from               re-established in respect of the following products,
countries already covered by various preferential tariff         imported into the Community and originating in
arrangements established by the Community, and                   Colombia :
5 % of the 1 970 metric tonnage of such imports
coming from other countries and from countries                          CCT
already covered by such arrangements ; whereas,                       heading
                                                                         No
                                                                                                  Description of goods
having regard to that ceiling, the amounts for
products originating in any one of the countries listed
in Annex B to that Regulation should be within a                  55.05              Cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale :
maximum Community amount representing 50 % of                                        A. Multiple or cabled , finished , in balls,
that ceiling ; whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation                                 or on cards , reels , tubes or similar
provides that the levying of customs duties may be                                      supports , of a weight ( including sup­
re-established at any time in respect of imports of the                                 port ) not exceeding 900 g
products in question originating in any of the said
countries once the relevant Community maximum
amount has been reached ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, in respect of cotton yarn, not put up for
retail sale, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above,         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
should be 30 metric tons , and therefore the maximum             following its publication in the Official Journal of
amount 15 metric tons ; whereas on 7 February 1974               the Eu ropea n Co mm u n it its.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 13 February 1974.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 358 , 28 . 12. 1973 , p . 69 .