CELEX: 31987R3661
Language: en
Date: 1987-12-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3661/87 of 7 December 1987 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on lauric acid falling within subheading 29.14 A ex XI of the Common Customs Tariff originating in Malaysia to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply

8 . 12. 87                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 344/5
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3661 /87
                                                    of 7 December 1987
                 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on lauric acid falling within
                 subheading 29.14 A ex XI of the Common Customs Tariff originating in
                 Malaysia to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regula­
                                                tion (EEC) No 3924/86 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         total importations into the Community, originating from
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               third countries in 1984 ;
Economic Community,                                                 Whereas, in the case of lauric acid falling within subhea­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86                ding 29.14 A ex XI of the Common Customs Tariff, the
of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff prefe­              reference base is fixed at 171 000 ECU ; whereas, on 30
rences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products           November 1987, imports of these products into the
originating in developing countries ('), and in particular          Community originating in Malaysia reached the reference
Article 15 thereof,                                                 base in question after being charged there against ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No               whereas the exchange of information organized by the
                                                                    Commission has demonstrated that continuance of the
3924/86 duties on the products listed in Annex II origi­
nating in each of the countries or territories listed in            preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a
Annex III shall be totally suspended and the products as            region of the Community ; whereas, therefore, customs
such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical            duties in respect of the products in question must be
surveillance every three months on the reference base               re-established against Malaysia,
referred to in Article 14 ;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 14 where the increase           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of preferential imports of these products, originating in
one or more beneficiary countries, causes, or threatens to                                   Article 1
cause, economic difficulties in the Community or in a
region of the Community, the levying of customs duties              As from 11 December 1987, the levying of customs
may be re-established once the Commission has had an                duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC)
appropriate exchange of information with the Member                 No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the
States ; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be          Community of the following products originating in
considered shall be, as a general rule, equal to 5 % of the         Malaysia :
                      Order
                                   CCT heading No
                                         and                                   Description
                       No
                                     NIMEXE code
                    30.0738     29.14 A ex XI            Lauric acid
                                (NIMEXE code
                                29.14-ex 69)
                                                           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, 7 December 1987.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  COCKFIELD
                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No L 373, 31 . 12. 1986, p. 1 .