CELEX: 31974R2143
Language: en
Date: 1974-08-13 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2143/74 of the Commission of 13 August 1974 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on handkerchiefs, of fabrics other than cotton, falling within subheading ex 61.05, originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3503/73 of 18 December 1973 apply

No L 225/22                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                  14. 8 . 74
                           REGULATION ( EEC) No 2143/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 13 August 1974
               re-establishing the levying of customs duties on handkerchiefs , of fabrics other
               than cotton , falling within subheading ex 61.05 , originating in India, 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                                 Whereas, in respect of handkerchiefs, of fabrics other
COMMUNITIES,                                                   than cotton, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above,
                                                               should be 16 metric tons , and therefore the maximum
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         amount 8 metric tons ; whereas on 8 August 1974 the
 Economic Community ;
                                                               amounts of imports into the Community of handker­
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                 chiefs, of fabrics other than cotton , originating in
3503/73 (') of 18 December 1973 establishing prefer­           India, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­
ential tariffs in respect of certain textile products origi­   ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas,
 nating in developing countries, and in particular             bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC)
Article 4 (2) thereof ;                                        No 3503/73 , which provides that maximum amounts
                                                               should not be exceeded , customs duties should be
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation               re-established in respect of the products in question
provides that customs duties may, for each category of         in relation to India ,
 products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling
equal to 150 % of the sum arrived at by adding
together the value of the products in question , in            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
metric tons, imported into the Community in 1968
and coming from countries listed in Annex B to that                                       Article /
Regulation , but not including products coming from
countries already covered by various preferential tariff       As from 17 August 1974, the levying of customs
arrangements established by the Community, and                 duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
                                                               ( EEC) No 3503/73 of 18 December 1973 , shall be
 5% of the 1970 metric tonnage of such imports
coming from other countries and from countries                 re-established in respect of the following products,
already covered by such arrangements ; whereas,                imported into the Community and originating in
                                                               India :
having regard to that ceiling, the amounts for
products originating in any one of the countries listed
                                                                     CCT
in Annex B to that Regulation should be within a                    heading                   Description of goods
maximum Community amount representing 50 % of                         No
that ceiling, with the exception of certain products for
which the maximum amount is to be reduced to the               ex 61.05            Handkerchiefs :
percentage indicated in Annex A to that Regulation ;                              — of fabrics other than cotton
Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that
the levying of customs duties may be re-established at                                    Article 2
any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­
tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­      This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
ries once the relevant Community maximum amount                following its publication in the Official Journal of
has been reached ;                                              the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 1 3 August 1 974.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               The President
                                                                          Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 358 , 28 . 12. 1973, p. 69 .