Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3581/90 of 11 December 1990 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties applicable to the products of CN code 2940 00 90 originating in China, to which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 apply

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3581/90   of 11 December 1990   re-establishing the levying of  the customs duties applicable to the products of CN code 2940  00  90 originating in China, to  which the preferential tariff arrangements of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized  tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing  countries  (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,
Whereas, in pursuance of Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89, customs duties on certain  products originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III are totally  suspended, and the products as such are, as a general rule, subject to statistical surveillance  every three months on the reference base referred to in Article  8;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 8, where the increase of preferential imports of these  products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, threatens to cause economic  difficulties in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may re-established, once  the Commission has had an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States; whereas for  this purpose the reference base to be considered is equal, as a general rule, to 6  % of the total  importations into the Community, originating from third countries in 1987;
Whereas, in the case of the products of CN code 2940  00  90 originating in China, the reference  base is fixed at ECU 688  000; whereas that reference base was reached on 10 July 1990 by charges  of imports into the Community of the products in question originating in China; whereas the  exchange of information organized by the Commission has demonstrated that continuance of the  preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community; whereas,  therefore, customs duties for the products in question must be re-established with regard to  China,