Commission Regulation (EC) No 2014/98 of 22 September 1998 re-introducing normal customs duties on certain tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of iron or steel originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, for which a tariff ceiling was opened by Council Regulation (EC) No 70/97

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2014/98 of 22 September 1998 re-introducing normal customs duties on certain tubes, pipes and hollow profiles of iron or steel originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, for which a tariff ceiling was opened by Council Regulation (EC) No 70/97
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 70/97 of 20 December 1996 concerning the arrangements applicable to imports into the Community of products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia and to imports of wine originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Republic of Slovenia (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2636/97 (2), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 70/97 provides in its Articles 1 and 4 an exemption from customs duties in the framework of tariff ceilings for the products originating in the Republics of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia listed in its Annexes C; whereas Article 4(3) provides that the Commission may, as soon as a tariff ceiling is reached, adopt a Regulation re-introducing, until the end of the calendar year, the customs duties applicable to third countries in respect of imports of the products concerned;
Whereas the Community surveillance provided by Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 70/97 has shown that preferential imports of products in the framework of the tariff ceiling with order No 01.0160 have exceeded this ceiling;
Whereas this situation is liable to cause serious damage to the Community sector concerned and requires the re-introduction of normal customs duties in respect of the Republics concerned;
Whereas the levying of customs duties for these products should therefore be re-established,