Commission Regulation (EEC) No 724/84 of 20 March 1984 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on sodium dichromate, falling within subheading 28.47 B ex II and originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 724/84
of 20 March 1984
re-establishing the levying of customs duties on sodium dichromate, falling within subheading 28.47 B ex II and originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of that Regulation, duties on the products listed in Annex B originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical surveillance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 12;
Whereas, as provided for in Article 12 of that Regulation, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, causes, or threatens to cause, economic difficulties in the Community or in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may be 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 shall be, as a general rule, 150 % of the highest maximum amount valid for 1980;
Whereas, in the case of sodium dichromate falling within subheading 28.47 B ex II the reference base is fixed at 264 700 ECU; whereas, on 16 March 1984, imports of these products into the Community originating in Romania, reached the reference base in question after being charged thereagainst; 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 in respect of the products in question must be re-established against Romania,