Commission Regulation (EEC) No 549/79 of 22 March 1979 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woven fabrics of silk, of noil or other waste silk, falling within heading No 50.09 and originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3157/78 apply

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 549/79

OF 22 MARCH 1979

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON WOVEN FABRICS OF SILK , OF NOIL OR OTHER WASTE SILK , FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 50.09 AND ORIGINATING IN INDIA , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 OF 29 DECEMBER 1978 OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF PREFERENCES FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) TO ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING WHICH IS INDICATED , FOR EACH OF THE PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX B , UNDER ( A ) IN COLUMN 5 ; WHEREAS ONLY THE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX D TO THE REGULATION IN QUESTION , OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED UNDER ( B ) IN COLUMN 4 OF ANNEX B , IN RESPECT OF THE CORRESPONDING PRODUCTS MAY BE CHARGED AGAINST THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THAT CEILING , THE AMOUNTS FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX D SHOULD BE WITHIN A MAXIMUM AMOUNT REPRESENTING 50 % OF THAT CEILING ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 2 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN ANY OF THE SAID COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNTRIES LISTED IN ITS ANNEX E , ONCE THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY MAXIMUM AMOUNT HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF WOVEN FABRICS OF SILK , OF NOIL OR OTHER WASTE SILK , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 71,5 TONNES , AND THEREFORE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 35,75 TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 17 MARCH 1979 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF WOVEN FABRICS OF SILK , OF NOIL OR OTHER WASTE SILK , ORIGINATING IN INDIA , A COUNTRY COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 WHICH PROVIDES THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN RELATION TO INDIA ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 26 MARCH 1979 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORIGINATING IN INDIA :

CCT HEADING NO*DESCRIPTION*

50.09*WOVEN FABRICS OF SILK , OF NOIL OR OTHER WASTE SILK*

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 , 22 MARCH 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 375 , 30 . 12 . 1978 , P . 71 .