Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2176/91 of 24 July 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category 72 (order No 40.0720), originating in Brazil, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2176/91 of 24 July 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products of category 72 (order No 40.0720), originating in Brazil, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of textile products originating in developing countries (1), as modified by Regulation (EEC) No 3835/90 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90 provides that preferential tariff treatment shall be accorded, for each category of products subjected in Annexes I and II thereto to individual ceilings, within the limits of the quantities specified in column 8 of Annex I and column 7 of Annex II, in respect of certain or each of the countries or territories of origin referred to in column 5 of the same Annexes;

Whereas Article 11 of the abovementioned Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question once the relevant individual ceilings have been reached at Community level;

Whereas, in respect of products of category 72 (order No 40.0720), originating in Brazil, the relevant ceiling amounts to 189 000 pieces;

Whereas on 29 June 1991 imports of the products in question into the Community, originating in Brazil, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached and were charged against that ceiling;

Whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties for the products in question with regard to Brazil,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 28 July 1991 the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3832/90, shall be re-established in respect of the following products imported into the Community and originating in Brazil:

Order No Category

(unit) CN code Description 40.0720 72

(1 000 pieces) 6112 31 10

6112 31 90

6112 39 10

6112 39 90

6112 41 10

6112 41 90

6112 49 10

6112 49 90

6211 11 00

6211 12 00 Swimwear, of wool, of cotton or of man-made fibres

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, 24 July 1991. For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 370, 31. 12. 1990, p. 39. (2) OJ No L 370, 31. 12. 1990, p. 126.