31973R0940

7. 4 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 91 / 11

REGULATION (EEC) No 940/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 5 April 1973 reintroducing Common Customs Tariff duties on yarn of carded sheep's or lambs' wool (woollen yarn), not put up for retail sale, falling within heading No 53.06, origin­ ating in developing countries to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2766/72 of 19 December 1972 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 1973 the amounts of imports into me Community COMMUNITIES, of the products iin question, originating ion countries covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached Having regard to the Treaty establishing tihe Euro­ that ceiling ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives pean Economic Community ; of Regulation (EEC) No 2766/72, wihich provides Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No that the ceiling should not be exceeded, Common 2766/72 (*) of 19 December 1972 establishing pre­ Customs Tariff duties should be reintroduced in ferential tariffs in respect of certain textile products respect of the products in question ; and footwear originating in developing countries, » and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 1 (3 ) of that Regulation provides that the Common Customs Tariff duties may, for Article 1 each category of textile products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling equal to t!he sum arrived at As from 10 April 1973 , Common Customs Tariff by adding together the metric tonnage of the pro­ duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regula­ ducts in question, imported into the Community in tion (EEC) No 2766/72 of 19 December 1972, shai 1968 and coming from countries listed in Annex B be reintroduced in respect of the following products, to that Regulation, but not including products coming imported into the Community : from countries already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements established by the Community, CCT and 5 % of the 1970 metric tonnage of such imports heading Description of goods No coming from other countries and from countries already covered by such arrangements ; whereas 53.06 Yarn of carded sheep's or lamb' wool Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that Com­ ( woollen yarn ), not put up for retail mon Customs Tariff duties may be reintroduced sale any time once the Community ceiling has been reached ; Article 2 Whereas, in respect of yarn of carded sheep's or lambs' wool (woollen yarn ), not put up for retail This Regulation shall enter into force on the third sale, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, day following its publication in the Official Journal should be 19 metric tons ; whereas on 19 March of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 5 April 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(*) OJ No L 296, 30 . 12 . 1972 , p. 82 .