31973R1294

\ 18 . 5 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 131 /29

REGULATION (EEC) No 1294/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 May 1973 re-establishing Common Customs Tariff duties on women's, girls' and infants' outer garments, of cotton, falling within heading No ex 61.02, originating in developing countries to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2764/72 of 19 December 1972 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 1973 the amounts of imports into the Community COMMUNITIES, of the products in question, originating in countries covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ that ceiling ; whereas, bearing in mind the objec­ pean Economic Community ; tives of Regulation (EEC ) No 2764/72, which pro­ vides that the ceiling should not be exceeded, Com­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No mon Customs Tariff duties should be re-established 2764/72 ( J ) of 19 December 1972 establishing prefer­ in respect of the products in question ; ential tariffs in respect of certain textile products originating in developing countries, and in parti­ cular Article 4 (2 ) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 1 (3 ) of that Regulation provides Article 1 that the Common Customs Tariff duties may, for each category of products, be suspended up to a As from 21 May 1973 , Common Customs Tariff Community ceiling equal to three-quarters of the duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regula­ sum arrived at by adding together the metric tion ( EEC) No 2764/72 of 19 December 1972, shall tonnage of the products in question, imported into be re-established in respect of the following the Community in 1968 and coming from countries products, imported into the Community ; listed in Annex B to that Regulation , but not including products coming from countries already CCT covered by various preferential tariff arrangements heading Description of goods No established by the Community , and 5 °/o of the 1970 metric tonnage of such imports coming from other ex 61.02 Women's , girls' and infants ' outer gar­ countries and from countries already covered by ments : such arrangements ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that — Of cotton Regulation provides that Common Customs Tariff duties may be re-established at any time once the Community ceiling has been reached ; Article 2 Whereas, in respect of women 's , girls' and infants' outer garments of cotton, falling within heading No This Regulation shall enter into force on the third ex 61.02 , the ceiling, calculated as indicated above , day following its publication in the Official Journal should be 90 metric tons ; whereas on 20 April of the European Communities .

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

Done at Brussels , 15 May 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(») OJ No L 296 , 30 . 12 . 1972 , p . 69 .