31973R1297

No L 131 /32 Official Journal of the European Communities 18 . 5 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1297/73 OF THE COMMISSION of 15 May 1973 re-establishing Common Customs Tariff duties on cotton yarn not put up for retail sale, falling within subheading No 55.05 A, originating in Pakistan, 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 metric tons ; whereas on 10 May 1973 the amounts COMMUNITIES , of imports into the Community of cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale falling within subheading Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ No 55.05 A originating in Pakistan , a country pean Economic Community ; covered by preferential tariff arrangements, rea­ Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No ched that maximum amount ; whereas , bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation ( EEC ) No 2764/72 ( x ) of 19 December 1972 establishing prefer­ 2764/ 72 , which provides that maximum amounts ential tariffs in respect of certain textile products should not be exceeded , Common Customs originating in developing countries , and in parti­ Tariff duties should be re-established in respect cular Article 4 ( 2 ) thereof ; of the products in question in relation to Pakistan ; Whereas Article 1 ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) of that Regulation provides that the Common Customs Tariff duties may, for each category of products , be suspended HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : up to a Community ceiling equal to three quarters of the sum arrived at by adding together the value Article 1 of the products in question, in metric tons, impor­ ted into the Community in 1968 and coming from As from 21 May 1973 , Common Customs Tariff countries listed in Annex B to that Regulation , but duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regula­ not including products coming from countries tion ( EEC ) No 2764/72 of 19 December 1972, shall already covered by various preferential tariff arrange­ be re-established in respect of the following ments established by the Community , and 5 °/o of products, imported into the Community and origi­ the 1970 metric tonnage of such imports coming nating in Pakistan : from other countries and from countries already covered by such arrangements ; whereas, having CCT regard to that ceiling, the amounts for products orig­ heading Description of goods No inating in any one of the countries listed in Annex­ B to that Regulation should be within a maximum 55.05 Cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale : Community amount representing 50 °/o of that ceiling ; whereas Article 2 (2 ) of that Regulation A. Multiple or cabled , finished , in balls or on cards, reels, tubes or similar provides that Common Customs Tariff duties may supports, of a weight ( including be re-established at any time in respect of imports support) not exceeding 900 g of the products in question originating in any of the said countries once the relevant Community maximum amount has been reached ; Article 2 Whereas , in respect of cotton yarn not put up for retail sale , falling within subheading No 55.05 A , the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third ceiling, calculated as indicated above , should be 15 day following its publication in the Official Journal metric tons and therefore the maximum amount 7-5 of the European Communities .

This Regular ion 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 1 . 296 , 30 . 12 . 1972 , p . 69 .