31973R3315

No L 339 / 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 12 . 73

REGULATION ( EEC) No 3315/ 73 OF THE COMMISSION of 6 December 1973 re-establishing Common Customs Tariff duties on sheep - and lamb-skin leather, falling within subheading No 41.03 B II , originating in developing coun­ tries to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2762/ 72 of 19 December 1972 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN nating in countries and territories covered by preferen­ COMMUNITIES , tial tariff arrangements, reached that ceiling ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European No 2762/ 72, which provides that the ceiling should Economic Community ; not be exceeded , Common Customs Tariff duties Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No should be re-established in respect of the products in 2762/72 ( 1 ) of 19 December 1972 establishing prefer­ question , ential tariffs in respect of certain products originating in developing countries , and in particular Article 4 ( 2) HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : thereof ; "Whereas Article 1 ( 3 ) of that Regulation provides that Art idc 1 the Common Customs Tariff duties may, for each cate­ As from 1 1 December 1973 , Common Customs Tariff gory of products, be suspended up to a Community duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will ( EEC ) No 2762/ 72 of 19 December 1972, shall be usually be equal to the sum arrived at by adding re-established in respect of the following products, together the value of the products in question imported into the Community : imported cif into the Community in 1968 and coming from countries and territories covered by those arrangements , but not including products CCT heading Description of goods coming from countries and territories already covered No by various preferential tariff arrangements established by the Community ; and 5 % of the value of 1970 cif 41.03 Sheep - and lamb-skin leather, except imports coming from other countries and from coun­ leather falling within heading No 41.06 , tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ 41.07 or 41.08 : ments ; B. Other : Whereas Article 2(1 ) of that Regulation provides that II . Not specified Common Customs Tariff duties may be re-established at any time once the Community ceiling has been reached ; Whereas, in respect of sheep - and lamb-skin leather Art idc 2 of subheading 41.03 B II the ceiling, calculated as indi­ cated above , should be I 123 000 units of account ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day whereas on 4 December 1973 the amounts of imports following its publication in the Official Journal of into the Community of the products in question , origi­ the European Communities,

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

Done at Brussels , 6 December 1973 . for the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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