31974R1386

No L 148 / 14 Official Journal of the European Communities 5 . 6 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1386/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 4 June 1974 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on household utensils of wood, falling within heading No 44.24 originating in developing countries to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3501 /73 of 18 December 1973 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 1 218 000 units of account ; whereas on 31 May 1974 COMMUNITIES, the amounts of imports into the Community of the products in question, originating in countries and terri­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European tories covered by preferential tariff arrangements, Economic Community ; reached that ceiling ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3501 /73 which Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3501 /73 (^ of 18 December 1973 establishing prefer­ provides that the ceiling should not be exceeded, ential tariffs in respect of certain products originating customs duties should be re-established in respect of the products in question, in developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 1 (3) of that Regulation provides that the customs duties may, for each category of products, Article 1 be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will usually be equal to the As from 8 June 1974, customs duties, suspended in sum arrived at by adding together the value of the pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3501 /73 products in question imported cif into the Commu­ of 18 December 1973 , shall be re-established in nity in 1971 and coming from countries and territo­ respect of the following products, imported into the ries covered by those arrangements, but not including Community : products coming from countries and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements esta­ CCT blished by the Community, and 5 % of the value of heading Description of goods No 1971 cif imports coming from other countries and from countries and territories already covered by such 44.24 Household utensils of wood arrangements ; Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that the customs duties may be re-established at any time Article 2 once the Community ceiling has been reached ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas, in respect of household utensils of wood, the following its publication in the Official Journal of ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 June 1974. For the Commission

The President

François-Xavier ORTOLI

(») OJ No L 358, 28 . 12. 1973, p. 15 .