31974R2142

14. 8 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 225 / 21

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2142/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 13 August 1974 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on undergarments, knitted or crocheted, not elastic or rubberized, of cotton , falling within subheading 60.04 A, originating in developing countries to which the preferential tariff arrange­ ments set out in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3503/73 of 18 December 1973 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN of imports into the Community of the products in COMMUNITIES , question, originating in countries covered by preferen­ tial tariff arrangements, reached that ceiling ; whereas, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) Economic Community ; No 3503/73 , which provides that the ceiling should not be exceeded , customs duties should be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3503/73 (') of 18 December 1973 establishing prefer­ re-established in respect of the products in question , ential tariffs in respect of certain textile products origi­ nating in developing countries and in particular HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 4 ( 2) thereof ; Whereas Article 1 (3) of that Regulation provides that Article 1 customs duties may, for each category of products, be As from 17 August 1974, customs duties, suspended suspended up to a Community ceiling equal to 150 % in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No of the sum arrived at by adding together the metric 3503 / 73 of 18 December 1973 , shall be re-established tonnage of the products in question, imported into in respect of the following products, imported into the the Community in 1968 and coming from countries Community : listed in Annex B to that Regulation , but not including products coming from countries already CCT covered by various preferential tariff arrangements esta­ heading Description of goods blished by the Community, and 5% of the 1970 No metric tonnage of such imports coming from other countries and from countries already covered by such 60.04 Undergarments, knitted or crocheted , not arrangements ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation elastic or rubberized : provides that customs duties may be re-established at A. of cotton any time once the Community ceiling has been reached ; Article 2 Whereas, in respect of undergarments , knitted or crocheted , not elastic or rubberized , of cotton , the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day ceiling, calculated as indicated above , should be 360 following its publication in the Official Journal of metric tons ; whereas on 8 August 1974 the amounts the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 1 3 August 1 974 . /■'or the Commission

The President l ? r;incois-Xavier ORTOLI

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