31974R2860

15. 11 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 305/29

REGULATION (EEC) No 2860 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 14 November 1974 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of earthenware or fine pottery, falling within subheading 69.12 C, 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 whereas on 13 November 1974 the amounts of COMMUNITIES, imports into the Community of the products in ques­ tion , originating in countries and territories covered Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European by preferential tariff arrangements, reached that Economic Community ; ceiling ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 3501 /73, which provides that 3501 /73 (') of 18 December 1973 establishing prefer­ the ceiling should not be exceeded, customs duties ential tariffs in respect of certain products originating should be re-established in respect of the products in in developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2) question , 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 18 November 1974 customs duties, sum arrived at by adding together the value of the suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) products in question imported cif into the Commu­ No 3501 /73 of 18 December 1973 , shall be nity in 1971 and coming from countries and territo­ re-established in respect of the following products, ries covered by those arrangements, but not including imported into the 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 69.12 Tableware and other articles of a kind arrangements ; commonly used for domestic or toilet Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that purposes, or other kinds of pottery : the customs duties may be re-established at any time C. Earthenware or fine pottery once the Community ceiling has been reached ; Whereas, in respect of tableware and other articles of Article 2 a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of earthenware or fine pottery falling within This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day subheading 69.12 C, the ceiling, calculated as indi­ following its publication in the Official Journal of cated above, should be 331 000 units of account ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 November 1974 .

For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier Ol < ; * ' 1.1

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