31974R2888

No L 309/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 20 . 11 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2888 / 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 19 November 1974 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale, falling within subheading 55.05 B I , originating in developing coun­ tries to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3503/73 of 18 December 1973 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN products in question, originating in countries covered COMMUNITIES, by preferential tariff arrangements, reached that ceiling ; whereas, "bearing in mind the objectives of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Regulation (EEC) No 3503/73, which provides that Economic Community ; the ceiling should not be exceeded, customs duties Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No should be re-established in respect of the products in 3503/73 (') of 18 December 1973 establishing prefer­ 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 suspended up to a Community ceiling equal to 150% As from 23 November 1974, customs duties, the sum arrived at by adding together the metric suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) tonnage of the products in question, imported into No 3503 /73 of 18 December 1973 , shall be the Community in 1968 and coming from countries re-established in respect of the following products, listed in Annex B to that Regulation, but not imported into the Community : 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 55.05 Cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale : arrangements ; whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation B. Other : provides that customs duties may be re-established at L Measuring, per single yarn , 120 000 any time once the Community ceiling has been or more per kg reached ; Whereas in respect of cotton yarn, not put up for Article 2 retail sale falling within subheading 55.05 B I, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above should be 30 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day metric tons ; whereas on 15 November 1974 the following its publication in the Official Journal of amounts of imports into the Community of the the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 November 1974. For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORT'OLI

(') OJ No L 358 , 28 . 12 . 1973 , p. 69 .