31975R1744

9 . 7 . 75 No L 178 / 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1744/ 75 OF THE COMMISSION of 7 July 1975 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on handkerchiefs, of fabrics other than cotton , falling within heading No ex 61.05, originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3046/74 of 2 December 1974 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in respect of handkerchiefs, of fabrics other COMMUNITIES, than cotton, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be 17 metric tons, and therefore the maximum Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amount 8-50 metric tons ; whereas on 12 June 1975, Economic Comriiunity ; the amounts of imports into the Community of hand­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No kerchiefs, of fabrics other than cotton, originating in 3046/74 (^ of 2 December 1974 establishing preferen­ India, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­ tial tariffs in respect of certain cotton textile and like ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, products originating in developing countries, and in bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) particular Article 4 (2) thereof ; No 3046/74, which provides that maximum amounts should not be exceeded, customs duties should be Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation re-established in respect of the products in question provides that customs duties may, for each category of in relation to India, products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling equal to 1 57-5 % of the sum arrived at by adding HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : together the value of the products in question, in metric tons, imported into the Community in 1968 A rticle 1 and coming from countries listed in Annex B to that Regulation , but not including products coming from As from 12 July 1975, the levying of customs duties, countries already covered by various preferential tariff suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) arrangements established by the Community, and No 3046/74 of 2 December 1974, shall be 5 % of the 1970 metric tonnage of such imports re-established in respect of the following products, coming from other countries and from countries imported into the Community and originating in already covered by such arrangements ; whereas, India : having regard to that ceiling, the amounts for products originating in any one of the countries listed CCT in Annex B to that Regulation should be within a heading Description of goods No maximum Community amount representing 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of certain products for which the maximum amount is to be reduced to the ex 61.05 Handkerchiefs : percentage indicated in Annex A to that Regulation ; — Of fabrics other than cotton Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at Article 2 any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ tion originating in any of the said countries once the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day relevant Community maximum amount has been following its publication in the Official Journal of reached ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 7 July 1975 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(>) OJ No L 329, 9 . 12. 1974, p. 9.