31978R2717

23 . 11 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 328 / 13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2717/78 of 22 November 1978

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale , falling within subheading 55.05 B I and originating in developing countries, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1197/78 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN tial tariff arrangements, reached that ceiling ; whereas, COMMUNITIES, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 1197/78 which provides that the ceiling should Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European not be exceeded , customs duies should be Economic Community, re-established in respect of the products in question , Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1197/78 of 30 May 1978 opening, allocating and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : providing for the administration of Community tariff preferences for textile products originating in deve­ Article 1 loping countries and territories ('), and in particular Article 4 thereof, As from 26 November 1978, the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) and (2) of that Regulation (EEC) No 1197/78 shall be re-established in respect of provides that customs duties may, for each category of the following products, imported into the Commu­ products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling nity : which is indicated, for each of the products listed under (a) in column 5 of Annex B thereto ; whereas CCT only the products originating in the countries and heading Description territories listed in Annex D, other than those speci­ No fied under (b) in column 4 of Annex B, in respect of the corresponding products, may be charged against 55.05 Cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale : that ceiling ; whereas Article 3 ( 1 ) of that Regulation B. Other : provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time once the Community I. Measuring, per single yarn , 120 000 m or more per kg ceiling has been reached ; Whereas, in respect of cotton yarn , not put up for retail sale, falling within subheading 55.05 B I , the Article 2 ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be 20 tonnes ; whereas on 16 November 1978 the amounts This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day of imports into the Community of the ^products in following its publication in the Official Journal of question , originating in countries covered by preferen the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 November 1978 .

For the Commission

Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission

(») OJ No L 149, 5. 6. 1978 , p. 1 .