Commission Regulation (EEC) No 976/79 of 16 May 1979 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on carpets, whether tufted or not, other than of jute or other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 or coir, falling within subheading 58.02 ex A and originating in developing countries, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3157/78 apply

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Commission Regulation (EEC) No 976/79 of 16 May 1979 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on carpets, whether tufted or not, other than of jute or other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 or coir, falling within subheading 58.02 ex A and originating in developing countries, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3157/78 apply Official Journal L 122 , 18/05/1979 P. 0019 - 0019

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 976/79

OF 16 MAY 1979

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON CARPETS , WHETHER TUFTED OR NOT , OTHER THAN OF JUTE OR OTHER TEXTILE BAST FIBRES OF HEADING NO 57.03 OR COIR , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 58.02 EX A AND ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 OF 29 DECEMBER 1978 OPENING , ALLOCATING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY TARIFF PREFERENCES FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ( 1 ) , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS LISTED IN ANNEX C THERETO , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING EQUAL TO 91,5 % OF THE SUM ARRIVED AT BY ADDING TOGETHER THE TONNAGE OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY IN 1968 AND COMING FROM COUNTRIES LISTED IN ANNEX D THERETO , BUT NOT INCLUDING PRODUCTS COMING FROM COUNTRIES ALREADY COVERED BY VARIOUS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY , AND 5 % OF THE 1970 TONNAGE OF SUCH IMPORTS COMING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM COUNTRIES ALREADY COVERED BY SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME ONCE THE COMMUNITY CEILING HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF CARPETS , WHETHER TUFTED OR NOT , OTHER THAN OF JUTE OR OTHER TEXTILE BAST FIBRES OF HEADING NO 57.03 OR COIR , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 58.02 EX A , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 597 TONNES ; WHEREAS ON 4 MAY 1979 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION , ORIGINATING IN COUNTRIES COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT CEILING ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE CEILING SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article1¶

AS FROM 21 MAY 1979 , CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3157/78 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY :

CCT HEADING NO*DESCRIPTION*

58.02*OTHER CARPETS , CARPETING , RUGS , MATS AND MATTING , AND " KELEM " , " SCHUMACKS " AND " KARAMANIE " RUGS AND THE LIKE ( MADE UP OR NOT ) : *

*EX A . CARPETS , WHETHER TUFTED OR NOT , OTHER THAN OF JUTE OR OTHER TEXTILE BAST FIBRES OF HEADING NO 57.03 OR COIR*

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THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 16 MAY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

( 1 ) OJ NO L 375 , 30 . 12 . 1978 , P . 71 .