31987R3738

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3738/87

of 14 December 1987

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on butanol and isomers thereof other than normal butyl alcohol, falling within subheading 29.04 A III ex b), originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, suspension of customs duties shall be accorded to each of the countries or territories listed in Annex III other than those listed in column 4 of Annex I, within the framework of the preferential tariff ceiling fixed in column 9 of Annex I;

Whereas as provided for in Article 13 of that Regulation, as soon as the individual ceilings in question are reached at Community level, the levying of customs duties on imports of the products in question originating in each of the countries and territories concerned may at any time be re-established;

Whereas, in the case of butanol and isomers thereof other than normal butyl alcohol, falling within subheading 29.04 A III ex b), originating in Romania, the individual ceiling was fixed at 650 000 ECU; whereas on 9 December 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in Romania reached the ceiling in question after being charged thereagainst; whereas it is appropriate to re-establish the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against Romania,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

As from 18 December 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Romania:

1.2.3 // // // // Order No // CCT heading No and NIMEXE code // Description // // // // 10.0135 // 29.04 A III ex b) (29.04-18) // Butanol and isomers thereof other than normal butyl alcohol // // //

Article 2

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, 14 December 1987.

For the Commission

COCKFIELD

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1986, p. 1.