31991R1420

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1420/91 of 28 May 1991 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on products falling within CN codes 3904 10 00, 3904 21 00 and 3904 22 00, originating in Brazil, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90 of 20 December 1990 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1991 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 9 thereof,

Whereas, pursuant to Articles 1 and 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, 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 ceilings fixed in column 6 of Annex I;

Whereas, as provided for in Article 7 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 products falling within CN codes 3904 10 00, 3904 21 00 and 3904 22 00, originating in Brazil, the individual ceiling was fixed at ECU 5 250 000; whereas, on 4 April 1991, imports of these products into the Community originating in Brazil 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 Brazil,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1

As from 2 June 1991, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 3831/90, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Brazil:

Order No CN code Description 10.0458 3904 10 00

3904 21 00

3904 22 00 Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms

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, 28 May 1991. For the Commission

Christiane SCRIVENER

Member of the Commission (1) OJ No L 370, 31. 12. 1990, p. 1.