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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 491/87
of 18 February 1987
reintroducing the levying of the customs duties applicable to microwave ovens falling under subheading 85.12 E ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in South Korea, benefiting from the tariff preferences provided for by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86
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, in pursuance of Articles 1 and 12 of that Regulation, 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 reintroduced;
Whereas, in the case of microwave ovens, falling under subheading 85.12 E ex II of the Common Customs Tariff, the individual ceiling was fixed at 1 500 000 ECU; whereas, on 17 February 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in South Korea reached the ceiling in question after being charged there against;
Whereas, it is appropriate to reintroduce the levying of customs duties in respect of the products in question against South Korea,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
As from 22 February 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall be reintroduced on imports into the Community of the following products originating in South Korea:
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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, 18 February 1987.