18. 11. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 327/5 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3432/87 of 17 November 1987 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on cysteine, cystine and its deriva- tives, falling within subheading 29.31 ex B, and to dolls, falling within heading No 97.02 of the Common Customs Tariff, originating in China to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in 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 prefe- rences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries ('), and in particular Article 15 thereof, ' Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, duties on the products listed in Annex II origi- nating in each of the. countries or territories listed in Annex III shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical surveillance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 14; Whereas, as provided for in Article 14, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more beneficiary countries, causes, or threatens to cause, economic difficulties in the Community or in a region of the Community, the levying of customs duties may be re-established once the Commission has had an appropriate exchange of information with the Member States ; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be considered shall be, as a general rule, equal to § % of the total importations into the Community, originating from third countries in 1984 ; Whereas, in the case of cysteine, cystine and its deriva- tives falling within subheading 29.31 ex B, and to dolls, falling within heading No 97.02, falling within of the Common Customs Tariff, the reference base is fixed at 1171 000 and 9 680 000 ECU ; whereas, on 10 November 1987, imports of these products into the Community originating in China reached the reference base in ques- tion after being charged thereagainst; whereas the exchange of information organized by the Commission has demonstrated that continuance of the preference threatens to cause economic difficulties in a region of the Community ; whereas, therefore, customs duties in respect of the products in question must be re-established against China, . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 As from 21 November 1987, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86, shall he re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in China: ccr heading Description No 2931 ex B Cysteine, cystine and its derivaties (NIMEXE code 29.31-60) (Order No 30.0875) 97.02 Dolls (NIMEXE code 97.02-all numbers) (Order No 30.5153) 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, 17 November 1987. () OJ No L 373, 31. 12. 1986, p. 1. For the Commission COCKFIELD Vice-President