No L 197/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 7. 84 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2167/84 of 26 July 1984 . re-establishing the levying of customs duties on polyethylene, falling within subheading 39.02 C I and originating in Argentina, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 apply THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83 of 16 December 1983 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1984 in respect of certain indus- trial products originating in developing countnes(), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 of that Regulation, duties on the products listed in Annex B originating in each of the countries or territories listed in Annex C shall be totally suspended and the products as such shall, as a general rule, be subject to statistical surveil- lance every three months on the reference base referred to in Article 12 ; whereas, as provided for in Article 12, where the increase of preferential imports of these products, originating in one or more benefi- ciary 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 appro- priate exchange of information with the Member States ; whereas for this purpose the reference base to be considered shall be, as a general rule, 150 % of the highest maximum amount valid for 1980 ; Whereas, in the case of polyethylene falling within subheading 39.02 C I, the reference base was fixed at 5 548 800 ECU ; whereas, on 24 July 1984, imports of these products into the Community, originating in Argentina, reached that reference base 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 Argentina, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article. 1 As from 30 July 1984, the levying of customs duties, suspended pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3569/83, shall be re-established on imports into the Community of the following products originating in Argentina : heading Description 3902 C 1 (NIMEXE code 39.02-03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 09, 11, 12, 13) Polyethylene 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, 26 July 1984. () OJ No L 362, 24. 12. 1983, p. 1. For the Commission Karl-Heinz NAR]JES Member of the Commission