11. 2. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 40/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 349/84 of 6 February 1984 suspending tariff concessions and increasing duties under the Common Customs Tariff with regard to certain products originating in the United States of America, and establishing quantitative restrictions with regard to other products originating in that country THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the United States of America decided, with reference to Article XIX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, unilaterally as of 20 July 1983 to increase tariffs and to impose quantitative restrictions on the import of certain iron and steel products ; Whereas these measures are causing considerable injury to the Community producers concerned, and call into question the balance of concessions and obligations resulting from the General Agreement; Whereas the consultations which were held between the United States of America and the Community in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article XIX did not reach a satisfactory conclusion ; Whereas in accordance with paragraph 3 (a) of Article XIX any Contracting Party injured by such measures has the right to suspend concessions or other substantially equivalent obligations resulting from the General Agreement, with regard to the trade of the Contrac- ting Party which has taken such measures; Whereas it is necessary, in the present situation, to invoke these provisions in regard to the United States of America; Whereas it follows that it is advisable to suspend the application of concessions granted to the United States of America for certain products and to increase the rates of duty appli- cable to those products; Whereas it is also necessary to subject certain products originating in the United States of America to quantitative restrictions ; Whereas provision should be made for the appropriate measures in order to ensure the administration of these quantitative restrictions, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 The Annex ‘Common Customs Tariff' to Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3678/83 (3, is hereby amended as follows : () O] No L 172, 22. 7. 1968, p. 1. () O] No L 366, 28. 12. 1983, p. 3.