NoL10/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.1.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No61/78
of12January1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),otherthanknivesfallingwithin
headingNo82.06,fallingwithinheadingNoex82.09,originatinginSouth
Koreatowhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No2705/77apply
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),otherthan
knivesfallingwithinheadingNo82.06,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe3473000
unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamount
is520950unitsofaccount;whereason11January
1978theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
kniveswithcuttingblades,serratedornot(including
pruningknives),otherthanknivesfallingwithin
headingNo82.06,originatinginSouthKorea,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
SouthKorea,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(•),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereastheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed225%ofthepref­
erentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentageswillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthoseHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom16January1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSouthKorea:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
ex82.09 Kniveswithcuttingblades,serratedornot
(includingpruningknives),otherthan
knivesfallingwithinheadingNo82.06
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12January1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission