28.8.76 NoL237/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2123/76
of27August1976
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonequipmentofparlour
games,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo97.04,originatinginHongKongtowhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975apply
Whereas,inrespectofequipmentforparlourgames
etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo97.04,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe4738000
unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximum
1421400unitsofaccount;whereason26August
1976,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
equipmentforparlourgames,etc.,fallingwithin
headingNo97.04,originatinginHongKong,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No3010/75
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(x),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equalto115%ofthesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1971and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1972cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;Asfrom31August1976,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75of17November1975,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
HongKong:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
97.04 Equipmentforparlour,tableandfunfair
gamesforadultsorchildren(including
billiardtablesandpintablesandtable­
tennisrequisites)
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27August1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.