NoL175/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.6.73
REGULATION (EEC)No1724/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of28June1973
re-establishingCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonequipmentforparlour,tableandfun­
fairgamesforadultsorchildren(includingbilliardtablesandpintablesandtable-tennis
requisites)fallingwithinheadingNo97.04,originatinginHongKong,towhichthe
preferentialtariffarrangementssetoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2762/72of
19December1972apply
billiardtablesandpintablesandtable-tennisrequi­
sites),theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe1606000unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamount481800unitsofaccount;
whereason10June1973theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityofequipmentforparlour,table
andfunfairgamesforadultsorchildren(including
billiardtablesandpintablesandtable-tennisrequi­
sites),originatinginHongKong,acountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2762/72,which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbeex­
ceeded,CommonCustomsTariffdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoHongKong;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtototheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2762/72(*)of19December1972establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsorigi­
natingindevelopingcountries,andinparticular
Article4(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthattheCommonCustomsTariffduties
may,foreachcategoryofproducts,besuspended
uptoaCommunityceiling,expressedinunitsof
account,whichwillusuallybeequaltothesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1968andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterri­
toriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,and
5°/oofthevalueof1970cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountries
orterritorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulation
shouldbewithinamaximumCommunityamount
representing50°/oofthatceiling,withtheexcep­
tionofcertainproductsforwhichthemaximum
amountistobereducedtothepercentageindicated
inAnnexAtothatRegulation ;whereas,forthose
products,thisreducedpercentagewillbe30°/o;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovides
thattheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthe
saidcountriesorterritoriesoncetherelevant
Communitymaximumamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofequipmentforparlour,table
andfunfairgamesforadultsorchildren(includingAsfrom2July1973,CommonCustomsTariff
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No2762/72of19December1972,shall
bere-established inrespectofthefollowing
products,importedintotheCommunityandorigi­
natinginHongKong:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
97.04 Equipmentforparlour,tableandfunfair
foradultsorchildren(includingbilliard
tablesandpintablesandtable-tennis
requisites)
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28June1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(s)OJNoL296,30.12.1972,p.15.