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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No131/77
of24January1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),otherthanknivesfallingwithin
headingNo82.06,fallingwithinheadingNo82.09,originatinginSouthKorea
towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76apply
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
rieswiththeexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC,
oncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereas,inrespectofkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),otherthan
knivesfallingwithinheadingNo82.06,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe3473000
unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamount
is520950unitsofaccount;whereason21January
1977,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
kniveswithcuttingblades,serratedornot(including
pruningknives),otherthanknivesfallingwithin
headingNo82.06,fallingwithinheadingNo82.09,
originatinginSouthKorea,acountrycoveredbypref­
erentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No3021/76whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestionrelationtoSouthKorea,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theabovementioned Regulation—tothesumarrived
atbyaddingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsin
questionimportedcifintotheCommunityin1974
andcomingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed172-5%ofthat
resultingfromthesubstitutionoftheyear1971for
theyear1974inthefirsttermoftheadditionandof
theyear1972fortheyear1974inthesecondtermof
theaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinquesHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom28January1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSouthKorea:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
82.09 Kniveswithcuttingblades,serratedornot
(includingpruningknives),otherthan
knivesfallingwithinheadingNo82.06
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24January1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission