NoL10/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 13.1.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No62/78
of12January1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonspoons,forks,fish-eaters ,
etc.,ofstainlesssteel,fallingwithinsubheading82.14A,originatinginSouth
Koreatowhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No2705/77apply
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofspoons,forks,fish-eaters,etc.,
ofstainlesssteel,fallingwithinsubheading82.14A,
theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
4437000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis665550unitsofaccount;
whereason11January1978theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityofspoons,forks,fish-eaters,etc.,
ofstainless,steelfallingwithinsubheading82.14A,
originatinginSouthKorea,acountrycoveredbypref­
erentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
duiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoSouthKorea,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :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
reducedpercentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaidArticle1
Asfrom16January1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSouthKorea:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
82.14 Spoons,forks,fish-eaters,butter-knives ,
ladles,andsimilarkitchenortableware :
A.Ofstainlesssteel
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12January1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission