NoL140/54 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.5.74
REGULATION (EEC)No1299/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of22May1974
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,notopticallyworkedorof
opticalglass,fallingwithinsubheadingNo70.14B,originatinginHongKong,
towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3501/73of18December1973apply
opticallyworkedorofopticalglass,other,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe479000units
ofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamount
143700unitsofaccount;whereason8May1974,the
amountsofimportsintotheCommunityofillumi­
natingglassware,signallingglasswareandoptical
elementsofglass,notopticallyworkedorofoptical
glass,other,originatinginHongKong,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3501/73,which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom26May1974,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3501/73of18December1973,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
HongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3501/73(J)of18December1973establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriesCoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,and
5%ofthevalueof1971cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,forthoseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginating "inanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamount
hasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,notCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
70.14 Illuminatingglassware,signallingglassware
andopticalelementsofglass,notoptically
workedorofopticalglass:
B.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22May1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL358,28.12.1973,p.15.