19.12.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL355/9
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2975/78
of15December 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonumbrellas,fallingwithin
headingNo66.01andoriginatinginSouthKorea,towhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
natinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterritories,with
theexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCthereto,once
therelevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofumbrellasfallingwithin
headingNo66.01,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above;shouldbe90270000unitsofaccount,and
thereforethemaximumamountis1354050unitsof
account;whereason30November1978,theamounts
ofimportsintotheCommunityofumbrellas,falling
withinheadingNo66.01andoriginatinginSouth
Korea,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoSouthKorea,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom22December1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSouthKorea:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(J),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegula­
tioninquestion—tothesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthatfixedfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,thisreduced
percentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeonimportsoftheproductsinquestionorigiCCT
heading
NoDescription
66.01 Umbrellasandsunshades (including
walking-stick umbrellas,umbrellatents,
andgardenandsimilarumbrellas)
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15December1978. ,
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.