NoL216/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.8.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1894/78
of2August1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesongloves,mittens,mitts,stock­
ings,socksandsockettes,notbeingknittedorcrochetedgoods,fallingwithin
headingNo61.10andoriginatinginHongKong,towhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1197/78apply
Whereas,inrespectofgloves,mittens,mitts,stock­
ings,socksandsockettes,notbeingknittedor
crochetedgoods,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe21tonnes,andthereforethe
maximumamountis10.5tonnes;whereason24July
1978theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
gloves,mittens,mitts,stockings,socksandsockettes,
notbeingknittedorcrochetedgoods,originatingin
HongKong,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No1197/78whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoHongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom8August1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No1197/78shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginHongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1197/78of30May1978opening,allocatingand
providingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
preferencesfortextileproductsoriginatingindeve­
lopingcountriesandterritories('),andinparticular
Article4thereof,
WhereasArticle2(1)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
productslistedinAnnexCtothatRegulation,be
suspendeduptoaCommunityceilingequalto87%
ofthesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueof
theproductsinquestion,intonnes,importedintothe
Communityin1968andcomingfromcountrieslisted
initsAnnexD,butnotincludingproductscoming
fromcountriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferential
tariffarrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,
and5%ofthe1970tonnageofsuchimportscoming
fromothercountriesandfromcountriesalready
coveredbysucharrangements ;whereas,havingregard
tothatceiling,theamountsforproductsoriginating
inanyoneofthecountrieslistedinAnnexDshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexCto
theabovementioned Regulation ;.
WhereasArticled(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesandterri­
tories,withtheexceptionofcountrieslistedinits
AnnexE,oncetherelevantCommunitymaximum
amounthasbeenreached;CCT
heading
NoDescription
61.10 Gloves,mittens,mitts,stockings,socksand
sockettes,notbeingknittedorcrocheted
goods
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(MOJNoL149,5.6.1978,p.1.