NoL237/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.8.73
REGULATION (EEC)No2310/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of24August1973
re-establishing CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonstandardlamps,tablelamps
andotherlightingfittings,ofwood,articlesofwoodforpersonaluseoradorn­
ment,etc,fallingwithinheadingNo44.27,originatinginthePhilippines ,to
whichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2762/72of19December1972apply
thereforethemaximumamount767000unitsof
account;whereason22August1973theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofstandardlamps,table
lampsandotherlightingfittings,ofwood,articlesof
woodforpersonaluseoradornmentetc,originating
inthePhilippines,acountrycoveredbypreferential
tariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No2762/72,whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,CommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtothePhilippines ;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2762/72(J)of19December1972establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthattheCommonCustomsTariffduties
may,foreachcategoryofproducts,besuspendedup
toaCommunityceiling,expressedinunitsof
account,whichwillusuallybeequaltothesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueoftheproducts
inquestionimportedcifintotheCommunityin1968
andcomingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity,and5%ofthevalueof1970cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritoriesoncetherelevantCommunity
maximumamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofstandardlamps,tablelamps
andotherlightingfittings,ofwood,articlesofwood
forpersonaluseoradornmentetc,theceiling,calcu­
latedabove,shouldbe1534000unitsofaccount,andAsfrom28August1973,CommonCustomsTariff
dutiessuspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2762/72of19December1972,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatinginthe
Philippines :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
44.27 Standardlamps,tablelampsandother
lightingfittings,ofwood;articlesof
furniture,ofwood,notfallingwithin
Chapter94;caskets,cigarette-boxes,
trays,fruitbowls,ornamentsandother
fancyarticles,ofwood;casesforcut­
lery,fordrawinginstrumentsorforvio­
lins,andsimilarreceptacles,ofwood;
articlesofwoodforpersonaluseor
adornment,ofakindnormallycarried
inthepocket,inthehandbagoronthe
person;partsoftheforegoingarticles,
ofwood
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (i)OJNoL296,30.12.1972,p.15.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24August1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI