NoL216/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 24.8.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1911/77
of23August1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonplaitingmaterialsbound
togetherinparallelstrandsetc.,fallingwithinheadingNo46.02,originatingin
HongKongtowhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
ofthesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofplaitingmaterialsbound
togetherinparallelstrandsetc.,fallingwithinheading
No46.02,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe4823000unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis1446900unitsofaccount;
whereason19August1977,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityofplaitingmaterialsbound
togetherinparallelstrandsetc.,fallingwithinheading
No46.02,originatinginHongKong,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(J),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAof
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
172-5%ofthatresultingfromthesubstitutionofthe
year1971fortheyear1974inthefirsttermofthe
additionandoftheyear1972fortheyear1974inthe
secondtermoftheaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothat(Regulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­Article1
Asfrom27August1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
46.02 Plaitingmaterials(otherthanproducts
fallingwithinheadingNo46.01)bound
togetherinparallelstrandsorwovenin
sheetform,includingmatting,matsand
screens;strawenvelopesforbottles
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (1)OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23August1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission