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NoL188/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities11.7.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1611/78
of10July1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesongloves,includingmittensand
mitts,protective,foralltrades,fallingwithinsubheading42.03BIandorigi­
natinginThailand,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinRegu­
lation(EEC)No2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofgloves,includingmittensand
mitts,protective,foralltrades,fallingwithin
subheading42.03BI,theceiling,calculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe17369000unitsofaccount,
andthereforethemaximumamountis2605350
unitsofaccount;whereas,on7July1978,the
amountsofimportsintotheCommunityofgloves,
includingmittensandmitts,protective,foralltrades,
fallingwithinsubheading42.03BIandoriginatingin
Thailand,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarran­
gements,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere­
establishedinrespectoftheproductsinquestionin
relationtoThailand,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(1),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsesta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;whereas,however,theceilingresulting
fromthesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtotheaforesaidRegula­
tionshouldbewithinamaximumCommunity
amountrepresenting50%ofthatceiling,withthe
exceptionofcertainproductsforwhichthemaximum
amountistobereducedtothepercentageindicated
inAnnexAthereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
*reducedpercentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCthereto—oncetherelevant
Communityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
Asfrom14July1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginThailand:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
42.03/
Articlesofapparelandclothingaccesso­
ries,ofleatherorofcompositionleather:
B.Gloves,includingmittensandmitts:
I.Protective,foralltrades
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10July1978.
FortheCommission
EtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission