18.10.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL265/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2283/77
of14October1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonfilamentlampsforlighting,
fallingwithinsubheading85.20A,originatinginRomaniatowhichthepreferen­
tialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
ofthesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoffilamentlampsforlighting
fallingwithinsubheading85.20A,theceiling,calcu­
latedasindicatedabove,shouldbe3310000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamountis
827500unitsofaccount;whereason12October
1977,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
filamentlampsforlightingfallingwithinsubheading
85.20A,originatinginRomaniaacountrycoveredby
preferential tariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Romania,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HaviqgregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)oftheRegulation
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
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocase'exceed
172-5%ofthatresultingfromthesubstitutionofthe
year1971fortheyear1974inthefirsttermofthe
additionandoftheyear1972fortheyear1974inthe
secondtermoftheaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe25%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­Article1
Asfrom21October1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginRomania :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
85.20 Electricfilamentlampsandelectric
dischargelamps(includinginfra-redand
ultra-violetlamps);arc-lamps;electrically
ignitedphotographicflashbulbs :
A.Filamentlampsforlighting
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14October1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON %
MemberoftheCommission