22.12.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL359/43
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3034/78
of21December 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonumbrellas,fallingwithin
headingNo66.01andoriginatinginSingapore,towhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
nes,withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
thereto,oncetherelevantCommunityamounthas
beenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofumbrellasfallingwithin
headingNo66.01,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe9027000unitsofaccount,andthere­
forethemaximumamountis1354050unitsof
account;whereas,on18December1978,theamounts
ofimportsintotheCommunityofumbrellas,falling
withinheadingNo66.01andoriginatinginSinga­
pore,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoSingapore,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom25December1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSingapore:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(!),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%ofthatfixedfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,thisreduced
percentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterritoCCT
heading
NoDescription
66.01 Umbrellasandsunshades (including
walking-stick umbrellas,umbrellatents,
andgardenandsimilarumbrellas)
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
OOJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.