7.3.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL64/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No464/78
of6March1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonplaitsandsimilarproducts
ofplaitingmaterials,foralluses,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNoex46.02origi­
natinginSouthKorea,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofplaitsandsimilarproductsof
plaitingmaterials,foralluses,etc.,fallingwithin
headingNoex46.02,theceiling,calculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe6511000unitsofaccount,and
thereforethemaximumamountis1953300unitsof
account;whereason28February1978,theamounts
ofimportsintotheCommunityofplaitsandsimilar
productsofplaitingmaterials,foralluses,etc.,falling
withinheadingNoex46.02,originatinginSouth
Korea,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere­
establishedinrespectoftheproductsinquestionin
relationtoSouthKorea,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
Asfrom10March1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSouthKorea:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex46.02 Plaitsandsimilarproductsofplaitingmate­
rials,foralluses,whetherornotassembled
intostrips,otherthanthoseofunspun
vegetablematerials;plaitingmaterials
boundtogetherinparallelstrandsor
woveninsheetform,includingmatting,
matsandscreens;strawenvelopesfor
bottles(')
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (>)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

7.3.78 NoL64/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6March1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission