18.5.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL131/33
REGULATION (EEC)No1298/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of15May1973
re-establishing CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonilluminatingglassware,signalling
glasswareandopticalelementsofglass,notopticallyworkednorofopticalglass,
fallingwithinsubheadingNo70.14B,originatinginHongKong,towhichthepre­
ferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2762/72of
19December1972apply
notopticallyworkednorofopticalglass,falling
withinsubheadingNo70.14B,theceiling,calcu­
latedasindicatedabove,shouldbe281000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamount
56200unitsofaccount;whereason20April1973
theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityofillu­
minatingglassware,signallingglasswareandoptical
elementsofglass,notopticallyworkednorof
opticalglass,fallingwithinsubheadingNo70.14B,
originatinginHongKong,acountrycoveredbypre­
ferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No2762/72,whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,
CommonCustomsTariffdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoHongKong;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2762/72(x)of19December1972establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsorigi­
natingindevelopingcountries,andinparticular
Article4(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthattheCommonCustomsTariffduties
may,foreachcategoryofproducts,besuspended
uptoaCommunityceiling,expressedinunitsof
account,whichwillusuallybeequaltothesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1968andcomingfromcountriesandterri­
toriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterri­
toriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity,and
5°/oofthevalueof1970cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountries
orterritorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulation
shouldbewithinamaximumCommunityamount
representing50%ofthatceiling,withtheexcep­
tionofcertainproductsforwhichthemaximum
amountistobereducedtothepercentageindicated
inAnnexAtothaiRegulation ;whereas,forthose
products,thisreducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovides
thattheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthe
saidcountriesorterritoriesoncetherelevant
Communitymaximumamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,Asfrom21May1973,CommonCustomsTariff
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No2762/72of19December1972,
shallbere-established inrespectofthefollowing
products,importedintotheCommunityandorigi­
natingin:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
70.14BIlluminatingglassware,signallingglass­
wareandopticalelementsofglass,not
opticallyworkedofopticalglass:
B.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialjournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15May1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOL.I
(*)OJNoL296,30.12.1972,p.15.