15.10.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL284/23
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2503/76
of14October1976
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonplaitingmaterialsbound
togetherinparallelstrands,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo46.02,originatingin
HongKong,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No3010/75of17November1975apply
No46.02,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe3215000unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis964500unitsofaccount;
whereason7October1976,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunity ofplaitingmaterialsbound
togetherinparallelstrands,etc.,fallingwithinheading
No46.02,originatinginHongKong,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3010/75which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom18October1976,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75of17November1975,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
HongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
:hereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
;qualto115%ofthesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1971and
:comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
:hosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
:comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements established
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1972cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereas,inrespectofplaitingmaterialsbound
togetherinparallelstrands,etc.,fallingwithinheadingCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
46.02 Plaitingmaterials(otherthanproducts
fallingwithinheadingNo46.01)bound
togetherinparallelstrandsorwovenin
sheetform,includingmatting,matsand
screens;strawenvelopesforbottles
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14October1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission
')OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.