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( 1 ) OJ NO L 375 , 30 . 12 . 1978 , P . 26 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1879/79

OF 24 AUGUST 1979

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES ON LOCKS AND PADLOCKS ( KEY , COMBINATION OR ELECTRICALLY OPERATED ), ETC ., FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 83.01 AND ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3156/78 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3156/78 OF 29 DECEMBER 1978 ESTABLISHING PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) AND ( 4 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING , EXPRESSED IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , WHICH WILL BE EQUAL - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS THE VALUE OF THE CEILINGS FOR WHICH IS GIVEN IN ANNEX A THERETO - TO THE SUM ARRIVED AT BY ADDING TOGETHER THE VALUE OF THE PRODUCTS IMPORTED CIF INTO THE COMMUNITY IN 1974 AND COMING FROM COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES COVERED BY THOSE ARRANGEMENTS , BUT NOT INCLUDING PRODUCTS COMING FROM COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ALREADY COVERED BY VARIOUS PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY , AND 5 % OF THE VALUE OF 1976 CIF IMPORTS COMING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES , AND FROM COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ALREADY COVERED BY SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE CEILING RESULTING FROM THE SUM OF THIS ADDITION MAY IN NO CASE EXCEED 150 % OF THAT FIXED FOR 1978 ;

WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THAT CEILING , THE AMOUNTS FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX B TO THAT REGULATION SHOULD BE WITHIN A MAXIMUM COMMUNITY AMOUNT REPRESENTING 50 % OF THAT CEILING , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS TO BE REDUCED TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED IN ANNEX A THERETO ; WHEREAS , FOR THESE PRODUCTS , THIS REDUCTION WILL BE 15 % ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN ANY OF THE SAID COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE LISTED IN ANNEX C THERETO - ONCE THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY AMOUNT HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF LOCKS AND PADLOCKS ( KEY , COMBINATION OR ELECTRICALLY OPERATED ), ETC ., FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 83.01 , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE SHOULD BE 3 914 000 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , AND THEREFORE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 587 100 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT ; WHEREAS ON 15 AUGUST 1979 THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF LOCKS AND PADLOCKS ( KEY , COMBINATION OR ELECTRICALLY OPERATED ), ETC ., FALLING WITHIN HEADING NO 83.01 AND ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE , A COUNTRY COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3156/78 WHICH PROVIDES THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN RELATION TO SINGAPORE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 28 AUGUST 1979 , CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3156/78 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORIGINATING IN SINGAPORE :

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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION //

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83.01 // LOCKS AND PADLOCKS ( KEY , COMBINATION OR //

// ELECTRICALLY OPERATED ), AND PARTS THEREOF , OF //

// BASE METAL ; FRAMES INCORPORATING LOCKS , FOR //

// HANDBAGS , TRUNKS OR THE LIKE , AND PARTS OF //

// SUCH FRAMES , OF BASE METAL ; KEYS FOR ANY OF //

// THE FOREGOING ARTICLES , OF BASE METAL //

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 24 AUGUST 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION