NoL224/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.8.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1961/78
of10August1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonfilamentlampsforlighting,
fallingwithinsubheading85.20A,originatinginHongKongtowhichthepref­
erentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77
apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoffilamentlampsforlighting,the
ceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
3835000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis958750unitsofaccount;
whereason27July1978theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityoffilamentlampsforlighting,origi­
natinginHongKong,acountrycoveredbypreferen­
tialtariffarrrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoHongKong,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977openingpreferential
tariffsforcertainproductsoriginatingindeveloping
countries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegula­
tioninquestion—tothesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom18August1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
85.20 Electricfilamentlampsandelectric
dischargelamps(includinginfra-redand
ultra-violetlamps);arclamps:
A.FilamentlampsforlightingWhereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,thisreduced
percentagewillbe25%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginaoyofthesaidArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10August1978.
FortheCommission
fitienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission