21.2.78 NoL49/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No346/78
of20February1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonumbrellasandsunshadesfalling
withinheadingNo66.01,originatinginHongKongtowhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity .countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofumbrellasandsunshades
fallingwithinheadingNo66.01,theceiling,calcu­
latedasindicatedabove,shouldbe9027000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamountis
1354050unitsofaccount;whereason14February
1978theamountsofimportsintotheCommunity of
umbrellasandsunshadesfallingwithinheadingNo
66.01,originatinginHongKong,acountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :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
reducedpercentagewillbe15%.Article1
Asfrom24February1978,thelevyingofcustom:
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
66.01 Umbrellasandsunshades (including
walking-stick umbrellas,umbrellatents
andgardenandsimilarumbrellas)
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaidArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdda)
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalo>
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20February1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission