NoL43/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.2.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No347/76
of18February1976
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonothersewingmachines ;
furniturespeciallydesignedforsewingmachines,fallingwithinsubheading
84.41AIb),originatinginSouthKorea,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrange­
mentssetoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3010/75of17November1975
apply
maximum655800unitsofaccount;whereason12
February1976,theamountsofimportsintothe
Community ofothersewingmachines;furniture
speciallydesignedforsewingmachines,originatingin
SouthKorea,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoSouthKorea,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom22February1976,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75of17November1975,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
SouthKorea:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equalto115%ofthesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1971and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
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
tionoriginating>nanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereas,inrespectofothersewingmachines;furni­
turespeciallydesignedforsewingmachines,the
ceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
2186000unitsofaccount,andthereforetheCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
84.41 Sewingmachines;furniturespecially
designedforsewingmachines;sewing
machineneedles:
A.Sewingmachines;furniturespecially
designedforsewingmachines :
I.Sewingmachines(lock-stitchonly),
withheadsofaweightnot
exceeding16kgwithoutmotoror
17kgincludingthemotor;sewing
machineheads(lock-stitchonly),of
aweightnotexceeding16kg
withoutmotoror17kgincluding
themotor:
b)Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18February1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission