3.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL90/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No770/76
of2April1976
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonilluminatingglassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,notopticallyworkedorof
opticalglass,other,fallingwithinsubheading70.14B,originatinginHong
Kongtowhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No3010/75of17November1975apply
opticallyworkedorofopticalglass,other,falling
withinsubheading70.14B,theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedabove,shouldbe598000unitsofaccount,
andthereforethemaximum 179400unitsof
account;whereason29March1976theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofilluminatingglass­
ware,signallingglasswareandopticalelementsof
glass,notopticallyworkedorofopticalglass,other,
fallingwithinsubheading70.14B,originatingin
HongKong,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75,whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoHongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(J),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequalto
115%ofthesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterri­
toriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,and
5%ofthevalueof1972cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
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,inrespectofilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,notArticle1
Asfrom6April1976,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3010/75of17November1975,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
HongKong:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
70.14 Illuminatingglassware,signallingglassware
andopticalelementsofglass,notoptically
workedorofopticalglass:
B.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2April1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission