28.1.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL24/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No170/77
of26January1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonprimarycellsandprimary
batteries,fallingwithinheadingNo85.03,originatinginHongKongtowhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
tothesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofprimarycellsandprimary
batteriestheceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe4441000u.a.,andthereforethemaximum
amountis1332300u.a.;whereason21January
1977,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
primarycellsandprimarybatteries,originatingin
HongKong,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoHongKong,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
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%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
172-5%ofthatresultingfromthesubstitutionofthe
year1971fortheyear1974inthefirsttermofthe
additionandoftheyear1972fortheyear1974inthe
secondtermoftheaddition;Article1
Asfrom31January1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
85.03 PrimarycellsandprimarybatteriesWhereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJoi4rnalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26January1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission