2.10.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL265/9
REGULATION (EEC)No2485/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of1October1974
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),fallingwithinheadingNo82.09,origi­
natinginSouthKorea,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No3501/73of18December1973apply
Whereas,inrespectofkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),falling
withinheadingNo82.09,theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedabove,shouldbe2112000unitsofaccount,
andthereforethemaximumamount633600unitsof
account;whereason25September1974,theamounts
ofimportsintotheCommunityofkniveswithcutting
blades,serratedornot(includingpruningknives),
fallingwithinheadingNo82.09,originatinginSouth
Korea,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No3501/73,whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoSouthKorea,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom5October1974,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3501/73of18December1973,shallbe
re-established inrespettofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
SouthKorea:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3501/73(1)of18December1973establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1971cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,forthoseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamount
hasbeenreached;CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
82.09 Kniveswithcuttingblades,serratedornot
(includingpruningknives),otherthan
knivesfallingwithinheadingNo82.06
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1October1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL358,28.12.1973,p.15.