12.7.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL172/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1550/77
of8July1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonelectricalcapacitors ,fixed
orvariablefallingwithinheadingNo85.18originatinginSingaporetowhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76apply
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries,withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCto
thesameRegulation,oncetherelevantCommunity
amounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofelectricalcapacitors,fixedor
variable,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe7609000unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis1521800unitsofaccount;
whereason29June1977,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityofelectricalcapacitors,fixedor
variable,originatinginSingapore,acountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Singapore,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(!),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal,withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalue
oftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtothe
Regulationinquestion,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;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established atHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom15July1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginSingapore :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
85.18 Electricalcapacitors,fixedorvariable
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8July1977.
FortheCommission
RichardBURKE
MemberoftheCommission