9.6.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL141/25
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1228/77
of8June1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonhouseholdutensilsofwood,
fallingwithinheadingNo44.24,originatinginThailandtowhichthepreferen­
tialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
tothesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofhouseholdutensilsofwood,the
ceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
2576000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis1288000unitsofaccount;
whereason31May1977,theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityoftheproductsinquestion,origi­
natinginThailand,acountrycoveredbypreferential
tariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoThailand,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom12June1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginThailand :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—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAof
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements established
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
172-5%ofthatresultingfromthesubstitutionofthe
year1971fortheyear1974inthefirsttermofthe
addition,andoftheyear1972fortheyear1974inthe
secondtermoftheaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established atCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
44.24 Householdutensilsofwood
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8June1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(>)OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.