28.5.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL134/61
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1129/77
of27May1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesongloves,mittens,mitts,stock­
ings,socksandsockettes,notbeingknittedorcrochetedgoods,fallingwithin
headingNo61.10,originatinginHongKongtowhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3022/76apply
Whereas,inrespectofgloves,mittens,mitts,stock­
ings,socksandsockettes,notbeingknittedor
crochetedgoods,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe42tonnes,andthereforethe
maximumamountis21tonnes;whereason25May
1977,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
gloves,mittens,mitts,stockings,socksandsockettes,
notbeingknittedorcrochetedgoods,originatingin
HongKong,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No3022/76whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoHongKong,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3022/76of13December1976opening,allocating
andprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffpreferencesfortextileproductsoriginatingin
developingcountriesandterritories('),andinparti­
cularArticle4thereof,
WhereasArticle2(1)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
productslistedinAnnexCtothatRegulation,be
suspendeduptoaCommunityceilingequalto174%
ofthesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueof
theproductsinquestion,intonnes,importedintothe
Communityin1968andcomingfromcountrieslisted
inAnnexDthereto,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspref­
erentialtariffarrangementsestablishedbytheCommu­
nity,and5%ofthe1970tonnageofsuchimports
comingfromothercountriesandfromcountries
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;whereas,
havingregardtothatceiling,theamountsfor
productsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountrieslisted
inAnnexDshouldbewithinamaximumCommu­
nityamountrepresenting50%ofthatceiling,with
theexceptionofcertainproductsforwhichthe
maximumamountistobereducedtothepercentage
indicatedinAnnexCtotheabovementioned Regula­
tion;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesandterri­
tories,withexceptionofcountrieslistedinAnnexE
thereto,oncetherelevantCommunitymaximum
amounthasbeenreached;Asfrom31May1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3022/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
Nq
61.10 Gloves,mittens,mitts,stockings,socksand
sockettes,notbeingknittedorcrocheted
goods
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27May1977.
FortheCommission
StienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.69.