NoL93/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.4.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No690/78
of6April1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonequipmentforparlour,falling
withinheadingNo97.04andoriginatinginHongKong,towhichthepreferen­
tialtariffarrangements setoutinRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCthereto—oncetherelevant
Communityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofequipmentforparlour,the
ceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
8173050unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumis2043263unitsofaccount;whereas,on
31March1978,theamountsofimportsintothe
Communityofequipmentforparlour,originatingin
HongKong,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoHongKong,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom10April1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginHongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements esta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;whereas,however,theceilingresulting
fromthesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtotheaforesaidRegula­
tionshouldbewithinamaximumCommunity
amountrepresenting 50%ofthatceiling,withthe
exceptionofcertainproductsforwhichthemaximum
amountistobereducedtothepercentageindicated
inAnnexAthereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe25%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaidCCT
heading
NoDescription
97.04 Equipmentforparlour,tableandfunfair
gamesforadultsorchildren(including
billiardtablesandpintablesandtable­
tennisrequisites)
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6April1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.