NoL216/42 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.8.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1900/78
of2August1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonprimarycellsandprimary
batteries,fallingwithinheadingNo85.03andoriginatinginHongKong,to
whichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77apply
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofprimarycellsandprimary
batteries,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe4441OOOunitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis1332300unitsofaccount;
whereason24July1978,theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunity ofprimarycellsandprimary
batteries,originatinginHongKong,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom8August1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77,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
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed225%ofthepref­
erentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybeCCT
heading
NoDescription
85.03 Primarycellsandprimarybatteries
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(>)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.