NoL58/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.3.75
REGULATION (EEC)No547/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of3March1975
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonlocksandpadlocks(key,
etc.);keysforanyoftheforegoingarticlesofbasemetal,fallingwithinheading
No83.01,originatinginHongkong ,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrange­
mentssetoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3054/74of2December1974
apply
metal,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe1940000unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamount388000unitsofaccount;
whereason27February1975,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityoflocksandpadlocks(key,etc.);
keysforanyoftheforegoingarticlesofbasemetal,
originatingin'Hongkong,acountrycoveredbyprefer­
entialtariffarrangements ,reached -thatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No3054/74whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoHongkong ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3054/74(')of2December1974establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle 1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1972cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamount
hasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoflocksandpadlocks(key,combi­
nationorelecticallyoperated),andpartsthereof,of
basemetal;framesincorporating locks,forhandbags,
trunksorthelike,andpartofsuchframes,ofbase
metal;keysforanyoftheforegoingarticlesofbaseArticle1
Asfrom7March1975,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3054/74of2December 1974,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Hongkong :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
83.01 Locksandpadlocks(key,combination or
electieallyoperated),andpartsthereof,of
basemetal;framesincorporating locks,for
handbags,trunksorthelike,andpartot
suchframes,ofbasemetal;keysforanyof
theforegoingarticlesofbasemetal
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theI:nropcan(.Oniniiiiiitus . (')OJNoL329,9.12.1974,p.70.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3March1975.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI