12.5.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL119/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No995/77
of10May1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),fallingwithinheadingNo82.09,origi­
natinginHongKongtowhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries,withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCof
thesameRegulation ,oncetherelevantCommunity
amounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe3473000
unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamount
is520950unitsofaccount;whereason5May1977,
theamountsofimportsintotheCommunity of
kniveswithcuttingblades,serratedornot(including
pruningknives),originatinginHongKong,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,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;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed1725%ofthat
resultingfromthesubstitutionoftheyear1971for
theyear1974inthefirsttermoftheadditionandof
theyear1972fortheyear1974inthesecondtermof
theaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established atHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom15May1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
82.09 Kniveswithcuttingblades,serratedornot
(includingpruningknives),otherthan
knivesfallingwithinheadingNo82.06
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10May1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission