16.6.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL159/31
REGULATION (EEC)No1599/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of14June1973
re-establishing CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonspoons,forks,fish-eaters ,
butter-knives ,ladles,andsimilarkitchenortableware,ofstainlesssteel,falling
withinheadingNo82.14A,originatinginHongKong,towhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2762/72of19
December1972apply
Whereas,inrespectofspoons,forks,fish-eaters,
butter-knives ,ladles,andsimilarkitchenortableware,
ofstainlesssteel,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe984000unitsofaccount,andthere­
forethemaximumamount295000unitsofaccount;
whereason31May1973theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityofspoons,forks,fish-eaters,butter­
knives,ladles,andsimilarkitchenortableware,of
stainlesssteel,originatinginHongKong,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2762/72,which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,CommonCustomsTariffdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoHongKong;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2762/72(')of19December1972establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthattheCommonCustomsTariffduties
may,foreachcategoryofproducts,besuspendedup
toaCommunityceiling,expressedinunitsof
account,whichwillusuallybeequaltothesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueoftheproducts
inquestionimportedcifintotheCommunityin1968
andcomingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1970cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,forthoseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritoriesoncetherelevantCommunity
maximumamounthasbeenreached;Asfrom19June1973,CommonCustomsTariff
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2762/72of19December1972,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
82.14 Spoons,forks,fish-eaters,butter-knives ,
ladles,andsimilarkitchenortableware :
A.Ofstainlesssteel
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14June1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(>)OJNoL296,30.12.1972,p.15.