1.11.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL294/71
REGULATION (EEC)No2776/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of30October1974
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonfilamentlampsforlighting,
fallingwithinsubheading85.20A,originatinginHongKong,towhichthepref­
erentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3501/73of
18December1973apply
Whereas,inrespectoffilamentlampsforlighting
fallingwithinsubheading85.20A,theceiling,calcu­
latedasindicatedabove,shouldbe2099000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamount629700
unitsofaccount;whereason21October1974,the
amountsofimportsintotheCommunityoffilament
lampsforlightingfallingwithinsubheading85.20A,
originatinginHongKong,acountrycoveredbypref­
erentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No3501/73,whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoHongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom4November1974,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3501/73of18December1973,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
HongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3501/73(')of18December1973establishingprefe­
rentialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1971cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,forthoseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
Article2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthatthe
levyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established atany
timeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinquestion
originatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterritories
oncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamounthas
beenreached;CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
85.20 Electricfilamentlampsandelectric
dischargelamps(includinginfra-redand
ultra-violetlamps);arc-lamps ;electrically
ignitedphotographic flashbulbs :
A.Filamentlampsforlighting
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30October1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL358,28.12.1973,p.15.