25.9.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL268/13
REGULATION (EEC)No2590/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of24September 1973
re-establishing CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonspoons,forks,fish-eaters ,
butter-knives ,ladles,andsimilarkitchenortableware ,ofstainlesssteel,falling
withinheadingNo82.14A,originatinginSouthKoreatowhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2762/72of19
December1972apply
Whereas,inrespectofspoons,forks,fish-eaters,
butter-knives ,ladles,andsimilarkitchenortableware,
ofstainlesssteel,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe984000unitsofaccount,andthere­
forethemaximumamount295200unitsofaccount;
whereason20September1973theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofspoons,forks,fish­
eaters,butter-knives ,ladles,andsimilarkitchenor
tableware,ofstainlesssteel,originatinginSouth
Korea,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No2762/72,whichprovides,thatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,CommonCustomsTariff
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoSouthKorea;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2762/72(')'9December1972establishingprefer­
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;Asfrom28September1973,CommonCustomsTariff
dutiessuspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2762/72of19December1972,shallbe
re-established inrespect-ofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
SouthKorea:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
82.14 Spoons,forks,fish-eaters,butter-knives ,
ladles,andsimilarkitchenortableware :
A.Ofstainlesssteel
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24September 1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoT.29<S,M).12.14-2,p.IS