NoL308/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 8.11.73
REGULATION (EEC)No3021/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of7November1973
re-establishingCommonCustomsTariffdutiesonartificialflowers,foliageorfruit
andpartsthereof,etc,fallingwithinheadingNo67.02,originatinginHongKong,
towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangementssetoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2762/72of19December1972apply
Whereas,inrespectofartificialflowers,foliageor
fruitandpartsthereof,etc,theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedabove,shouldbe1293000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamount
646500unitsofaccount;whereason2November
1973theamountsofimportsintotheCommunity
ofartificialflowers,foliageorfruitandparts
thereof,etc,originatinginHongKong,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;whereas,bearinginmind
theobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)2762/72,which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,CommonCustomsTariffdutiesshould
bere-established inrespectoftheproductsinques­
tioninrelationtoHongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2762/72(*)of19December1972establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsorigi­
natingindevelopingcountries,andinparticular
Article4(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthattheCommonCustomsTariffduties
may,foreachcategoryofproducts,besuspended
uptoaCommunityceiling,expressedinunitsof
account,whichwillusuallybeequaltothesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1968andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterri­
toriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,and
5°/oofthevalueof1970cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,the
amountsforproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthe
countriesorterritorieslistedinAnnexBtothat
RegulationshouldbewithinamaximumCommu­
nityamountrepresenting50%ofthatceiling,with
theexceptionofcertainproductsforwhichthe
maximumamountistobereducedtothepercen­
tageindicatedinAnnexAtothatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovides
thattheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthe
saidcountriesorterritoriesoncetherelevant
Communitymaximumamounthasbeenreached;Article1
Asfrom11November1973,CommonCustoms
Tariffduties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No2762/72of19December
1972,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginHongKong:
CCTheading
No Description
67.02 Artificialflowers,foliageorfruitand
partsthereof;articlesmadeofartificial
flowers;foliageorfruit
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7November1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
t1)OJNoL296,30.12.1972,p.15.