12.1.78 NoL9/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No51/78
of10January1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesongloves,mittens,mitts,stock­
ings,socksandsockettes,notbeingknittedorcrochetedgoodsfallingwithin
headingNo61.10,originatinginHongKongtowhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2706/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofgloves,mittens,mitts,stock­
ings,socksandsockettes,notbeingknittedor
crochetedgoods,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe21tonnes,andthereforethe
maximumamountis10.5tonnes;whereason9
January1978theamountsofimportsintothe
Communityofgloves,mittens,mitts,stockings,socks
andsockettes,notbeingknittedorcrochetedgoods,
originatinginHongKong,acountrycoveredby
preferential tariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2706/77which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom15January1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2706/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginHongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2706/77of28November1977opening,allocating
andprovidingfortheadministration ofCommunity
tariffpreferencesfortextileproductsoriginatingin
developingcountriesandterritories(*),andinparti­
cularArticle4thereof,
WhereasArticle2(1)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
productslistedinAnnexCtothatRegulation,be
suspendeduptoaCommunityceilingequalto87%
ofthesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueof
theproductsinquestion,intonnes,importedintothe
Communityin1968andcomingfromcountrieslisted
inAnnexDthereto,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspref­
erentialtariffarrangementsestablishedbytheCommu­
nity,and5%ofthe1970tonnageofsuchimports
comingfromothercountriesandfromcountries
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;whereas,
havingregardtothatceiling,theamountsfor
productsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountrieslisted
inAnnexDshouldbewithinamaximumCommu­
nityamountrepresenting50%ofthatceiling,with
theexceptionofcertainproductsforwhichthe
maximumamountistobereducedtothepercentage
indicatedinAnnexCtotheabovementioned Regula­
tion;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesandterri­
tories,withexceptionofcountrieslistedinAnnexE
thereto,oncetherelevantCommunitymaximum
amounthasbeenreached;CCT
heading
NoDescription
61.10 Gloves,mittens,mitts,stockings,socksand
sockettes,notbeingknittedorcrocheted
goods
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10January1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.67.