NoL119/22 3.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No922/78
of28April1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),otherthanknivesfallingwithin
headingNo82.06,fallingwithinheadingNoex82.09andoriginatinginHong
Kong,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofkniveswithcuttingblades,
serratedornot(includingpruningknives),otherthan
knivesfallingwithinheadingNo82.06,fallingwithin
headingNoex82.09theceiling,calculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe3473000unitsofaccount,and
thereforethemaximumamountis520950unitsof
account;whereas,on24April1978,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofkniveswithcutting
blades,serratedornot(includingpruningknives),
otherthanknivesfallingwithinheadingNo82.06,
fallingwithinheadingNoex82.09andoriginatingin
HongKong,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoHongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(l),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsesta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements :whereashowever,theceilingresulting
fromthesumofthisadditonmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtotheafore-saidRegula­
tionshouldbewithinamaximumCommunity
amountrepresenting50%ofthatceiling,withthe
exceptionofcertainproductsforwhichthemaximum
amountistobereducedtothepercentageindicated
inAnnexAthereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritorieswiththeexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCthereto—oncetherelevant
Communityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
Asfrom6May1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex82.09 Kniveswithcuttingblades,serratedornot
(includingpruningknives),otherthan
knivesfallingwithinheadingNo82.06
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (»)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28April1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission