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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1272/77
of13June1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,other,fallingwithin
subheading70.14B,originatinginHongKongtowhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
tothesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,
other,fallingwithinsubheading70.14B,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe897000units
ofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamountis
269100unitsofaccount;whereason6June1977,
theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityofillumi­
natingglassware,signallingglasswareandoptical
elementsofglass,other,fallingwithinsubheading
70.14B,originatinginHongKong,acountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
172-5%ofthatresultingfromthesubstitutionofthe
year1971fortheyear1974inthefirsttermofthe
additionandoftheyear1972fortheyear1974inthe
secondtermoftheaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterritoHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom18June1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuance ,ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
70.14 Illuminatingglassware,signallingglassware
andopticalelementsofglass,notoptically
workedorofopticalglass:
B.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13June1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission