NoL126/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 17.5.75
REGULATION (EEC)No1259/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of14May1975
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,fallingwithinsubheading
70.14B,originatinginHongKong,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements
setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3054/74of2December1974apply
fallingwithinsubheading^j).14B,theceiling,calcu­
latedasindicatedabove,shouldbe520000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamount156000
unitsofaccount;whereason5May1975,the
amountsofimportsintotheCommunityofillumi­
natingglassware,signallingglasswareandoptical
elementsofglass,fallingwithinsubheading70.14B,
originatinginHongKong,acountrycoveredbypref­
erentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No3054/74whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoHongKong,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom19May1975,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3054/74of2December 1974,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
HongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3054/74(')of2December1974establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle 1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1972cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamount
hasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
70.14 Illuminatingglassware,signallingglassware
andopticalelementsofglass,neitheropti­
callyworkednorofopticalglass:
B.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthesecond
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14May1975.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL329,9.12.1974,p.70.