NoL342/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 11.12.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3007/76
of10December 1976
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonelectricfilamentlampsfor
lighting,fallingwithinsubheading85.20A,originatinginHongKongtowhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975apply
Whereas,inrespectofelectricfilamentlampsfor
lighting,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe2452000unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis735600unitsofaccount;
whereason2December1976,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityofelectricfilamentlampsfor
lighting,originatinginHongKong,acountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3010/75which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom14December1976,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75of17November1975,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
HongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equalto115%ofthesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1971and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1972cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbybysucharrange­
ments;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
85.20 Electricfilamentlampsandelectric
dischargelamps(includinginfra-redand
ultra-violetlamps);arc-lamps-;electrically
ignitedphotographicflashbulbs :
A.Filamentlampsforlighting
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10December1976.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.