30.7.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL208/9
REGULATION (EEC)No1992/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of29July1974
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonlocksandpadlocks,etc.,
fallingwithinheadingNo83.01,originatinginHongKong,towhichtheprefer­
entialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3501/73of18
December1973apply
Whereas,inrespectoflocksandpadlocks,etc.,falling
withinheadingNo83.01,theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedabove,shouldbe1915000unitsofaccount,
andthereforethemaximumamount383000unitsof
account;whereason24July1974,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityoflocksandpadlocks,
etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo83.01,originatingin
HongKong,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No3501/73,whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoHongKong,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom2August1974,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3501/73of18December1973,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
HongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3501/73(J)of18December1973establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterri­
toriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,and
5%ofthevalueof1971cifimportscomingfrom
Othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,forthoseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterri­
toriesoncetherelevantCommunity maximum
amounthasbeenreached;CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
83.01 Locksandpadlocks(key,combinationor
electricallyoperated),andpartsthereof,of
basemetal;framesincorporating locks,for
handbags,trunksorthelike,andpartsof
suchframes,ofbasemetal;keysforanyof
theforegoingarticles,ofbasemetal
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,29July1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(i)OJNoL358,28.12.1973,p.15.