NoL230/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 21.8.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2180/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of20August1974
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonilluminatingglassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,notopticallyworkednorof
opticalglass,fallingwithinsubheading70.14AII,originatinginRomania,to
whichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3501/73of18December1973apply
subheading70.14AII,theceilingcalculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe2399000unitsofaccount,and
thereforethemaximumamount479800unitsof
account;whereason14August1974,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofilluminatingglass­
ware,signallingglasswareandopticalelementsof
glass,notopticallyworkednorofopticalglassfalling
withinsubheading70.14AIIoriginatinginRomania,
acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No3501/73,
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Romania,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3501/73(l)of18December1973establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle 1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
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
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamount
hasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,not
opticallyworkednorofopticalglassfallingwithinArticle1
Asfrom24August1974,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3501/73of18December1973,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Romania :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
70.14 Illuminatingglassware,signallingglassware
andopticalelementsofglass,notoptically
workednorofopticalglass:
A.Articlesforelectricallightingfittings:
II.Other(forexample,diffusers,ceil­
ingslights,bowls,cups,lampshades ,
globes,tulip-shapedpieces)
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficiaiJournalof
(')OJNoL358,28.12.1973,p.15. theEuropeanCommunities .

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20August1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI