NoL77/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.3.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No616/77
of23March1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonspoons,forks,fish-eaters ,
etc.andsimilarkitchenortableware,ofstainlesssteel,fallingwithin
subheading82.14A,originatinginHongKongtowhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
ofthesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofspoons,forks,fish-eaters,etc.
andsimilarkitchenortableware,ofstainlesssteel,
fallingwithinsubheading82.14A,theceiling,calcu­
latedasindicatedabove,shouldbe4437000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamountis
665550unitsofaccount;whereason16March1977,
theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
spoons,forks,fish-eaters,etc.andsimilarkitchenor
tableware,ofstainlesssteel,fallingwithinsubheading
82.14A,originatinginHongKongacountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded ,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
Having *regardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(!),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAof
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed172-5%ofthat
resultingfromthesubstitutionoftheyear1971for
theyear1974inthefirsttermoftheadditionandof
theyear1972fortheyear1974inthesecondtermof
theaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom28March1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
82.14 Spoons,forks,fish-eaters,butter-knives ,
ladles,andsimilarkitchenortableware :
A.Ofstainlesssteel
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23March1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission