NoL81/32 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.3.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No681/76
of26March1976
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonlocksandpadlocksetc.,ofbase
metalfallingwithinheadingNo83.01,originatinginHongKongtowhichthe
preferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3010/75
of17November1975apply
calculatedasindicatedaboveshouldbe2231000
unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximum446200
unitsofaccount;whereason24March1976the
amountsofimportsintotheCommunityoflocksand
padlocksetc.ofbasemetal,fallingwithinheadingNo
83.01,originatinginHongKong,acountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3010/75which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom30March1976,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
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,equalto115%ofthe
sumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestion,importedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1971andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsesta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1972cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereas,inrespectoflocksandpadlocksetc.ofbase
metal,fallingwithinheadingNo83.01,theceilingCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
83.01 Locksandpadlocks(key,combinationor
electricallyoperated),andpartsthereof,of
basemetal;framesincorporating locks,for
handbags,trunksorthelike,andpartof
suchframes,ofbasemetal;keyforanyof
theforegoingarticlesofbasemetal
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26March1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission
(>)OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.