NoL178/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.7.75
REGULATION (EEC)No1749/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of7July1975
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonequipmentforparlour,table
andfunfairgamesforadultsorchildren(includingbilliardtablesandpintables
andtable-tennisrequisites),fallingwithinheadingNo97.04,originatingin
HongKong,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No3054/74of2December1974apply
billiardtablesandpintablesandtable-tennisrequi­
sites),theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,should
be4120000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamount 1236000unitsofaccount;
whereason12June1975,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityofequipmentforparlour,table
andfunfairgamesforadultsorchildren(including
billiardtablesandpintablesandtable-tennisrequi­
sites),originatinginHongKong,acountrycoveredby
preferential tariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3054/74which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
HongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom12July1975,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3054/74of2December1974,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
HongKong:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3054/74(J)of2December1974establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulion
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1972cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamount
hasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofequipmentforparlour,table
andfunfairgamesforadultsorchildren(includingCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
97.04 Equipmentforparlour,tableandfunfair
gamesforadultsorchildren(including
billiardtablesandpintablesandtable­
tennisrequisites)
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,7July1975.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(•)OJNoL329,9.12.1974,p.70.