NoL89/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.4.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No664/78
of3April1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesongloves,includingmittensand
mitts,protective,foralltrades,fallingwithinsubheading42.03BIandorigi­
natinginHongKong,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutin
Regulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
listedinAnnexCthereto—oncetherelevant
Communityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofgloves,includingmittensand
mitts,protective,foralltrades,fallingwithin
subheading42.03BI,theceiling,calculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe17369000unitsofaccount,
andthereforethemaximumamountis2605350
unitsofaccount;whereas,on17March1978,the
amountsofimportsintotheCommunityofgloves,
includingmittensandmitts,protective,foralltrades,
fallingwithinsubheading42.03BIandoriginatingin
HongKong,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoKongKong,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsesta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;whereas,however,theceilingresulting
fromthesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtheretoshouldbewithin
amaximumCommunityamountrepresenting50%
ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionofcertainproducts
forwhichthemaximumamountistobereducedto
thepercentageindicatedinAnnexAtotheafore-said
Regulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,thisreduced
percentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthoseArticle1
Asfrom7April1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginHongKong:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
42.03 Articlesofapparelandclothingaccesso­
ries,ofleatherorofcompositionleather:
B.Gloves,includingmittensandmitts:
I.Protective ,foralltrades
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (>)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3April1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission