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( 1 ) OJ NO L 375 , 30 . 12 . 1978 , P . 26 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1453/79

OF 12 JULY 1979

RE-ESTABLISHING THE LEVYING OF THE CUSTOMS DUTIES ON ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE , SIGNALLING GLASSWARE AND OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF GLASS , OTHER , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 70.14 B AND ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG , TO WHICH THE PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS SET OUT IN COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3156/78 APPLY

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3156/78 OF 29 DECEMBER 1978 ESTABLISHING PREFERENTAL TARIFFS IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 4 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) AND ( 4 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT THE CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY , FOR EACH CATEGORY OF PRODUCTS , BE SUSPENDED UP TO A COMMUNITY CEILING , EXPRESSED IN EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , WHICH WILL BE EQUAL - WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS THE VALUE OF THE CEILINGS FOR WHICH IS GIVEN IN ANNEX A TO THE REGULATION IN QUESTION - TO THE SUM ARRIVED AT BY ADDING TOGETHER THE VALUE OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IMPORTED CIF INTO THE COMMUNITY IN 1974 , AND COMING FROM COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES COVERED BY THOSE ARRANGEMENTS , BUT NOT INCLUDING PRODUCTS COMING FROM COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ALREADY COVERED BY VARIOUS PREFERENTAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMUNITY , AND 5 % OF THE VALUE OF 1976 CIF IMPORTS COMING FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND FROM COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES ALREADY COVERED BY SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE CEILING RESULTING FROM THE SUM OF THIS ADDITION MAY IN NO CASE EXCEED 150 % OF THE PREFERENTIAL CEILING OPEN FOR 1978 ;

WHEREAS , HAVING REGARD TO THAT CEILING , THE AMOUNTS FOR PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN ANY ONE OF THE COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES LISTED IN ANNEX B TO THAT REGULATION SHOULD BE WITHIN A MAXIMUM COMMUNITY AMOUNT REPRESENTING 50 % OF THAT CEILING , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS FOR WHICH THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS TO BE REDUCED TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED IN ANNEX A TO THAT REGULATION ; WHEREAS , FOR THESE PRODUCTS , THIS REDUCED PERCENTAGE WILL BE 25 % ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 2 ( 2 ) AND ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION PROVIDES THAT THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED AT ANY TIME IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION ORIGINATING IN ANY OF THE SAID COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES - WTH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE LISTED IN ANNEX C TO THE SAME REGULATION - ONCE THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY AMOUNT HAS BEEN REACHED ;

WHEREAS , IN RESPECT OF ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE , SIGNALLING GLASSWARE AND OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF GLASS , OTHER , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 70.14 B , THE CEILING , CALCULATED AS INDICATED ABOVE , SHOULD BE 1 254 000 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , AND THEREFORE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IS 313 000 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT ; WHEREAS ON 2 JULY 1979 , THE AMOUNTS OF IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE , SIGNALLING GLASSWARE AND OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF GLASS , OTHER , FALLING WITHIN SUBHEADING 70.14 B , ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG , A COUNTRY COVERED BY PREFERENTIAL TARIFF ARRANGEMENTS , REACHED THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT ; WHEREAS , BEARING IN MIND THE OBJECTIVES OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3156/78 WHICH PROVIDES THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNTS SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDED , CUSTOMS DUTIES SHOULD BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION IN RELATION TO HONG KONG ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

AS FROM 16 JULY 1979 , THE LEVYING OF CUSTOMS DUTIES , SUSPENDED IN PURSUANCE OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3156/78 , SHALL BE RE-ESTABLISHED IN RESPECT OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS , IMPORTED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND ORIGINATING IN HONG KONG :

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CCT HEADING NO // DESCRIPTION //

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70.14 // ILLUMINATING GLASSWARE , SIGNALLING GLASSWARE //

// AND OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF GLASS , NOT OPTICALLY //

// WORKED NOR OF OPTICAL GLASS : //

// B . OTHER //

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 12 JULY 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

ETIENNE DAVIGNON

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION