15.1.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL12/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No74/77
of14January1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonglazedsetts,flagsand
paving,hearthandwalltilesfallingwithinheadingNo69.08,originatingin
SouthKorea,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries,withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCto
thesameRegulation,oncetherelevantCommunity
amounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofglazedsetts,flagsandpaving,
hearthandwalltiles,theceiling,calculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe3581000unitsofaccount,and
thereforethemaximumamountis716200unitsof
account;whereason10January1977,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofglazedsetts,flagsand
paving,hearthandwalltilesoriginatinginSouth
Korea,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No3021/76whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoSouthKorea,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceilingexpressedinunitsofaccountwhichwillbe
equal,withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalue
oftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtothe
abovementioned Regulation,tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
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
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established atHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom18January1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSouthKorea:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
69.08 Glazedsetts,flagsandpaving,hearthand
walltiles
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (!)OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14January1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission