CELEX: 31973R2589
Language: en
Date: 1973-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2589/73 of the Commission of 24 September 1973 re-establishing Common Customs Tariff duties on knives, falling within heading No 82.09, originating in developing countries to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2762/72 of 19 December 1972 apply

No L 268 / 12                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                25 . 9 . 73
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 2589/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 24 September 1973
               re-establishing Common Customs Tariff duties on knives, falling within
               heading No 82.09, originating in developing countries to which the preferential
               tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2762/72 of 19
                                                    December 1972 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   September 1973 the amounts of imports into the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     Community of the products in question, originating
                                                                 in countries and territories covered by preferencial
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            tariff arrangements, reached that ceiling ; whereas,
Economic Community ;                                             bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     No 2762/72, which provides that the ceiling should
2762/72 (*) of 19 December 1972 establishing prefer­             not be exceeded, Common Customs Tariff duties
ential tariffs in respect of certain products originating        should be re-established in respect of the products in
in developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2)         question ;
thereof ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 1 (3) of that Regulation provides that
the Common Customs Tariff duties may, for each cate­
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community                                           Article 1
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will
usually be equal to the sum arrived at by adding                 As from 28 September 1973, Common Customs Tariff
together the value of the products in question                   duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
                                                                 (EEC) No 2762/72 of 19 December 1972, shall be
imported cif into the Community in 1968 and
coming from countries and territories covered by                 re-established in respect of the following products,
those arrangements, but not including products                   imported into the Community :
coming from countries and territories already covered
                                                                       CCT
by various preferential tariff arrangements established               heading                 Description of goods
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1970 cif                      No
imports coming from other countries and from coun­
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­           82.09              Knives with cutting blades, serrated or
ments ;                                                                             not (including pruning knives), other
                                                                                    than knives falling within heading No
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that                            82.06
Common Customs Tariff duties may be re-established
at any time once the Community ceiling has been
reached ;                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas, in respect of knives falling within heading             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
No 82.09, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above,            following its publication in the Official Journal of
should be 515 000 units of account ; whereas on 20                the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 24 September 1973 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ No L 296 , 30 . 12 . 1972, p . 15 .