CELEX: 31978R2527
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2527/78 of 27 October 1978 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on other articles of iron or steel, falling within heading No 73.40, originating in Hong Kong, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

28 . 10 . 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 301 /43
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2527/78
                                                   of 27 October 1978
                 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on other articles of iron or
                 steel, falling within heading No 73.40 , originating * in Hong Kong, to which the
                 preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77
                                                            apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    re-established at any time in respect of imports of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      products in question originating in any of the said
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            countries or territories — with the exception of those
 Economic Community,                                              listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the
                                                                  relevant Community amount has been reached ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­                Whereas, in respect of other articles of iron or steel,
 tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in       falling within heading No 73.40, the ceiling, calcu­
developing countries ( J), and in particular Article 4 (2)        lated as indicated above, should be 6 850 200 units of
thereof,                                                          account, and therefore the maximum amount is
                                                                  2 055 060 units of account ; whereas on 17 October
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation                  1978 the amounts of imports into the Community of
 provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­             other articles of iron or steel, originating in Hong
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community                  Kong, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be             ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas,
equal — with the exception of certain products the                bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC)
value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to            No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts
 the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by            should not be exceeded, customs duties should be
adding together the value of the products in question             re-established in respect of the products in question
 imported cif into the Community in 1974 and                      in relation to Hong Kong,
coming from countries and territories covered by
 those arrangements, but not including products                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
coming from countries and territories already covered
by various preferential tariff arrangements established                                    Article 1
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif
 imports coming from other countries and from coun­               As from 31 October 1978, the levying of customs
 tries and territories already covered by such arrange­           duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from              (EEC) No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect
 the sum of this addition may in no case exceed                   of the following products, imported into the Commu­
225 % of the preferential ceiling open for 1976 ;                 nity and originating in Hong Kong :
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts
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 for products originating in any one of the countries or               heading                      Description
 territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should                 No
be within a maximum Community amount repre­
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of               73.40             Other articles of iron or steel
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                                        Article 2
 reduced percentage will be 30 % ;                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Whereas Article 2 (2) and (3) of that Regulation                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
 provides that the levying of customs duties may be               the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States.
                Done at Brussels, 27 October 1978 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                             Wilhelm HAFERKAMP
                                                                                 Vice-President
(!) OJ No L 324, 19. 12. 1977, p. 23.