CELEX: 31978R1900
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1900/78 of 2 August 1978 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on primary cells and primary batteries, falling within heading No 85.03 and originating in Hong Kong, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

No L 216/42                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                    5 . 8 . 78
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1900/78
                                                   of 2 August 1978
                re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on primary cells and primary
                batteries, falling within heading No 85.03 and 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 primary cells and primary
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in     batteries, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above,
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)      should be 4 441 OOO units of account, and therefore
thereof,                                                       the maximum amount is 1 332 300 units of account ;
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation               whereas on 24 July 1978 , the amounts of imports into
provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­           the Community of primary cells and primary
                                                               batteries, originating in Hong Kong, a country
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be          covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached
equal — with the exception of certain products the             that maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the
value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to         objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 which
the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by          provides that maximum amounts should not be
                                                               exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in
adding together the value of the products in question
imported cif into the Community in 1974 and                    respect of the products in question in relation to
coming from countries and territories covered by                Hong Kong,
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             As from 8 August 1978 , the levying of customs duties,
imports coming from other countries and from coun­              suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC)
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­          No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the
ments ; however the ceiling resulting from the sum of           following products, imported into the Community
this addition may in no case exceed 225 % of the pref­          and originating in Hong Kong :
erential ceiling open for 1976 ;
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts                   CCT
 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            85.03               Primary cells and primary batteries
 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, 2 August 1978 .
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                             Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                                       Member of the Commission
 (>) OJ No L 324, 19 . 12. 1977, p. 23 .