CELEX: 31977R0170
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 170/77 of 26 January 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on primary cells and primary batteries, falling within heading No 85.03, originating in Hong Kong to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

28 . 1 . 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 24/ 17
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 170/77
                                                    of 26 January 1977
                 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on primary cells and primary
                 batteries, falling within heading No 85.03 , originating in Hong Kong to which
                 the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                       3021 /76 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that
 COMMUNITIES,                                                    the levying of customs duties may be re-established at
                                                                 any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­
                                                                 tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­
                                                                 ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           to the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­
 Economic Community,                                             nity amount has been reached ;
                                                                 Whereas, in respect of primary cells and primary
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    batteries the ceiling, calculated as indicated above ,
 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­             should be 4 441 000 u.a., and therefore the maximum
 tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in      amount is 1 332 300 u.a. ; whereas on 21 January
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)        1977, the amounts of imports into the Community of
 thereof,                                                        primary cells and primary batteries, originating in
                                                                 Hong Kong, a country covered by preferential tariff
                                                                 arrangements, reached that maximum amount ;
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation                 whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation
provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­             (EEC) No 3021 /76 which provides that maximum
                                                                 amounts should not be exceeded, customs duties
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be            should be re-established in respect of the products in
equal — with the exception of certain products the               question in relation to Hong Kong,
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                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
those arrangements, but not including products
coming from countries and territories already covered
by various preferential tariff arrangements established
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1974 cif                                      Article 1
imports coming from other countries and from coun­
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­           As from 31 January 1977, the levying of customs
 ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from            duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
the sum of this addition may in no case exceed                   (EEC) No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect
 172-5 % of that resulting from the substitution of the          of the following products, imported into the Commu­
year 1971 for the year 1974 in the first term of the             nity and originating in Hong Kong :
addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the
second term of the addition ;
                                                                       CCT
                                                                      heading                Description of goods
                                                                        No
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts
for products originating in any one of the countries or
                                                                 85.03           Primary cells and primary batteries
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should
be within a maximum Community amount repre­
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of
certain products for which the maximum amount is to                                     Article 2
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to
that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this
reduced percentage will be 30 % ;                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                 following its publication in the Official Joi4rnal of
(') OJ No L 349 , 20 . 12. 1976, p . 23 .                        the European Communities.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States .
            Done at Brussels, 26 January 1977.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                               Member of the Commission