CELEX: 31977R0615
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 615/77 of 23 March 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on umbrellas and sunshades, falling within heading No 66.01, originating in Hong Kong to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

No L 77/ 22                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                   25 . 3 . 77
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 615/77
                                                    of 23 March 1977
               re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on umbrellas and sunshades,
                falling within heading No 66.01 , originating in Hong Kong to which the prefer­
                 ential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­
                                                               ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C
                                                               of the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          nity amount has been reached ;
Economic Community,
                                                               Whereas, in respect of umbrellas and sunshades,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   falling within heading No 66.01 , the ceiling, calcu­
                                                               lated as indicated above, should be 9 027 000 units of
3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­
                                                               account, and therefore the maximum amount is
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in
                                                               1 354 050 units of account ; whereas on 15 March
developing countries ( ! ), and in particular Article 4 (2)
thereof,                                                       1977, the amounts of imports into the Community of
                                                               umbrellas and sunshades, falling within heading No
                                                               66.01 , originating in Hong Kong a country covered by
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation               preferential tariff arrangements, reached that
provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­           maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community               objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 which
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be          provides that maximum amounts should not be
                                                               exceeded , customs duties should be re-established in
equal — with the exception of certain products the
value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A of         respect of the products in question in relation to
the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by          Hong Kong,
adding together the value of the products in question
imported cif into the Community in 1974 and
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
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1974 cif
imports coming from other countries and from coun­                                      Article 1
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­
ments ; however the ceiling resulting from the sum of
this addition may in no case exceed 172-5 % of that            As from 28 March 1977, the levying of customs
resulting from the substitution of the year 1971 for           duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
the year 1974 in the first term of the addition and of         (EEC) No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect
the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the second term of          of the following products, imported into the Commu­
the addition ;                                                 nity and originating in Hong Kong :
                                                                      CCT
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts                 liciiiling                Description of goods
                                                                       No
for products originating in any one of the countries or
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should
be within a maximum Community amount repre­                    66.01             Umbrellas and sunshades (including
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of                              walking-stick umbrellas, umbrella tents,
certain products for which the maximum amount is to                              and garden and similar umbrellas)
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to
that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this
reduced percentage will be 15 % ;
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that
the levying of customs duties may be re-established at         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                               following its publication in the Official Journal of
(') OJ No L 349, 20 . 12 . 1976, p. 21 .                       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, 23 March 1977 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                   Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                               Member of the Commission