CELEX: 31978R3034
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-21
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3034/78 of 21 December 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on umbrellas, falling within heading No 66.01 and originating in Singapore, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

22. 12. 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 359 /43
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3034/78
                                                 of 21 December 1978
                re-establishing the levying of customs duties on umbrellas, falling within
               heading No 66.01 and originating in Singapore, to which the preferential tariff
                       arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                nes, with the exception of those listed in Annex C
COMMUNITIES,                                                  thereto, once the relevant Community amount has
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         been reached ;
Economic Community,                                           Whereas, in respect of umbrellas falling within
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  heading No 66.01 , the ceiling, calculated as indicated
2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­            above, should be 9 027 000 units of account, and there­
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in    fore the maximum amount is 1 354 050 units of
developing countries (!), and in particular Article 4 (2)     account ; whereas, on 18 December 1978, the amounts
thereof,                                                      of imports into the Community of umbrellas, falling
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation              within heading No 66.01 and originating in Singa­
provides that customs duties may, for each category of        pore, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­
                                                              ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas,
products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling,
expressed in units of account, which will be equal —          bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC)
with the exception of certain products the value of the       No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts
                                                              should not be exceeded, customs duties should be
ceilings for which is given in Annex A thereto — to
the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the        re-established in respect of the products in question
products in question imported cif into the Commu­             in relation to Singapore,
nity in 1974 and coming from countries and territo­
ries covered by those arrangements, but not including         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
products coming from countries and territories already
covered by various preferential tariff arrangements esta­                                Article 1
blished by the Community, and 5 % of the value of
1975 cif imports coming from other countries and              As from 25 December 1978, the levying of customs
from countries and territories already covered by such        duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
arrangements ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting        (EEC) No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect
from the sum of this addition may in no case exceed           of the following products, imported into the Commu­
225 % of that fixed for 1976 ;                                nity and originating in Singapore :
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           66.01               Umbrellas and sunshades (including
certain products for which the maximum amount is to                               walking-stick umbrellas, umbrella tents,
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A                                 and garden and similar umbrellas)
thereto ; whereas, for these products, this reduced
percentage will be 1 5 % ;
                                                                                         Article 2
Whereas Article 2 (2) and (3) of that Regulation
provides that customs duties may be re-established at         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­       following its publication in the Official Journal of
tion originating in any of the said countries or territo       the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 21 December 1978 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                                    Member of the Commission
O OJ No L 324, 19 . 12. 1977, p. 23.