CELEX: 31977R1228
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1228/77 of 8 June 1977 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on household utensils of wood, falling within heading No 44.24, originating in Thailand to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

9 . 6. 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 141 /25
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1228/77
                                                      of 8 June 1977
               re-establishing the levying of customs duties on household utensils of wood,
                falling within heading No 44.24, originating in Thailand to which the preferen­
                tial 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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C
Economic Community,                                              to the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­
                                                                 nity amount has been reached ;
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No
3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­              Whereas, in respect of household utensils of wood, the
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in       ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)        2 576 000 units of account, and therefore the
thereof,                                                         maximum amount is 1 288 000 units of account ;
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation                 whereas on 31 May 1977, the amounts of imports into
provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­             the Community of the products in question , origi­
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community                 nating in Thailand, a country covered by preferential
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be            tariff arrangements, reached that maximum amount ;
equal — with the exception of certain products the               whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation
value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A of           (EEC) No 3021 /76, which provides that maximum
the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by            amounts should not be exceeded , customs duties
adding together the value of the products in question            should be re-established in respect of the products in
imported cif into the Community in 1974 and                      question in relation to Thailand,
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                                          Article 1
imports coming from other countries and from coun­
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­           As from 12 June 1977, the levying of customs duties,
ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from             suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation ( EEC)
the sum of this addition may in no case exceed                   No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect of the
 172-5 % of that resulting from the substitution of the          following products, imported into the Community
year 1971 for the year 1974 in the first term of the             and originating in Thailand :
addition, and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the
second term of the addition ;                                           CCT
                                                                       heading                  Description of goods
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts                      No
for products originating in any one of the countries or
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should          44.24                Household utensils of wood
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 ;                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that            following its publication in the Official Journal of
the levying of customs duties may be re-established at            the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                 Done at Brussels, 8 June 1977 .
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                               Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 349 , 20 . 12 . 1976 , p. 23 .