CELEX: 31977R2474
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2474/77 of 9 November 1977 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on other articles for electrical lighting fittings falling within subheading 70.14 A II, originating in Romania to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

No L 286/26                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                     10 . 11 . 77
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2474/77
                                                  of 9 November 1977
                re-establishing the levying of customs duties on other articles for electrical
                lighting fittings falling within subheading 70.14 A II, originating in Romania to
               which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                    No 3021 /76 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 to the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                   nity amount has been reached ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          Whereas, in respect of other articles for electrical
Economic Community,                                            lighting fittings falling within subheading 70.14 A II,
                                                               the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   3 971 000 units of account, and therefore the
3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­            maximum amount is 794 200 units of account ;
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in     whereas on 3 November 1977, the amounts of
developing countries (*), and in particular Article 4 (2)      imports into the Community of other articles for elec­
thereof,                                                       trical lighting fittings falling within subheading 70.14
                                                               A II, originating in Romania, 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
equal — with the exception of certain products the             exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in
value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to         respect of the products in question in relation to
the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by          Romania,
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                                        Article 1
imports coming from other countries and from coun­
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­         As from 13 November 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 Romania :
addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the
second term of the addition ;
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                                                                     heading                    Description of goods
                                                                       No
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts
for products originating in any one of the countries or
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should         70.14            Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware
be within a maximum Community amount repre­                                      and optical elements of glass, not optically
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of                              worked or of optical glass :
certain products for which the maximum amount is to                              A. Articles for electrical lighting fittings ;
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to                                 II . Other (for example, diffusers,
that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this                                       ceiling lights, bowls, cups, lamp­
reduced percentage will be 20 % .                                                         shades, globes, tulip-shaped pieces)
Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that
the levying of customs duties may be re-established at
any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­                                   Article 2
tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­
ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C           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. 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, 9 November 1977.
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                       Richard BURKE
                                                                Member of the Commission