CELEX: 31977R1897
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1897/77 of 19 August 1977 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woodscrews falling within heading No ex 73.32, originating in Hong Kong to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

No L 212/ 24                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                   20 . 8 . 77
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1897/77
                                                     of 19 August 1977
                 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on woodscrews falling within
                 heading No ex 73.32 , 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                                  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 woodscrews, the ceiling, calcu­
 tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in      lated as indicated above, should be 2 993 000 units of
 developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)       account, and therefore the maximum amount is
 thereof,                                                         1 496 500 units of account ; whereas on 1 7 August
 Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation                 1977, the amounts of imports into the Community of
 provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­            woodscrews originating in Hong Kong, a country
 gory of products, be suspended up to a Community                covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached
 ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be           that maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the
 equal — with the exception of certain products the              objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 which
 value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to          provides that maximum amounts should not be
 the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by           exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in
 adding together the value of the products in question           respect of the products in question in relation to
 imported cif into the Community in 1974 and                     Hong Kong,
 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 23 August 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
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         ex 73.32             Woodscrews
 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, 19 August 1977.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 349 , 20 . 12 . 1976, p. 23 .