CELEX: 31977R1237
Language: en
Date: 1977-06-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1237/77 of 9 June 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on equipment for parlour, table and funfair games, falling within heading No 97.04, originating in Hong Kong to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

10 . 6 . 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 143/ 17
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1237/77
                                                     of 9 June 1977
                re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on equipment for parlour, table
                and funfair games, falling within heading No 97.04 , 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                                 tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                  ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C
                                                               of the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­
                                                               nity amount has been reached ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,
                                                               Whereas, in respect of equipment for parlour, table
                                                               and funfair games, falling within heading No 97.04,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be
3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­            7 107 000 units of account, and therefore the
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in     maximum amount is 2 132 100 units of account ;
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)      whereas on 2 June 1977, the amounts of imports into
thereof,                                                       the Community of equipment for parlour, table and
                                                               funfair games, falling within heading No 97.04, origi­
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation               nating in Hong Kong a country covered by preferen­
provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­           tial tariff arrangements, reached that maximum
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community               amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be          Regulation ( EEC) No 3021 /76 which provides that
equal — with the exception of certain products the             maximum amounts should not be exceeded , customs
value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A of         duties should be re-established in respect of the
the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by          products in question in relation to 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 :
corning 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 ; whereas, however the ceiling resulting from
the sum of this addition may in no case exceed                 As from 13 June 1977, the levying of customs duties,
 172-5 % of that resulting from the substitution of the        suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC)
                                                               No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect of the
year 1971 for the year 1974 in the first term of the
addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the         following products, imported into the Community
second term of the addition ;                                  and originating in Hong Kong :
                                                                     CCT
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts                 heading                 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                    97.04            Equipment for parlour, table and funfair
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of                            games for adults or children (including
certain products for which the maximum amount is to                            billiard tables and pintables and table­
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to                           tennis requisites)
that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this
reduced percentage will be 30 % ;
                                                                                       Article 2
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        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 June 1977 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                   Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                               Member of the Commission