31973R2590

25 . 9 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 268 / 13

REGULATION ( EEC) No 2590 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 24 September 1973 re-establishing Common Customs Tariff duties on spoons, forks , fish-eaters , butter-knives , ladles, and similar kitchen or tableware , of stainless steel , falling within heading No 82.14 A, originating in South Korea to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2762/72 of 19 December 1972 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in respect of spoons, forks, fish-eaters, COMMUNITIES , butter-knives , ladles, and similar kitchen or tableware, of stainless steel, the ceiling, calculated as indicated Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European above, should be 984 000 units of account, and there­ Economic Community ; fore the maximum amount 295 200 units of account ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No whereas on 20 September 1973 the amounts of 2762/72 (') '9 December 1972 establishing prefer­ imports into the Community of spoons, forks, fish­ ential tariffs in respect of certain products originating eaters, butter-knives, ladles , and similar kitchen or in developing countries , and in particular Article 4 (2) tableware , of stainless steel , originating in South thereof ; Korea, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­ Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation ments , reached that maximum amount ; whereas, provides that the Common Customs Tariff duties bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) may, for each category of products, be suspended up No 2762/ 72, which provides , that maximum amounts to a Community ceiling, expressed in units of should not be exceeded , Common Customs Tariff account, which will usually be equal to the sum duties should be re-established in respect of the arrived at by adding together the value of the products products in question in relation to South Korea ; in question imported cif into the Community in 1968 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and coming from countries and territories covered by those arrangements , but not including products Article 1 coming from countries and territories already covered As from 28 September 1973, Common Customs Tariff by various preferential tariff arrangements established duties suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1970 cif ( EEC) No 2762/72 of 19 December 1972, shall be imports coming from other countries and from coun­ re-established in respect - of the following products, tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ imported into the Community and originating in ments ; South Korea : 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 CCT heading Description of goods be within a maximum Community amount repre­ No senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of certain products for which the maximum amount is to 82.14 Spoons , forks, fish-eaters , butter-knives, ladles , and similar kitchen or tableware : be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to that Regulation ; whereas , for those products , this A. Of stainless steel reduced percentage will be 30 % ; Whereas Article 2 ( 2) of that Regulation provides that the Common Customs Tariff duties may be Article 2 re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question originating in any of the said This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day countries or territories once the relevant Community following its publication in the Official Journal of maximum amount has been reached ; the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 24 September 1 973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

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