31974R2776

1 . 11 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 294/71

REGULATION (EEC) No 2776/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 30 October 1974 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on filament lamps for lighting , falling within subheading 85.20 A, originating in Hong Kong, to which the pref­ erential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3501 /73 of 18 December 1973 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in respect of filament lamps for lighting COMMUNITIES, falling within subheading 85.20 A, the ceiling, calcu­ lated as indicated above , should be 2 099 000 units of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European account, and therefore the maximum amount 629 700 Economic Community ; units of account ; whereas on 21 October 1974, the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No amounts of imports into the Community of filament 3501 /73 (') of 18 December 1973 establishing prefe­ lamps for lighting falling within subheading 85.20 A, rential tariffs in respect of certain products originating originating in Hong Kong, a country covered by pref­ in developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2) erential tariff arrangements, reached that maximum thereof ; amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 3501 /73 , which provides that provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ maximum amounts should not be exceeded , customs gory of products, be suspended up to a Community duties should be re-established in respect of the ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be products in question in relation to Hong Kong, equal to the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the products in question imported cif into HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the Community in 1971 and coming from countries Article 1 and territories covered by those arrangements, but not including products coming from countries and territo­ As from 4 November 1974, the levying of customs ries already covered by various preferential tariff arran­ duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation gements established by the Community, and 5% of ( EEC) No 3501 / 73 of 18 December 1973 , shall be the value of 1971 cif imports coming from other coun­ re-established in respect of the following products, tries and from countries and territories already covered imported into the Community and originating in by such arrangements ; Hong Kong : Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts CCT for products originating in any one of the countries or heading Description of goods territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should No be within a maximum Community amount repre­ senting 50% of that ceiling, with the exception of 85.20 Electric filament lamps and electric certain products for which the maximum amount is to discharge lamps (including infra-red and be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to ultra-violet lamps) ; arc-lamps ; electrically that Regulation ; whereas, for those products, this ignited photographic flashbulbs : reduced percentage will be 30 % ; A. Filament lamps for lighting Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any Article 2 time in respect of imports of the products in question originating in any of the said countries or territories This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day once the relevant Community maximum amount has following its publication in the Official Journal of been reached ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels , 30 October 1974 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 358 , 28 . 12. 1973 , p. 15.