31977R1229

No L 141 / 26 9 . 6 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1229/ 77 of 8 June 1977 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on spoons, forks, fish-eaters, etc., of stainless steel , falling within subheading 82.14 A, originating in developing coun­ tries to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021 / 76 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ■whereas, in respect of spoons, forks, fish-eaters, etc., COMMUNITIES , of stainless steel, falling within subheading 82.14 A, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 4 437 000 units of account ; whereas on 1 June 1977, Economic Community, the amounts of imports into the Community of the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No products in question, originating in countries and terri­ 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ tories covered by preferential tariff arrangements, tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in reached that ceiling ; whereas, bearing in mind the developing countries (>), and in particular Article 4 (2) objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76, which thereof, provides that the ceiling should not be exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in respect of Whereas Article 1 (3) of that Regulation provides that the products in question , the customs duties may, for each category of products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be equal — with the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : exception of certain products the value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A of the Regulation in Article 1 question — to the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the products in question imported cif As from 12 June 1977, the levying of customs duties, into the Community in 1974 and coming from coun­ suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) tries and territories covered by those arrangements, No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect of the but not including products coming from countries following products, imported into the Community : and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements established by the Community, CCT and 5% of the value of 1974 cif imports coming heading Description of goods from other countries and from countries and territo­ No ries already covered by such arrangements ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from the sum of this 82.14 Spoons, forks, fish-eaters, butter-knives, addition may in no case exceed 172-5% of that ladles, and similar kitchen or tableware : resulting from the substitution of the year 1971 for A. Of stainless steel the year 1974 in the first term of the addition , and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the second term of the addition ; Article 2 Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day any time once the Community ceiling has been following its publication in the Official Journal of reached ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 8 June 1977.

For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 349 , 20 . 12 . 1976, p. 23 .