31977R2474

No L 286/ 26 Official Journal of the European Communities 10 . 11 . 77

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2474/77 of 9 November 1977 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on other articles for electrical lighting fittings falling within subheading 70.14 A II, originating in Romania to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN to the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­ COMMUNITIES, nity amount has been reached ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, in respect of other articles for electrical Economic Community, lighting fittings falling within subheading 70.14 A II, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3 971 000 units of account, and therefore the 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ maximum amount is 794 200 units of account ; whereas on 3 November 1977, the amounts of tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in developing countries (*), and in particular Article 4 (2) imports into the Community of other articles for elec­ thereof, trical lighting fittings falling within subheading 70.14 A II, originating in Romania, a country covered by Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation preferential tariff arrangements, reached that provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 which gory of products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be provides that maximum amounts should not be exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in equal — with the exception of certain products the value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to respect of the products in question in relation to Romania, the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the products in question imported cif into the Community in 1974 and coming from countries and territories covered by HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : those arrangements, but not including products 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 13 November 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 Romania : addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the second term of the addition ; CCT heading Description of goods No 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 70.14 Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware be within a maximum Community amount repre­ and optical elements of glass, not optically worked or of optical glass : senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of certain products for which the maximum amount is to A. Articles for electrical lighting fittings ; be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to II . Other (for example, diffusers, that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this ceiling lights, bowls, cups, lamp­ reduced percentage will be 20 % . shades, globes, tulip-shaped pieces)

Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at Article 2 any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­ ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C 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 November 1977.

For the Commission Richard BURKE Member of the Commission