31978R0062

No L 10 / 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 13 . 1 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 62/78 of 12 January 1978 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on spoons, forks , fish-eaters , etc ., of stainless steel , falling within subheading 82.14 A, originating in South Korea to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 2705 / 77 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN countries or territories — with the exception of those COMMUNITIES , listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the relevant Community amount has been reached ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, in respect of spoons, forks, fish-eaters, etc., Economic Community, of stainless steel, falling within subheading 82.14 A, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above , should be 4 437 000 units of account, and therefore the Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No maximum amount is 665 550 units of account ; 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ whereas on 11 January 1978 the amounts of imports tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in into the Community of spoons, forks , fish-eaters, etc., developing countries ( ! ), and in particular Article 4 (2) of stainless, steel falling within subheading 82.14 A, thereof ; originating in South Korea, a country covered by pref­ erential tariff arrangements, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Whereas Article 1 (3 ) and (4) of that Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 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 duies should be re-established in respect of the ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be products in question in relation to South Korea, equal — with the exception of certain products the value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : coming from countries and territories covered by those arrangements, but not including products coming from countries and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements established Article 1 by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif imports coming from other countries and from coun­ tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ As from 16 January 1978 , the levying of customs ments ; whereas the ceiling resulting from the sum of duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation this addition may in no case exceed 225 % of the pref­ ( EEC) No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect erential ceiling open for 1976 ; of the following products, imported into the Commu­ nity and originating in South Korea : 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 82.14 Spoons, forks, fish-eaters, butter-knives, certain products for which the maximum amount is to ladles , and similar kitchen or tableware : be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to A. Of stainless steel that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this reduced percentage will be 15 % ;

Whereas Article 2 ( 2) and (3 ) of that Regulation Article 2 provides that the levying of customs duties may be 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 following its publication in the Official Journal of (') OJ No L 324, 19 . 12 . 1977, 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, 12 January 1978 .

For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission