31978R2527

28 . 10 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 301 /43

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2527/78

of 27 October 1978

re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on other articles of iron or steel, falling within heading No 73.40 , originating * in Hong Kong, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN re-established at any time in respect of imports of the COMMUNITIES, products in question originating in any of the said countries or territories — with the exception of those Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the Economic Community, relevant Community amount has been reached ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, in respect of other articles of iron or steel, 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ falling within heading No 73.40, the ceiling, calcu­ tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in lated as indicated above, should be 6 850 200 units of developing countries ( J ), and in particular Article 4 (2) account, and therefore the maximum amount is thereof, 2 055 060 units of account ; whereas on 17 October Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation 1978 the amounts of imports into the Community of provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ other articles of iron or steel, originating in Hong gory of products, be suspended up to a Community Kong, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­ ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, equal — with the exception of certain products the bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by should not be exceeded, customs duties should be adding together the value of the products in question re-established in respect of the products in question imported cif into the Community in 1974 and in relation to Hong Kong, coming from countries and territories covered by those arrangements, but not including products HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 As from 31 October 1978, the levying of customs imports coming from other countries and from coun­ duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ (EEC) No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from of the following products, imported into the Commu­ the sum of this addition may in no case exceed nity and originating in Hong Kong : 225 % of the preferential ceiling open for 1976 ;

Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts CCT for products originating in any one of the countries or heading Description 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 73.40 Other articles of iron or steel certain products for which the maximum amount is to be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to Article 2 that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this reduced percentage will be 30 % ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas Article 2 (2) and (3) of that Regulation following its publication in the Official Journal of provides that the levying of customs duties may be the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 27 October 1978 .

For the Commission

Wilhelm HAFERKAMP

Vice-President

(!) OJ No L 324, 19 . 12. 1977, p. 23 .