31978R3034

22. 12. 78 No L 359 /43 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3034/78 of 21 December 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on umbrellas, falling within heading No 66.01 and originating in Singapore, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN nes, with the exception of those listed in Annex C COMMUNITIES, thereto, once the relevant Community amount has been reached ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, in respect of umbrellas falling within Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No heading No 66.01 , the ceiling, calculated as indicated 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ above , should be 9 027 000 units of account, and there­ fore the maximum amount is 1 354 050 units of tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in developing countries (!), and in particular Article 4 (2) account ; whereas, on 18 December 1978 , the amounts thereof, of imports into the Community of umbrellas, falling within heading No 66.01 and originating in Singa­ Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation pore, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­ provides that customs duties may, for each category of ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) expressed in units of account, which will be equal — No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts with the exception of certain products the value of the should not be exceeded, customs duties should be ceilings for which is given in Annex A thereto — to re-established in respect of the products in question the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the in relation to Singapore, products in question imported cif into the Commu­ nity in 1974 and coming from countries and territo­ ries covered by those arrangements, but not including HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : products coming from countries and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements esta­ Article 1 blished by the Community, and 5 % of the value of As from 25 December 1978, the levying of customs 1975 cif imports coming from other countries and duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation from countries and territories already covered by such (EEC) No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect arrangements ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting of the following products, imported into the Commu­ from the sum of this addition may in no case exceed nity and originating in Singapore : 225 % of that fixed for 1976 ; Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts CCT for products originating in any one of the countries or heading Description No territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should be within a maximum Community amount repre­ senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of 66.01 Umbrellas and sunshades (including certain products for which the maximum amount is to walking-stick umbrellas, umbrella tents, be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A and garden and similar umbrellas) thereto ; whereas, for these products, this reduced percentage will be 1 5 % ; Article 2 Whereas Article 2 (2) and (3) of that Regulation provides that customs duties may be re-established at This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ following its publication in the Official Journal of tion originating in any of the said countries or territo the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 21 December 1978 . For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission

O OJ No L 324, 19 . 12. 1977, p. 23.