NoL285/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.11.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2456/77
of8November 1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesongelatinandgelatinderivatives ,
fallingwithinsubheading35.03exB,originatinginBraziltowhichthepreferen­
tialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
tothesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofgelatinandgelatinderivatives
fallingwithinsubheading35.03exB,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe623000units
ofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamountis
186900unitsofaccount;whereason26October
1977,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
gelatinandgelatinderivativesfallingwithin
subheading35.03exB,originatinginBrazil,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Brazil,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(J),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed172-5%ofthat
resultingfromthesubstitutionoftheyear1971for
theyear1974inthefirsttermoftheadditionandof
theyear1972fortheyear1974inthesecondtermof
theaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­Article1
Asfrom12November1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginBrazil:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
35.03 Gelatin(includinggelatininrectangles,
whetherornotcolouredorsurface-worked )
andgelatinderivatives ;gluesderivedfrom
bones,hides,nerves,tendonsorfrom
similarproducts,andfishglues;isinglass:
exB.Gelatinandgelatinderivatives
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
(!)OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23. theEuropeanCommunities .

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8November1977.
FortheCommission
RichardBURKE
MemberoftheCommission