NoL89/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.4.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No663/78
of3April1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonothergoatskinandkidskin
leather,other,fallingwithinsubheading41.04BIIandoriginatinginIndia,to
whichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofothergoatskinandkidskin
leather,other,fallingwithinsubheading41.04BII,
theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
4544800unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis2272400unitsofaccount;
whereas,on17March1978,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityofothergoatskinandkidskin
leather,other,fallingwithinsubheading41.04BII
andoriginatinginIndia,acountrycoveredbyprefer­
entialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoIndia,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(•),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements esta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;whereas,however,theceilingresulting
fromthesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtheretoshouldbewithin
amaximumCommunityamountrepresenting50%
ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionofcertainproducts
forwhichthemaximumamountistobereducedto
thepercentageindicatedinAnnexAtotheafore-said
Regulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCthereto—oncetherelevant
Communityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
Asfrom7April1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginIndia:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
41.04 Goatskinandkidskinleather,except
leatherfallingwithinheadingNo41.06or
41.08:
B.Otherr
II.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (•)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3April1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission