NoL295/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.10.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2441/78
of18October1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonelectricalcapacitors,fixedor
variable,fallingwithinheadingNo85.18,originatinginSingapore,towhichthe
preferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77
apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofelectricalcapacitors,fixedor
variable,fallingwithinheadingNo85.18,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe9130800
unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamount
is1826160unitsofaccount;whereason29
September1978,theamountsofimportsintothe
Communityofelectricalcapacitors,fixedorvariable,
originatinginSingapore,acountrycoveredbyprefer­
entialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoSingapore,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(!),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegula­
tioninquestion—tothesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenedfor1976;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom23October1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSingapore:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
85.18 Electricalcapacitors,fixedorvariableWhereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybeArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (iOJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,18October1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission