NoL216/26 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 5.8.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1889/78
of2August1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonheavyoils,fallingwithin
subheadings 27.10CIc),CIIc),CIIIc)andd)andoriginatingindeveloping
countries,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No2705/77apply
No2705/77whichprovidesthattheceilingshould
notbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom8August1978,customsduties,suspendedin
pursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2705/77
shallbere-established inrespectofthefollowing
products,importedintotheCommunity ,coming
fromanybeneficiarycountryorterritory,withthe
exceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCtoRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryofproducts,
besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,expressed
inunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—withthe
exceptionofcertainproductsthevalueoftheceilings
forwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegulationin
question—tothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogether
thevalueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcif
intotheCommunityin1974andcomingfromcoun­
triesandterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,
butnotincludingproductscomingfromcountries
andterritoriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferential
tariffarrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,
and5%ofthevalueof1975cifimportscoming
fromothercountriesandfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,however,forproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ings27.10AIII,BIII,CIc),CIIc),CIIIc)andd)
theCommunityceilingsasdefinedinArticle1(3)are
respectivelysetat703500,275000and1700000
tonnes(2);
WhereasArticle2(1)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmaybere-established
atanytimeonimportsoftheproductsinquestion
comingfromanycountryorterritory,withtheexcep­
tionofthoselistedinAnnexCtothatRegulation,
oncetheCommunityceilinghasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofheavyoils,originatingincoun­
triesandterritoriescoveredbypreferentialtariffarran­
gements,importsintotheCommunityreachedon24
July1978theceilingof1700000tonnes;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)CCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepa­
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofthepreparations :
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils:otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewith
thetermsofAdditionalNote7
toChapter27
d)Forotherpurposes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .(')OJNoL324,19..12.1977,p.23.
(2)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.26,footnote(')•

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission