NoL186/24 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.7.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1670/77
of22July1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonheavyoilsfallingwithin
subheadings 27.10CIc),IIc),IIIc)andd),originatinginVenezuela,towhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76apply
natinginVenezuela,acountrycoveredbypreferential
tariffarrangements ,chargesintheCommunity
reachedon15July1977themaximumamountof
340000tonnes;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjec­
tivesofRegulation(EEC)No3021/76whichprovides
thatmaximumamountsshallnotbeexceeded,
customsdutiesshouldbere-established inrespectof
theproductsinquestioninrelationtoVenezuela,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom29July1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginVenezuela :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(!),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;
Whereas,however,forproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ings27.10AIII,BIII,CIc),CIIc)andCIIIc)and
d)theCommunityceilingasdefinedinArticle1(3)is
respectivelysetat703500,275000and1700000
tonnes;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceilingandforthe
samesubheadings ,themaximumCommunityamount
referredtoinArticle1(4)oftheRegulationinques­
tionisreducedto20%(2);
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
ofthesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofheavyoils,fallingwithin
subheadings27.10CIc),IIc),IIIc)andd)origiCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepa­
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofpreparations :
C.Heavyoils:
1.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewith
thetermsofAdditionalNote7
toChapter27
d)Forotherpurposes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .(•)OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.
(2)OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.27footnote(2).

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22July1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission