13.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL100/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No743/78
of12April1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonmelamine ,fallingwithin
subheadingNo2935exQ,originatinginMexico,towhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofmelamine,fallingwithin
subheadingNo29.35exQ,theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedabove,shouldbe486000unitsofaccount,
andthereforethemaximumamountis243000units
ofaccount;whereason7April1978,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofmelamine,falling
withinsubheadingNo29.35exQ,originatingin
Mexico,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarran­
gements,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere­
establishedinrespectoftheproductsinquestionin
relationtoMexico,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom16April1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginMexico:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
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%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed225%ofthepref­
erentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsoftheCCT
heading
NoDescription
29.35 Heterocycliccompounds ;nucleicacids:
exQ.Melamine
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,12April1978.
FortheCommission
GuidoBRUNNER
MemberoftheCommission
(»)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.