NoL224/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.8.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1959/78
of10August1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonnails,tacks,etc.,fallingwithin
headingNo73.31,originatinginRomaniatowhichthepreferentialtariffarran­
gementssetoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofnails,tacks,etc.,butnot
includingsucharticleswithheadsofcopper,the
ceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
2386165unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis1193083unitsofaccount;
whereason27July1978theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityofnails,tacks,etc.,butnotincluding
sucharticleswithheadsofcopper,originatingin
Romania,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarran­
gements,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoRomania,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977openingpreferential
tariffsforcertainproductsoriginatingindeveloping
countries(!),andinparticularArticle4(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegula­
tioninquestion—tothesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements established
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;Asfrom18August1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginRomania :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
73.31 Nails,tacks,staples,hook-nails,corrugated
nails,spikedcramps,studs,spikesand
drawingpins,ofironorsteel,whetheror
notwithheadsofothermaterials,butnot
includingsucharticleswithheadsof
copper
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10August1978.
FortheCommission
EtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission