8.12.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL339/17
REGULATION (EEC)No3316/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of6December 1973
re-establishing CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonreconstituted wood,being
woodshavings,fallingwithinheadingNo44.18,originatinginYugoslavia ,to
whichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2762/72of19December1972apply
ceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
222000unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximum
amount 111000unitsofaccount;whereason4
December1973theamountsofimportsintothe
Communityofreconstitutedwood,beingwoodshav­
ings,fallingwithinheadingNo44.18originatingin
Yugoslaviaacountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No2762/72,whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,CommonCustoms
Tariffdutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoYugoslavia ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2762/72(')of19December1972establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle 1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthattheCommonCustomsTariffduties
may,foreachcategoryofproducts,besuspendedup
toaCommunityceiling,expressedinunitsof
account,whichwillusuallybeequaltothesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueoftheproducts
inquestionimportedcifintotheCommunityin1968
andcomingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1970cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
theCommonCustomsTariffdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritoriesoncetherelevantCommunity
maximumamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofreconstituted wood,being
woodshavings,fallingwithinheadingNo44.18theAsfrom11December1973,CommonCustomsTariff
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2762/72of19December •1972,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Yugoslavia :
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
44.18Reconstituted wood,beingwood
shavings,woodchips,sawdust,wood
flourorotherligneouswasteagglo­
meratedwithnaturalorartificialresins
orotherorganicbindingsubstances,in
sheets,blocksorthelike
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6December1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL296,.W.12.1972,p.15.