18.5.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL131/31
REGULATION (EEC)No1296/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of15May1973
re-establishing CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonotherkindsofleatherfallingwithin
subheadingNo41.05BII,originatinginYugoslavia,towhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2762/72of19December1972
apply
Whereas,inrespectofotherkindsofleatherfalling
withinsubheadingNo41.05BIItheceiling,calcu­
latedasindicatedabove,shouldbe3425000units
ofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamount
1027500unitsofaccount;whereason20April
1973theamountsofimportsintotheCommunity
ofotherkindsofleatherfallingwithinsubheading
No41.05BII,originatinginYugoslavia,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;whereas,bearinginmind
theobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2762/72,
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnot
beexceeded,CommonCustomsTariffduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproducts
inquestioninrelationtoYugoslavia ;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2762/72(*)of19December1972establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsorigi­
natingindevelopingcountries,andinparticular
Article4(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthattheCommonCustomsTariffduties
may,foreachcategoryofproducts,besuspended
uptoaCommunityceiling,expressedinunitsof
account,whichwillusuallybeequaltothesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevailueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1968andcomingfromcountriesand
territoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterri­
toriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,and
5°/oofthevalueof1970cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulation
shouldbewithinamaximumCommunityamount
representing50%ofthatceiling,withtheexcep­
tionofcertainproductsforwhichthemaximum
amountistobereducedtothepercentageindicated
inAnnexAtothatRegulation ;whereas,forthose
products,thisreducedpercentagewillbe30°/o;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovides
thattheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsof
theproductsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthe
saidcountriesorterritoriesoncetherelevant
Communitymaximumamounthasbeenreached;Asfrom21May1973,CommonCustomsTariff
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No2762/72of19December1972,shall
bere-established inrespectofthefollowing
products,importedintotheCommunityandorigi­
natinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
41.05 Otherkindsofleather,exceptleather
fallingwithinheadingNo41.06,41.07
or41.08:
B.Other:
II.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15May1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
François-Xavier ORTOLI
(*)OJNoL296,30.12.1972,n.15.