NoL355/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.12.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2978/78
of15December 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonthermionic ,coldcathodeand
photo-cathode valvesandtubes,etc.,fallingwithinsubheadings 85.21A,BandC
andoriginatingindevelopingcountries,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrange­
mentssetoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,question,originatingincountriesandterritories
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatceiling;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectives
ofRegulation(EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestion,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(J),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom22December1978,customsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity ,
comingfromanybeneficiarycountryorterritory,with
theexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCtoRegula­
tion(EEC)No2705/77:WhereasArticle1(3)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
customsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryofproducts,be
suspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,expressedin
unitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—withthe
exceptionofcertainproductsthevalueoftheceilings
forwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegulationin
question—tothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogether
thevalueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcif
intotheCommunityin1974andcomingfromcoun­
triesandterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,
butnotincludingproductscomingfromcountries
andterritoriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferential
tariffarrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,
and5%ofthevalueof1975cifimportscoming
fromothercountriesandfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;whereas
however,theceilingresultingfromthesumofthis
additionmayinnocaseexceed225%ofthatfixed
for1976;CCT
heading
NoDescription
85.21 Thermionic ,coldcathodeandphoto­
cathodevalvesandtubes(includingvapour
orgas-filledvalvesandtubes,cathode-ray
tubes,televisioncameratubesandmercury
arcrectifyingvalvesandtubes);photo­
cells;mountedpiezo-electric crystals;
diodes,transistorsandsimilarsemi­
conductordevices;light-emitting diodes;
electronicmicrocircuits :
A.Valvesandtubes
B.Photocells,includingphoto-transistors
C.Mountedpiezo-electric crystalsWhereasArticle2(1)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeonimportsoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterritories,with
theexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCthereto,once
theCommunityceilinghasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofthermionic,coldcathodeand
photo-cathode valvesandtubes,etc.,fallingwithin
subheadings85.21A,BandC,theceiling,calculated
asindicatedabove,shouldbe10667000unitsof
account;whereason4December1978theamounts
ofimportsintotheCommunityoftheproductsinArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15December1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission