NoL359/44 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 22.12.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No3035/78
of21December 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonsewingmachines,fallingwithin
subheading84.41Alb)andoriginatingindevelopingcountries,towhichthe
preferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77
apply
ceiling;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation(EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthatthe
ceilingshouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshould
bere-establishedinrespectoftheproductsinques­
tion,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom25December1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nity,comingfromanybeneficiarycountryorterritory,
withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
thereto:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionTHECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(!),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
customsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryofproducts,be
suspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,expressedin
unitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—withthe
exceptionofcertainproductsthevalueoftheceilings
forwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—tothesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueoftheproducts
inquestionimportedcifintotheCommunityin1974
andcomingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthatfixedfor1976;
WhereasArticle2(1)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmaybere-establishedat
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tioncomingfromanycountryorterritory,withthe
exceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCthereto,oncethe
Communityceilinghasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofsewingmachinesfallingwithin
subheading84.41AIb),theceiling,calculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe3983000unitsofaccount;
whereas,on18December1978,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityoftheproductsinques­
tion,originatingincountriesandterritoriescovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat84.41 Sewingmachines;furniturespecially
designedforsewingmachines;sewing
machineneedles:
A.Sewingmachines;furniturespecially
designedforsewingmachines:
I.Sewingmachines(lock-stitchonly),
withheadsofaweightnotexceeding
16kgwithoutmotoror17kg
includingthemotor;sewing
machineheads(lock-stitchonly),of
aweightnotexceeding16kg
withoutmotoror17kgincluding
themotor:
b)Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,21December1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.