2.9.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL241/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2088/78
of1September1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonmethylamineanddi-andtrime­
thylamine,andtheirsalts,fallingwithinsubheading29.22AIandoriginatingin
Romania,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofmethylamineanddi-andtrime­
thylamine,andtheirsalts,fallingwithinsubheading
29.22AI,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe145000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis72500unitsofaccount;
whereason18August1978,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityofmethylamine anddi-and
trimethylamine ,andtheirsalts,fallingwithin
subheading29.22AIandoriginatinginRomania,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Romania,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsesta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;whereas,however,theceilingresulting
fromthesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
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
listedinAnnexCthereto,oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
From5September1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginRomania :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
29.22 Amine-function compounds :
A.Acyclicmonoamines :
I.Methylamineanddi-andtrimethy­
lamine,andtheirsalts
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (•)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,1September1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission