21.4.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL97/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No796/77
of19April1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonothermineralorchemical
fertilizers,nitrogenous ,fallingwithinsubheading31.02C,originatinginYugo­
slavia,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No3021/76apply
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
ofthesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereasinrespectofothermineralorchemicalferti­
lizers,nitrogenous ,fallingwithinsubheading31.02C,
theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
3108000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis621600unitsofaccount;
whereason8April1977,theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityofothermineralorchemicalferti­
lizers,nitrogenous ,fallingwithinsubheading31.02C,
originatinginYugoslavia,acountrycoveredbyprefer­
entialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesol
Regulation(EEC)No3021/76whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoYugoslavia,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAof
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ents;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed172-5%ofthat
resultingfromthesubstitutionoftheyear1971for
theyear1974inthefirsttermoftheadditionandof
theyear1972fortheyear1974inthesecondtermof
theaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established atHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom24April1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
31.02 Mineralorchemicalfertilizers,nitro­
genous:
C.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19April1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission