5.8.78 NoL216/37 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1897/78
of2August1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesontubesandpipesandblanks
therefor,ofcopper;fallingwithinheadingNo74.07andoriginatinginYugos­
lavia,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No2705/77apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoftubesandpipesandblanks
therefor,ofcopper;hollowbarsofcopper,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe7132000
unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamount
is2139600unitsofaccount;whereason24July
1978,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
tubesandpipesandblankstherefor,ofcopper;
hollowbarsofcopper,originatinginYugoslavia,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No2705/77
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Yugoslavia ,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered^
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements established ,-
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif->
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;however,theceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed225%ofthepref­
erentialcerlingopenfor1976;
Whereas,'havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor­
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre-.
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisId.
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto'
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsoftheArticle1
-Asfrom8August1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
74.07 Tubesandpipesandblankstherefor,of
copper;hollowbarsofcopper
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . V)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission