NoL355/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.12.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2974/78
of15December 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonwovenfabricsofsheep'sor
lambs'wooloroffineanimalhair,fallingwithinheadingNo53.11andorigi­
natinginArgentina ,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No1197/78apply
Whereas,inrespectofwovenfabricsofsheepsor
lambs'wooloroffineanimalhair,fallingwithin
headingNo53.11,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe357tonnes,andthereforethe
maximumamountis71-400tonnes;whereason28
November1978theamountsofimportsintothe
Communityofwovenfabricsofsheep'sorlambs'
wooloroffineanimalhair,fallingwithinheadingNo
53.11andoriginatinginArgentina,acountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation(CEE)No1197/78which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Argentina,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom22December1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1197/78,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginArgentina :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulaton (EEC)No
1197/78of30May1978opening,allocatingand
providingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
preferencesfortextileproductsoriginatingindeve­
lopingcountriesandterritories(*),andinparticular
Article4thereof,
WhereasArticle2(1)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
productslistedinAnnexCtothatRegulation,be
suspendeduptoaCommunityceilingequalto87%
ofthesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueof
theproductsinquestion,intonnes,importedintothe
Communityin1968andcomingfromcountrieslisted
inAnnexDthereto,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspref­
erentialtariffarrangementsestablishedbytheCommu­
nity,and5%ofthe1970tonnageofsuchimports
comingfromothercountriesandfromcountries
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;whereas,
havingregardtothatceilingtheamountsforproducts
originatinginanyoneofthecountrieslistedin
AnnexDshouldbewithinamaximumCommunity
amountrepresenting50%ofthatceiling,withthe
exceptionofcertainproductsforwhichthemaximum
amountistobereducedtothepercentageindicated
inAnnexCtotheabovementioned Regulation ;
whereas,forthoseproducts,thisreducedpercentage
willbe20%;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
customsdutiesmaybere-established atanytimeon
importsoftheproductsinquestionoriginatinginany
ofthesaidcountriesandterritories,withtheexcep­
tionofthoselistedinAnnexEthereto,oncetherele­
vantCommunity maximumamounthasbeen
reached:CCT
heading
NoDescription
53.11 Wovenfabricsofsheep'sorlambs'woolor
offineanimalhair
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15December1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL149,5.6.1978,p.1.