NoL224/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.8.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1957/78
of10August1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesontablewareandotherarticlesofa
kindcommonlyusedfordomesticortoiletpurposes,fallingwithinheadingNo
69.11,originatinginYugoslaviatowhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements set
outinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoftablewareandotherarticlesof
akindcommonlyusedfordomesticortoilet
purposes,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe1549200unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis464760unitsofaccount;
whereason26July1978theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityoftablewareandotherarticlesofa
kindcommonlyusedfordomesticortoiletpurposes,
originatinginYugoslavia,acountrycoveredbyprefer­
entialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoYugoslavia,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977openingpreferential
tariffsforcertainproductsoriginatingindeveloping
countries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegula­
tioninquestion—tothesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom18August1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
69.11 Tablewareandotherarticlesofakind
commonlyusedfordomesticortoilet
purposesWhereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,thisreduced
percentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaidArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10August1978.
FortheCommission
fitienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission