19.12.78 NoL355/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2977/78
of15December 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,notopticallyworkedorof
opticalglass,fallingwithinsubheading70.14BandoriginatinginYugoslavia ,to
whichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofilluminating glassware,
signallingglasswareandopticalelementsofglass,not
opticallyworkedorofopticalglass,fallingwithin
subheading70.14B,theceiling,calculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe1229000unitsofaccount,and
thereforethemaximumamountis368700unitsof
account;whereason4December1978,theamounts
ofimportsintotheCommunityofilluminatingglass­
ware,signallingglasswareandopticalelementsof
glass,notopticallyworkedorofopticalglass,falling
withinsubheading70.14BandoriginatinginYugo­
slavia,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoYugoslavia,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77of28November1977establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries(!),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%ofthatfixedfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,thisreduced
percentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeonimportsoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterritories,with
theexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCthereto,once
therelevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
Asfrom22December1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
70.14 Illuminatingglassware,signallingglassware
andopticalelementsofglass,notoptically
workedorofopticalglass:
B.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (MOJNoL324,of19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15December1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission