28.9.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL247/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2124/77
of27September1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonbasketwork ,wickerwork ,etc.,
fallingwithinheadingNo46.03,originatinginYugoslaviatowhichthepreferen­
tialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
tothesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofbasketwork,wickerwork,etc.,
fallingwithinheadingNo46.03,theceiling,calcu­
latedasindicatedabove,shouldbe14824000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamountis
2964800unitsofaccount;whereason22September
1977,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
basketwork,wickerwork,etc.,fallingwithinheading
No46.03,originatinginYugoslavia,acountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Yugoslavia,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(J),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;howeverthe
ceilingresultingfromthesumofthisadditionmayin
nocaseexceed172-5%ofthatresultingfromthe
substitutionoftheyear1971fortheyear1974inthe
firsttermoftheadditionandoftheyear1972forthe
year1974inthesecondtermoftheaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%.
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­Article1
Asfrom1October1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
46.03 Basketwork ,wickerworkandotherarticles
ofplayingmaterials,madedirectlyto
shape;articlesmadeupfromgoodsfalling
withinheadingNo46.01or46.02;arti­
clesofloofah
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27September1977.
FortheCommission
AntonioGIOLITTI
MemberoftheCommission