10.10.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL284/7
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2352/78
of9October1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonwroughtplates,sheetsandstrip,
ofcopper,fallingwithinheadingNo74.04,originatinginChile,towhichthe
preferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2705/77
apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofwroughtplates,sheetsand
strip,ofcopper,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe2963000unitsofaccount,andthere­
forethemaximumamountis888900unitsof
account;whereason29September 1978theamounts
ofimportsintotheCommunityofwroughtplates,
sheetsandstrip,ofcopper,originatinginChile,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No2705/77
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Chile,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),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%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenedfor1976;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom13October1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginChile:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
74.04 Wroughtplates,sheetsandstrip,ofcopperWhereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybeArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

NoL284/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.10.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9October1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission