NoL119/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 3.5.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No921/78
of28April1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonfibrebuildingboardofwoodor
othervegetablematerial,fallingwithinheadingNo44.11andoriginatingin
Brazil,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77apply
listedinAnnexCthereto—oncetherelevant
Communityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoffibrebuildingboardofwoodor
othervegetablematerial,fallingwithinheadingNo
44.11,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe10363500unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis3109050unitsofaccount;
whereas,on25April1978,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityoffibrebuildingboardofwood
orothervegetablematerial,fallingwithinheadingNo
44.11andoriginatinginBrazil,acountrycoveredby
preferential tariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Brazil,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements esta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;whereas,however,theceilingresulting
fromthesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtotheafore-saidRegula­
tionshouldbewithinamaximumCommunity
amountrepresenting 50%ofthatceiling,withthe
exceptionofcertainproductsforwhichthemaximum
amountistobereducedtothepercentageindicated
inAnnexAthereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthoseArticle1
Asfrom6May1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginBrazil:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
44.11 Fibrebuildingboardofwoodorothervege­
tablematerial,whetherornotbondedwith
naturalorartificialresinsorwithother
organicbinders
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialjournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .ies. (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28April1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission