NoL355/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.12.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2973/78
of15December 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonreconstituted wood,beingwood
shavings,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo44.18andoriginatinginYugoslavia ,to
whichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofreconstituted wood,being
woodshavings,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo44.18,
theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
5937000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis2968500unitsofaccount;
whereason8December1978,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunity ofreconstituted wood,being
woodshavings,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo44.18
andoriginatinginYugoslavia,acountrycoveredby
preferential tariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Yugoslavia ,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle 1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegula­
tioninquestion—tothesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements established
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthatfixedfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;
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
44.18 Reconstituted wood,beingwoodshavings,
woodchips,sawdust,woodflourorother
ligneouswasteagglomerated withnatural
orartificialresinsorotherorganicbinding
substances ,insheets,blocksorthelike
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15December1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission