NoL302/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 26.11.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2602/77
of25November 1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonfabricandotherarticlesof
asbestosfallingwithinsubheadings 68.13BIIandIII,originatinginYugoslavia
towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76apply
Whereas,inrespectoffabricandotherarticlesof
asbestosfallingwithinsubheadings68.13BIIandIII,
theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
1688000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis675200unitsofaccount;
whereason18November1977,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityoffabricandotherarti­
clesofasbestosfallingwithinsubheadings68.13BII
andIII,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('),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
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
172-5%ofthatresultingfromthesubstitutionofthe
year1971fortheyear1974inthefirsttermofthe
additionandoftheyear1972fortheyear1974inthe
secondtermoftheaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe40%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
tothesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
Asfrom29November1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
68.13 Fabricatedasbestosandarticlesthereof(for
example,asbestosboard,threadandfabric;
asbestosclothing,'asbestosjointing),rein­
forcedornot,otherthangoodsfalling
withinheadingNo68.14;mixtureswitha
basisofasbestosandmixtureswithabasis
ofasbestosandmagnesiumcarbonate,and
articlesofsuchmixtures:
B.Articlesofasbestos:
II.Fabric
III.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25November 1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission