NoL193/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.7.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1683/78
of17July1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesoninnertubesandtyrecasesof
thekindusedonbicycles,cycleswithanauxiliarymotor,motor-cyclesormotor-
scooters,fallingwithinheadingNoex40.11originatinginYugoslavia ,towhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofinnertubesandtyrecasesof
thekindusedonbicycles,cycleswithanauxiliary
motor,motor-cyclesormotor-scooters ,fallingwithin
headingNoex40.11,theceiling,calculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe4579000unitsofaccount,and
thereforethemaximumamountis1144750unitsof
account;whereason13July1978,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofinnertubesandtyre
casesofthekindusedonbicycles,cycleswithan
auxiliarymotor,motor-cycles ormotor-scooters ,
fallingwithinheadingNoex40.11originatingin
Yugoslavia ,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoYugoslavia,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
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%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe25%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
Asfrom21July1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex40.11 Rubbertyres,tyrecases,interchangeable
tyretreads,innertubesandtyreflaps,for
wheelsofallkinds:
—Innertubesandtyrecases(newor
used)ofthekindusedonbicycles,
cycleswithanauxiliarymotor,motor­
cyclesormotor-scooters
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (1)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17July1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission