7.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL151/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1216/78
of6June1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonwood,planed,tongued,grooved,
etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo44.13,originatinginBraziltowhichthepreferen­
tialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofwood,planed,tongued,
grooved,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo44.13,the
ceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
8839800unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis4419900unitsofaccount;
whereason1June1978theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityofwood,planed,tongued,grooved,
etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo44.13,originatingin
Brazil,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere­
establishedinrespectoftheproductsinquestionin
relationtoBrazil,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle 1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements established
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCthereto—oncetherelevant
Communityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
Asfrom10June1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginBrazil:
CCT
heading
NoDescription
44.13 Wood(includingblocks,stripsandfriezes
forparquetorwoodblockflooring,not
assembled),planed,tongued,grooved,
rebated,chamfered ,V-jointed,centreV-
jointed,beaded,centre-beaded orthelike,
butnotfurthermanufactured
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6June1978.
FortheCommission
GuidoBRUNNER
MemberoftheCommission