11.11.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL318/61
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2649/78
of10November 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesongelatinandgelatinderivatives,
fallingwithinsubheading35.03exBandoriginatinginColombia,towhichthe
preferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77
apply
Whereas,inrespectofgelatinandgelatinderivatives,
fallingwithinsubheading35.03exB,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe747600units
ofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamountis
224280unitsofaccount;whereason3November
1978,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
gelatinandgelatinderivatives,fallingwithin
subheading35.03exB,originatinginColombia,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No2705/77
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Colombia,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(J),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsesta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;whereas,however,theceilingresulting
fromthesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,thisreduction
willbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories,withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCthereto,oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
From14November1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginColombia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
35.03 Gelatin(includinggelatininrectangles,
whetherornotcolouredorsurface-worked )
andgelatinderivatives ;gluesderivedfrom
bones,hides,nerves,tendonsorfrom
similarproductsandfishglues;isinglass:
exB.Gelatinandgelatinderivatives
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10November1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission