NoL21/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 25.1.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No130/77
of24January1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonmelaminefallingwithin
subheading2935exQ,originatinginSouthKoreatowhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(!),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries,withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC,
oncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereas,inrespectofmelaminefallingwithin
subheading29.35exQ,theceiling,calculatedasindi­
catedabove,shouldbe486000unitsofaccount,and
thereforethemaximumamountis243000unitsof
account;whereason21January1977,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofmelaminefalling
withinsubheading29.35exQ,originatinginSouth
Korea,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)
No3021/76whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoSouthKorea,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theabovementioned Regulation—tothesumarrived
atbyaddingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsin
questionimportedcifintotheCommunityin1974
andcomingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed172*5%ofthat
resultingfromthesubstitutionoftheyear1971for
theyear1974inthefirsttermoftheadditionandof
theyear1972fortheyear1974inthesecondtermof
theaddition;Article1
Asfrom28January1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginSouthKorea:
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
29.35 Heterocyclic compounds ;nucleicacids:
exQ.MelamineWhereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established atArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24January1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission