8.10.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL257/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2231/77
of6October1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonwood(includingblocks,
stripsandfriezesforparquetorwoodblockflooring,notassembled),planed,
tongued,grooved,rebated,chamfered ,V-jointed,centreV-jointed,beaded,
centre-beaded orthelike,butnotfurthermanufactured ,fallingwithinheading
No44.13,originatinginMalaysiatowhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements
setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
ofthesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofwoodfallingwithinheading
No44.13,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe6547500unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis3273750unitsofaccount;
whereason5October1977,theamountsofimports
intotheCommunityofwoodfallingwithinheading
No44.13,originatinginMalaysiaacountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Malaysia,
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
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAof
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 ;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­Article1
Asfrom11October1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginMalaysia:
ccr
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
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 . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6October1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission