4.4.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL89/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No661/78
of3April1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonmediumoils,forother
purposes,fallingwithinsubheading27.10BIIIandoriginatinginLibya,to
whichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77apply
listedinAnnexCthereto—oncetherelevant
Communityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofmediumoils,forother
purposes,fallingwithinsubheading27.10BIIIand
originatinginLibya,acountrycoveredbypreferential
tariffarrangements ,chargesintheCommunity
reachedon17March1978themaximumamountof
55000tonnes;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjec­
tivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77whichprovides
thatmaximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,
customsdutiesshouldbere-established inrespectof
theproductsinquestioninrelationtoLibya,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom7April1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginLibya:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements esta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;
Whereas,however,forproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ings27.10AIII,BIII,CIc),CIIc)andCIIIc)and
d)theCommunityceilingsasdefinedinArticle1(3)
issetat703500,275000and1700000tonnesrespec­
tively;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceilingandforthe
samesubheadings ,themaximumCommunityamount
referedtoinArticle1(4)oftheafore-saidRegulation
isreconducedto20%(2);
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthoseCCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepa­
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofthepreparations :
B.Mediumoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,3April1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.
(2)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.26,footnote(').