NoL216/28 5.8.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1890/78
of2August1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonothermineralorchemical
fertilizers,nitrogenous ,fallingwithinsubheading31.02Candoriginatingin
Yugoslavia ,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofothermineralorchemicalferti­
lizers,nitrogenousfallingwithinsubheading31.02C,
theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
3108000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis621600unitsofaccount;
whereason24July1978,theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityofothermineralorchemicalferti­
lizers,nitrogenous ,fallingwithinsubheading31.02C
andoriginatinginYugoslavia,acountrycoveredby
preferential tariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Yugoslavia ,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed225%ofthepref­
erentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaidHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom8August1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
31.02 Mineralorchemicalfertilizers,nitrogenous
C.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (•)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission