NoL68/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.3.75
REGULATION (EEC)No688/75OFTHECOMMISSION
of14March1975
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonangles,shapesandsections,
ofironorsteel,hot-rolled,etc.,fallingwithinsubheadings 73.11AII,III,IVa)2,
b),originatinginRomania,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setout
inCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3054/74of2December1974apply
fallingwithinsubheadings73.11AII,III,IV,a)2,b),
originatinginRomania,acountrycoveredbypreferen­
tialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No3054/74whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoRomania,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom18March1975,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3054/74of2December1974,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Romania :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3054/74(')of2December1974establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsorignatingin
developingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle 1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceilling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterri­
toriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,and
5%ofthevalueof1972cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyotthesaidcountriesorterri­
toriesoncetherelevantCommunity maximum
amounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofangles,shapesandsections,of
ironorsteel,hot-rolled,etc.,fallingwithinsubhead­
ings73.11AII,III,IV,a)2,b),theceiling,calculated
asindicatedabove,shouldbe413-000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamount206-500
unitsofaccount;whereason12March1975,the
amountsofimportsintotheCommunityofangles,
shapesandsections,ofironorsteel,hot-rolled,etc.,CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
73.11 Angles,shapesandsections,ofironor
steel,hot-rolled,forged,extruded,cold­
formedorcold-finished ;sheetpilingof
ironorsteel,whetherornotdrilled,
punchedormadefromassembled
elements :
A.Angles,shapesandsections:
II.Notfurtherworkedthanforged
III.Notfurtherworkedthancold­
formedorcold-finished
IV.Cladorsurface-worked (for
example,polished,coated):
a)Notfurtherworkedthanclad:
2.Cold-formed orcold-finished
b)Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14March1975.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
#François-Xavier ORTOLI
(')OJNoL329,9.12.1974,p.70.