NoL285/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 9.11.77
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2454/77
of8November 1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonlightpetroleumoils,falling
withinsubheading27.10AIII,originatinginRomaniatowhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
tothesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoflightpetroleumoilsfalling
withinsubheading27.10AIII,originatingin
Romania,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,chargesintheCommunityreachedon
26October1977themaximumamountof140700
tonnes;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No3021/76whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshallnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoRomania,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom12November1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginRomania :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(J),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%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;
Whereas,however,forproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ings27.10AIII,BIII,CIc),CIIc)andCIIIc)and
d)theCommunityceilingsasdefinedinArticle1(3)
arerespectivelysetat703500,275000and1700000
tonnes;
Whereas,havingregardtothoseceilingsandforthe
samesubheadings ,themaximumCommunityamount
referredtoinArticle1(4)oftheRegulationinques­
tionisreducedto20%(2);
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCCCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepa­
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,8November1977.
FortheCommission
RichardBURKE
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.
2OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.27,footnote(2).