1.11.77 NoL279/67 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2419/77
of28October1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonheavypetroleumoilsfalling
withinsubheadings 27.10CIc),IIc),IIIc)andd)andoriginatinginRomania,
towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76apply
erentialtariffarrangements ,chargesintheCommu­
nityreached,on26October1977,themaximum
amountof340000tonnes;whereas,bearinginmind
theobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshallnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Romania,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom4November1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginRomania:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtothatRegula­
tion—tothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1974andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1974cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,however,forproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ings27.10AIII,BIII,CIc),CIIc)andCIIIc)and
d),theCommunityceilingsasdefinedinArticle1(3)
arerespectivelysetat703500,275000and1700000
tonnes;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceilingandforthe
samesubheadings ,themaximumCommunityamount
referredtoinArticle1(4)oftheaforesaidRegulation
isreducedto20%(2);
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
tothesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofheavypetroleumoilsfalling
withinsubheadings27.10CIc),IIc),IIIc)andd)
andoriginatinginRomania,acountrycoveredbypref­CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepa­
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsorthepreparations :
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewith
thetermsofAdditionalNote7
toChapter27
d)Forotherpurposes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .(•)OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.
(2)OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.27,footnote(2).

NoL279/68 1.11.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28October1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
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