NoL248/8 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.9.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2209/76
of9September1976
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonotherwoodsawnlengthwise,
slicedorpeeledbutnotfurtherprepared,etc.,fallingwithinsubheading44.14B,
originatinginBrazil,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No3010/75of17November1975apply
withinsubheading44.14B,theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedabove,shouldbe21519000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamountis
8607600unitsofaccount;whereason8September
1976,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
otherwoodsawnlengthwise,slicedorpeeledbutnot
furtherprepared,fallingwithinsubheading44.14B,
originatinginBrazil,acountrycoveredbypreferential
tariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoBrazil,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom13September1976,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75of17November1975,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Brazil:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequalto
115%ofthesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1972cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe40%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereas,inrespectofotherwoodsawnlengthwise,
slicedorpeeledbutnotfurtherprepared,etc.,fallingCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
44.14Woodsawnlengthwise ,slicedorpeeled
butnotfurtherprepared,ofathicknessnot
exceeding5mm;veneersheetsandsheets
forplywood,ofathicknessnotexceeding
5mm:
B.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,9September1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL310,29.il.1975,p.70.