17.11.77 NoL293/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2520/77
of15November 1977
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonwroughtplates,sheetsandstrip,
ofcopperfallingwithinheadingNo74.04,originatinginYugoslaviatowhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76apply
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
tothesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofwroughtplates,sheetsand
strip,ofcopper,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe2963000unitsofaccount,andthere­
forethemaximumamountis888900unitsof
account;whereason7November1977,theamounts
ofimportsintotheCommunityofwroughtplates,
sheetsandstrip,ofcopper,originatinginYugoslaviaa
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No3021/76
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Yugoslavia,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(1),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
byvariousprefentialptariffarrangementsestablishedby
theCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
172-5%ofthatresultingfromthesubstitutionofthe
year1971fortheyear1974inthefirsttermofthe
additionandoftheyear1972fortheyear1974inthe
secondtermoftheaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
(')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom20November1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :
OCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
74.04 Wroughtplates,sheetsandstrip,ofcopper
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .

17.11.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL293/23
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15November1977.
FortheCommission
LorenzoNATALI
Vice-President