NoL224/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.8.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1956/78
of10August1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonPortlandcement,etc.,falling
withinheadingNo25.23,originatinginYugoslaviatowhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofPortlandcement,etc.,the
ceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
806000unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximum
amountis403000unitsofaccount;whereason26
July1978theamountsofimportsintotheCommu­
nityofPortlandcement,etc.,originatinginYugos­
lavia,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrange­
ments,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbe
re-established inrespectoftheproductsinquestion
inrelationtoYugoslavia,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977openingpreferential
tariffsforcertainproductsoriginatingindeveloping
countries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegula­
tioninquestion—tothesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements established
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;Article1
Asfrom18August1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
25.23 Portlandcement,cimentfondu,slag
cement,supersulphate cementandsimilar
hydrauliccements,whetherornot
colouredorintheformofclinkerWhereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaidArticle2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10August1978.
FortheCommission
fitienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission