29.11.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL332/47
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2775/78
of28November 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonarticlesofasbestos-cement ,of
cellulosefibre-cementorthelike,fallingwithinheadingNo68.12,originating
inYugoslavia ,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofarticlesofasbestos-cement ,of
cellulose-cement orthelike,theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedabove,shouldbe1254000unitsofaccount,
andthereforethemaximumamountis627000units
ofaccount;whereason15November1978,the
amountsofimportsintotheCommunityofarticlesof
asbestos-cement ,ofcellulose-cement orthelike,origi­
natinginYugoslavia,acountrycoveredbypreferential
tariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-establishedinrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoYugoslavia,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom2December1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),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%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsoftheCCT
heading
NoDescription
68.12 Articlesofasbestos-cement ,ofcellulose
fibre-cement orthelike
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28November1978.
FortheCommission
EtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.