3.2.77 NoL31/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No233/77
of2February1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesoncarbonatesofsodiumanhy­
dritefallingwithinsubheading28.42AexIIoriginatinginRomaniatowhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76apply
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
ofthesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofcarbonatesofsodiumanhydrite
fallingwithinsubheading28.42AexII,theceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe202000units
ofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamountis
101000unitsofaccount;whereason27January
1977,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
carbonatesofsodiumanhydritefallingwithin
subheading28.42AexII,originatinginRomania,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Romania,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle 1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAof
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed172.5%ofthat
resultingfromthesubstitutionoftheyear1971for
theyear1974inthefirsttermoftheadditionandof
theyear1972fortheyear1974inthesecondtermof
theaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterritoArticle1
Asfrom6February1977,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginRomania
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
28.42 Carbonatesandpercarbonates ;commer­
cialammoniumcarbonatecontaining
ammonium carbamate :
A.Carbonates :
exII.Ofsodiumanhydrite
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoI.349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2February1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission