12.5.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL119/11
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No994/77
of10May1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonrubbertyres,tyrecases,inter­
changeabletyretreads,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo40.11,originatingin
SouthKoreatowhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No3021/76apply
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries,withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCof
thesameRegulation,oncetherelevantCommunity
amounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofrubbertyres,tyrecases,inter­
changeabletyretreads,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo
40.11,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe14457000unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis2168550unitsofaccount;
whereason5May1977,theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityofrubbertyres,tyrecases,interchan­
geabletyretreads,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo
40.11,originatinginSouthKorea,acountrycovered
bypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3021/76which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
SouthKorea,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(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 ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe15%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinquesHASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom15May1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginSouthKorea:
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
40.11Rubbertyres,tyrecases,interchangeable
tyretreads,innertubesandtyreflaps,for
wheelsofallkinds
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,10May1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission