21.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL164/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1339/78
of20June1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonheavypetroleumoilsfalling
withinsubheadings 27.10CIc),IIc),IIIc)andd),originatinginRomaniaand
Venezuela ,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No2705/77apply
originatinginRomaniaandVenezuela,countries
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,chargesin
theCommunityreachedon10June1978the
maximumamountof340000tonnes;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shallnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere­
establishedinrespectoftheproductsinquestionin
relationtoRomaniaandVenezuela ,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom24June1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginRomaniaandVenezuela :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,forproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ings27.10AIII,BIII,CIc),CIIc)andCIIIc)and
d)theCommunityceilingsasdefinedinArticle1(3)
arerespectivelysetat703500,275000and1700000
tonnes;
Whereas,havingregardtothoseceilingsandforthe
samesubheadings ,themaximumCommunityamount
referredtoinArticle1(4)oftheRegulationinques­
tionisreducedto20%(2);
WhereasArticle2(2)(3)ofthatRegulationprovides
thatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofheavypetroleumoils,falling
withinsubheadings27.10CIc),IIc),IIIc)andd),CCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepa­
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofthepreparations :
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewith
thetermsofAdditionalNote7
toChapter27
d)Forotherpurposes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .(!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.
(2)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.6footnote(')•

NoL164/6 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities21.6.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,20June1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission