5.12.78 NoL339/17 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2847/78
of4December 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonelectricalcapacitors,fixedor
variable,fallingwithinheadingNo85.18andoriginatinginYugoslavia ,towhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77apply
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespect'ofelectricalcapacitors,fixedor
variable,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe9130800unitsofaccount,andtherefore
themaximumamountis1826160unitsofaccount;
whereason27November1978,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofelectricalcapacitors,
fixedorvariable,originatinginYugoslavia,acountry
coveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,reached
thatmaximumamount;bearinginmindtheobjec­
tivesofRegulation(EEC)No2705/77whichprovides
thatmaximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,
customsdutiesshouldbere-established inrespectof
theproductsinquestioninrelationtoYugoslavia,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(*),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtotheRegula­
tioninquestion—tothesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenedfor1976;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom8December1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
85.18 Electricalcapacitors,fixedorvariableWhereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
Article2
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybeThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4December1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission