NoL355/10 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.12.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2976/78
of15December 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonfabricofasbestos,other,falling
withinsubheadings 68.13BIIandIIIandoriginatinginYugoslavia ,towhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77apply
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe1983000
unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamount
is793200unitsofaccount;whereason4December
1978,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
fabricofasbestos,other,fallingwithinsubheadings
68.13BIIandIIIandoriginatinginYugoslavia,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Yugoslavia,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom22December1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establsihingpreferen­
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%ofthatfixedfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA
thereto;whereas,fortheseproducts,thisreduced
percentagewillbe40%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeonimportsoftheproductsinquestionorigi­
natinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterritories,with
theexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexCthereto,once
therelevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoffabricofasbestos,other,falling
withinsubheadings68.13BIIandIII,theceiling,CCT
heading
NoDescription
68.13 Fabricatedasbestosandarticlesthereof(for
example,asbestosboard,threadandfabric;
asbestosclothing,asbestosjointing),rein­
forcedornototherthangoodsfalling
withinheadingNo68.14;mixtureswitha
basisofasbestosandmixtureswithabasis
ofasbestosandmagnesiumcarbonate,and
articlesofsuchmixtures :
B.Articlesofasbestos :
II.Fabric
III.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15December1978.
FortheCommission
EtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission ,