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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2698/76
of5November 1976
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonothersewingmachines ;
furniturespeciallydesignedforsewingmachines,fallingwithinsubheading
84.41AIb),originatinginYugoslaviatowhichthepreferentialtariffarrange­
mentssetoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3010/75of17November1975
apply
1976,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
othersewingmachines;furniturespeciallydesigned
forsewingmachines,fallingwithinsubheading84.41
AIb),originatinginYugoslavia,acountrycoveredby
preferential tariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3010/75which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in'
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Yugoslavia,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom9November1976,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75of17November1975,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Yugoslavia :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equalto115%ofthesumarrivedatbyadding
togetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1971and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1972cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereas,inrespectofothersewingmachines;furni­
turespeciallydesignedforsewingmachines,falling
withinsubheading84.41AIb),theceiling,calculated
asindicatedabove,shouldbe2186000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamountis
655800unitsofaccount:whereason4NovemberCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
84.41 Sewingmachines;furniturespecially
designedforsewingmachines;sewing
machineneedles:
A.Sewingmachines;furniturespecially
designedforsewingmachines :
I.Sewingmachines(lock-stitchonly),
withheadsofaweightnot
exceeding 16kgwithoutmotoror
17kgincludingthemotor;
sewingmachineheads(lock­
stitchonly),ofaweightnot
exceeding16kgwithoutmotoror
17kgincludingthemotor:
b)Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,5November1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission