27.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL170/37
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1413/78
of23June1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonthreadofasbestos,falling
withinsubheading68.13BI,originatinginYugoslaviatowhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
Whereas,inrespectofthreadofasbestos,falling
withinsubheading68.13BI,theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedabove,shouldbe1056000unitsofaccount,
andthereforethemaximumamountis422400units
ofaccount;whereason16June1978theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofthreadofasbestos,
fallingwithinsubheading68.13BI,originatingin
Yugoslavia,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoYugoslavia,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :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,withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalue
oftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAtothe
Regulationinquestion,tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunity in1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements established
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
225%ofthepreferentialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexA;
whereas,fortheseproducts,thisreducedpercentage
willbe40%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories,withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation,oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;Article1
From30June1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
68.13 Fabricatedasbestosandarticlesthereof(for
example,asbestosboard,threadandfabric;
asbestosclothing,asbestosjointing),rein­
forcedornot,otherthangoodsfalling
withinheadingNo68.14;mixtureswitha
basisofasbestosandmixtureswithabasis
ofasbestosandmagnesiumcarbonate,and
articlesofsuchmixtures :
B.Articlesofasbestos :
I.Thread
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,23June1978.
FortheCommission
LorenzoNATALI
Vice-President