NoL190/22 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.7.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1692/76
of13July1976
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonthreadofasbestos,falling
withinsubheading68.13BI,originatinginYugoslavia ,towhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3010/75of17
November1975apply
ofaccount;whereason6July1976,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofthreadofasbestos,
fallingwithinsubheading68.13BI,originatingin
Yugoslavia,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75,whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoYugoslavia,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom17July1976,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
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
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequalto
115%ofthesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1972cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation .
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereas,inrespectofthreadofasbestos,falling
withinsubheading68.13BI,theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedabove,shouldbe573000unitsofaccount,
andthereforethemaximumamountis286500unitsCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
68.13 Fabricatedasbestosandarticlesthereof(for
example,asbestosboard,threadandfabric;
asbestosclothing,asbestosjointing),rein­
forcedornot,otherthangoodsfalling
withinheadingNo68.14;mixtureswitha
basisofasbestosandmixtureswithabsis
ofasbestosandmagnesiumcarbonate,and
articlesofsuchmixtures :
B.Articlesofasbestos:
I.Thread
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (>)OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,13July1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission