21.4.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL97/15
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No798/77
of19April1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonbroomandbrushbodies
andhandlesofwood,fallingwithinsubheading44.25exB,originatinginBrazil,
towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3021/76apply
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
ofthesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofbroomandbrushbodiesand
handlesofwood,fallingwithinsubheading44.25ex
B,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
1164000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis349200unitsofaccount;
whereason8April1977,theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityofbroomandbrushbodiesand
handlesofwood,fallingwithinsubheading44.25ex
B,originatinginBrazil,acountrycoveredbypreferen­
tialtariffarrangements ,reachedthatmaximum
amount;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesof
Regulation (EEC)No3021/76whichprovidesthat
maximumamountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customs
dutiesshouldbere-established inrespectofthe
productsinquestioninrelationtoBrazil,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsofthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAof
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;howevertheceilingresultingfromthesumof
thisadditionmayinnocaseexceed172-5%ofthat
resultingfromthesubstitutionoftheyear1971for
theyear1974inthefirsttermoftheadditionandof
theyear1972fortheyear1974inthesecondtermof
theaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­Article1
Asfrom24April1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginBrazil:
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
44.25 Woodentools,toolbodies,toolhandles,
broomandbrushbodiesandhandles;
bootandshoelastsandtreesofwood:
exB.Other:broomandbrushbodiesand
handlesofwood
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19April1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission