19.3.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL74/3
REGULATION (EEC)No600/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of15March1974
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesontubesandpipesandblanks
therefor,ofcopper;hollowbarsofcopper,fallingwithinheadingNo74.07origi­
natinginYugoslaviatowhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No3501/73of18December1973apply
Whereas,inrespectoftubesandpipesandblanks
therefor,ofcopper;hollowbarsofcoppertheceiling,
calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe4254000
unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximumamount
1276200unitsofaccount;whereason13March
1974,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
tubesandpipesandblankstherefor,ofcopper;
hollowbarsofcopperoriginatinginYugoslaviaa
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No3501/73,
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Yugoslavia,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3501/73(!)of18December1973establishingprefer­
entialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginating
indevelopingcountries,andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equaltothesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,and
5%ofthevalueof1971cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,forthoseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamount
hasbeenreached;Asfrom22March1974,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3501/73of18December1973,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Yugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
74.07 Tubesandpipesandblankstherefor,of
copper;hollowbarsofcopper
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15March1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(>)OJNoL358,28.12.1973,p.15.