28.7.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL208/67
REGULATION (EEC)No2057/73OFTHECOMMISSION
of27July1973
re-establishing CommonCustomsTariffdutiesonsheep-andlamb-skinleatherfalling
withinsubheadingNo41.03BII,originatinginLebanon,towhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2762/72of19December1972
apply
Whereas,inrespectofsheep-andlamb-skinleather
ofsubheading41.03BII,theceiling,calculatedas'
indicatedabove,shouldbe1123000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamount561500
unitsofaccount;whereason24July1973the
amountsofimportsintotheCommunityofsheep­
andlamb-skinleatherofsubheading41.03BII
originatinginLebanon,acountrycoveredby
preferentialtariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2762/72,
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnot
beexceeded,CommonCustomsTariffdutiesshould
bere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoLebanon;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2762/72(*)of19December1972establishing
preferentialtariffsinrespectofcertainproducts
originatingindevelopingcountries,andinparticular
Article4(2)thereof;
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthattheCommonCustomsTariffduties
may,foreachcategoryofproducts,besuspendedup
toaCommunityceiling,expressedinunitsof
account,whichwillusuallybeequaltothesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintothe
Communityin1968andcomingfromcountriesand
territoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesand
territoriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity,and
5%ofthevalueof1970cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountries
orterritorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulation
shouldbewithinamaximumCommunityamount
representing50%ofthatceiling,withtheexception
ofcertainproductsforwhichthemaximumamount
istobereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnex
AtothatRegulation;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovides
thattheCommonCustomsTariffdutiesmaybe
re-establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritoriesoncetherelevantCommunity
maximumamounthasbeenreached;Asfrom31July1973,CommonCustomsTariff
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No2762/72of19December1972,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Lebanon :
CCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
41.03Sheep-andlamb-skinleather,except
leatherfallingwithinheadingNos41.06,
41.07or41.08:
B.Other:
II.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethird
dayfollowingitspublicationintheOfficialjournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities . (!)OJNoL296,30.12.1972,p.15.

NoL208/68 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 28.7.73
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,27July1973.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI