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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1684/78
of17July1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonrubbertyres,etc.,otherthan
innertubesandtyrecasesofthekindusedonbicycles,cycleswithanauxiliary
motor,motor-cyclesormotor-scooters ,fallingwithinheadingNoex40.11origi­
natinginYugoslavia ,towhichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutin
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
ormotor-scooters ,fallingwithinheadingNoex40.11,
'theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
11901000unitsofaccount,andthereforethe
maximumamountis2975250unitsofaccount;
whereason13July1978,theamountsofimportsinto
theCommunityofrubbertyres,etc.,otherthaninner
tubesandtyrecasesofthekindusedonbicycles,
cycleswithanauxiliarymotor,motor-cyclesormotor-
scooters,fallingwithinheadingNoex40.11origi­
natinginYugoslavia,acountrycoveredbypreferential
tariffarrangements ,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—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;whereas
however,theceilingresultingfromthesumofthis
additionmayinnocaseexceed225%ofthepreferen­
tialceilingopenfor1976;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe25%;
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybe
re-established atanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofrubbertyres,etc.,otherthan
innertubesandtyrecasesofthekindusedon
bicycles,cycleswithanauxiliarymotor,motor-cyclesArticle1
Asfrom21July1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginYugoslavia :
CCT
heading
NoDescription
ex40.11Rubbertyres,tyrecases,interchangeable
tyretreads,innertubesandtyreflaps,for
wheelsofallkinds:
—Otherthaninnertubesandtyrecases
(neworused)ofthekindusedonbicy­
cles,cycleswithanauxiliarymotor,
motor-cycles ormotor-scooters ,but
includingtyrecaseswithsewn-ininner
tubes,forracingbicycles,andtyreflaps
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (•)OJNoL.324,19.12.1977,p.23.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,17July1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission