16.6.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL158/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1309/78
of15June1978
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonheavypetroleumoilsfalling
withinsubheadings 27.10CIc),IIc),IIIc)andd),originatinginKuwaitto
whichthepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77apply
originatinginKuwaitacountrycoveredbypreferen­
tialtariffarrangements ,chargesintheCommunity
reachedon9June1978themaximumamountof
340000tonnes;whereas,bearinginmindtheobjec­
tivesofRegulation (EEC)No2705/77whichprovides
thatmaximumamountsshallnotbeexceeded,
customsdutiesshouldbere-established inrespectof
theproductsinquestioninrelationtoKuwait,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom19June1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginKuwait:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(1),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAof
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;
Whereas,howeverforproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ings27.10AIII,BIII,CIc),CIIc)andCIIIc)and
d)theCommunityceilingsasdefinedinArticle1(3)
isrespectivelysetat703500,275000and1700000
tonnes;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceilingandforthe
samesubheadings ,themaximumCommunityamount
referredtoinArticle1(4)oftheRegulationinques­
tionisreconducedto20%(2);
WhereasArticle2(2)(3)ofthatRegulationprovides
thatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCofthesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofheavypetroleumoils,falling
withinsubheadings27.10CIc),IIc),IIIc)andd),CCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepa­
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofthepreparations :
C.Heavyoils:
I.Gasoil:
c)Forotherpurposes
II.Fueloil:
c)Forotherpurposes
III.Lubricatingoils;otheroils:
c)Tobemixedinaccordancewith
thetermsofAdditionalNote7
toChapter27
d)Forotherpurposes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .(!)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.
(2)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.26,footnote(l).

N°L158/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 16.6.78
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,15June1978.
FortheCommission
LorenzoNATALI
Vice-President