NoL305/28 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.11.74
REGULATION (EEC)No2859/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of14November 1974
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonotherkindsofleather,falling
withinsubheading41.05BII,originatinginColombia ,towhichthepreferential
tariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3501/73of18
December1973apply
asindicatedabove,shouldbe8209000unitsof
account,andthereforethemaximumamount
1641800unitsofaccount;whereason13November
1974,theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
otherkindsofleather,fallingwithinsubheading41.05
BII,originatinginColombiaacountrycoveredby
preferential tariffarrangements ,reachedthat
maximumamount;whereas,bearinginmindthe
objectivesofRegulation (EEC)No3501/73,which
providesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Colombia,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom18November1974,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3501/73of18December1973,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Colombia :THECOMMISSION 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
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1971cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe20%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamount
hasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofotherkindsofleather,falling
withinsubheading41.05BII,theceiling,calculatedCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
41.05 Otherkindsofleather,exceptleather
fallingwithinheadingNo41.06,41.07or
41.08:
B.Other:
II.Other
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,14November1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(»)OJNoL358,28.12.1973,p.15.