3.4.76 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL90/5
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No768/76
of2April1976
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonbroomandbrushbodiesand
handlesofwood,fallingwithinsubheading44.25ExB,originatinginBrazilto
whichthepreferentialtarifffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No3010/75of17November1975apply
B,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,shouldbe
776000unitsofaccount,andthereforethemaximum
388000unitsofaccount;whereason29March1976
theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
broomandbrushbodiesandhandlesofwood,falling
withinsubheading44.25exB,originatinginBrazil,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No3010/75,
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationto
Brazil,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom6April1976,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3010/75of17November1975,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Brazil:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(*),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequalto
15%ofthesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterri­
toriesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariff
arrangements establishedbytheCommunity ,and
5%ofthevalueof1972cifimportscomingfrom
othercountriesandfromcountriesandterritories
alreadycoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereas,inrespectofbroomandbrushbodiesand
handlesofwood,fallingwithinsubheading44.25exCCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
No
44.25 Woodentools,toolbodies,toolhandles,
broomandbrushbodiesandhandles;
bootandshoelastsandtreesofwood:
ExB.Other;broomandbrushbodies
andhandlesofwood
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunties .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2April1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission
(»)OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.