4.8.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL197/21
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1794/77
of2August1977
re-establishing thelevyingofthecustomsdutiesonacrylicpolymers,methac­
rylicpolymersandacrylo-methacrylic copolymers ,intheformofplates,sheets,
etc.,fallingwithinsubheading39.02CexXII,originatinginThailandtowhich
thepreferentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76apply
formofplates,sheets,etc.,fallingwithinsubheading
39.02CexII,theceiling,calculatedasindicated
above,shouldbe259178unitsofaccount,andthere­
forethemaximumamountis129589unitsof
account;whereason29July1977,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofacrylicpolymers,
methacrylicpolymersandacrylo-methacrylic copoly­
mers,intheformofplates,sheets,etc.,fallingwithin
subheading39.02CexII,originatinginThailand,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,bearingin
mindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)No3021/76
whichprovidesthatmaximumamountsshouldnotbe
exceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere-established in
respectoftheproductsinquestioninrelationtoThai­
land,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom7August1977,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No3021/76,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginThailand:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3021/76of13December1976establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),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%ofthevalueof1974cif
importscomingfromothercountriesandfromcoun­
triesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysucharrange­
ments;whereas,however,theceilingresultingfrom
thesumofthisadditionmayinnocaseexceed
172-5%ofthatresultingfromthesubstitutionofthe
year1971fortheyear1974inthefirsttermofthe
additionandoftheyear1972fortheyear1974inthe
secondtermoftheaddition;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
ries—withtheexceptionofthoselistedinAnnexC
ofthesameRegulation—oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectofacrylicpolymers,methacrylic
polymersandacrylo-methacrylic copolymers ,intheCCT
heading
NoDescriptionofgoods
39.02 Polymerisation andcopolymerisation
products(forexample,polyethylene ,polyte­
trahaloethylenes ,polyisobutylene ,polysty­
rene,polyvinylchloride,polyvinylacetate,
polyvinylchloroacetate andotherpoly­
vinylderivatives,polyacrylicandpolyme­
thacrylicderivatives,coumarone-indene
resins):
C.Other:
exXII.Acrylicpolymers,methacrylic
polymersandacrylo­
methacryliccopolymers ,in
theformofplates,sheets,
film,foilandstrip(otherthan
thatclassifiedinheadingNo
51.02bytheapplicationof
Note4toChapter51),
whetherornotprintedor
otherwise surface-worked ,
uncutorcutintorectangles
butnotfurtherworked(even
if,whensocut,theybecome
articlesreadyforuse)
(')OJNoL349,20.12.1976,p.23.

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Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingitspublicationinthe
OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,2August1977.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission