NoL115/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 27.4.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No840/78
of26April1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonlightpetroleumoils,falling
withinsubheading27.10AIIIandoriginatinginRomania,towhichtheprefer­
entialtariffarrangements setoutinRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
listedinAnnexCthereto,oncetherelevantCommu­
nityamounthasbeenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoflightpetroleumoils,falling
withinsubheading27.10AIIIandoriginatingin
Romania,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarran­
gements,chargesintheCommunityreachedon20
April1978themaximumamountof140700tonnes;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshallnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshould
bere-established inrespectoftheproductsinques­
tioninrelationtoRomania,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom30April1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginRomania:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbeequal—
withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthevalueofthe
ceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAthereto—to
thesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthevalueofthe
productsinquestionimportedcifintotheCommu­
nityin1974andcomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnotincluding
productscomingfromcountriesandterritoriesalready
coveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrangements esta­
blishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof
1975cifimportscomingfromothercountriesand
fromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;
Whereas,however,forproductsfallingwithinsubhead­
ings27.10AIII,BIII,CIc),CIIc)andCIIIc)and
d)theCommunityceilingsasdefinedinArticle1(3)
aresetat703500,275000and1700000tonnes
respectively ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,andforthe
samesubheadings ,themaximumCommunityamount
referredtoinArticle1(4)oftheaforesaidRegulation
isreconducedto20%(2);
WhereasArticle2(2)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories,withtheexceptionofthoseCCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepa
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theseoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,26April1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(•)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.
(2)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.26,footnote(').