NoL328/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 23.11.78
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No2720/78
of22November 1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesontextilefabricsimpregnated ,
coated,coveredorlaminatedwithpreparations ofcellulosederivatives ,etc.,
fallingwithinheadingNo59.08andoriginatinginYugoslavia ,towhichthepref­
erentialtariffarrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No1197/78
apply
cellulosederivatives,etc.,fallingwithinheadingNo
59.08,theceiling,calculatedasindicatedabove,
shouldbe263tonnes,andthereforethemaximum
amountis131.5tonnes;whereason14November
1978theamountsofimportsintotheCommunityof
textilefabricsimpregnated ,coated,coveredorlami­
natedwithpreparationsofcellulosederivatives,etc.,
fallingwithinheadingNo59.08andoriginatingin
Yugoslavia,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariff
arrangements ,reachedthatmaximumamount;
whereas,bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation
(EEC)No1197/78whichprovidesthatmaximum
amountsshouldnotbeexceeded,customsduties
shouldbere-established inrespectoftheproductsin
questioninrelationtoYugoslavia,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom26November1978,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No1197/78,shallbere-established inrespect
ofthefollowingproducts,importedintotheCommu­
nityandoriginatinginYugoslavia :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1197/78of30May1978opening,allocatingand
providingfortheadministration ofCommunitytariff
preferencesfortextileproductsoriginatingindeve­
lopingcountriesandterritories('),andinparticular
Article4thereof.
WhereasArticle2(1)and(3)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
productslistedinAnnexCthereto,besuspendedup
toaCommunityceilingequalto87%ofthesum
arrivedatbyaddingtogetherthetonnageofthe
productsinquestion,importedintotheCommunity
in1968andcomingfromcountrieslistedinAnnex
D,butnotincludingproductscomingfromcountries
alreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarrange­
mentsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%ofthe
1970tonnageofsuchimportscomingfromother
countriesandfromcountriesalreadycoveredbysuch
arrangements ;whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,
theamountsforproductsoriginatinginanyoneof
thecountrieslistedinAnnexDshouldbewithina
maximumCommunityamountrepresenting50%of
thatceiling,withtheexceptionofcertainproductsfor
whichthemaximumamountistobereducedtothe
percentageindicatedinAnnexCtotheabovemen­
tionedRegulation ;
WhereasArticle3(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-established at
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesandterri­
tories,withexceptionofcountrieslistedinAnnexE,
oncetherelevantCommunitymaximumamounthas
beenreached;
Whereas,inrespectoftextilefabricsimpregnated ,
coated,coveredorlaminatedwithpreparationsofCCT
heading
NoDescription
59.08 Textilefabricsimpregnated ,coated,
coveredorlaminatedwithpreparationsof
cellulosederivativesorofotherartificial
plasticmaterials
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,22November1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
()OJNoL149,5.6.1978.p.1.