NoL215/30 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 7.8.76
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1970/76
of6August1976
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesoncitricacid,fallingwithin
subheading29.16AIVa),originatinginMexico,towhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No3010/75of17November
1975apply
andthereforethemaximumamountis100800units
ofaccount;whereason28July1976,theamountsof
importsintotheCommunityofcitricacid,falling
withinsubheading29.16AIVa),originatingin
Mexico,acountrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarran­
gements,reachedthatmaximumamount;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation (EEC)
No3010/75,whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shouldnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere­
establishedinrespectoftheproductsinquestionin
relationtoMexico,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
3010/75of17November1975establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries('),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom10August1976,thelevyingofcustoms
duties,suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation
(EEC)No3010/75of17November1975,shallbe
re-established inrespectofthefollowingproducts,
importedintotheCommunityandoriginatingin
Mexico:
CCT
heading Descriptionofgoods
NoWhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatcustomsdutiesmay,foreachcategoryof
products,besuspendeduptoaCommunityceiling,
expressedinUnitsofaccount,whichwillbeequalto
115%ofthesumarrivedatbyaddingtogetherthe
valueoftheproductsinquestionimportedcifinto
theCommunityin1971andcomingfromcountries
andterritoriescoveredbythosearrangements ,butnot
includingproductscomingfromcountriesandterrito­
riesalreadycoveredbyvariouspreferentialtariffarran­
gementsestablishedbytheCommunity ,and5%of
thevalueof1972cifimportscomingfromothercoun­
triesandfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
bysucharrangements ;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceiling,theamounts
forproductsoriginatinginanyoneofthecountriesor
territorieslistedinAnnexBtothatRegulationshould
bewithinamaximumCommunityamountrepre­
senting50%ofthatceiling,withtheexceptionof
certainproductsforwhichthemaximumamountisto
bereducedtothepercentageindicatedinAnnexAto
thatRegulation ;whereas,fortheseproducts,this
reducedpercentagewillbe30%;
WhereasArticle2(2)ofthatRegulationprovidesthat
thelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere-establishedat
anytimeinrespectofimportsoftheproductsinques­
tionoriginatinginanyofthesaidcountriesorterrito­
riesoncetherelevantCommunityamounthasbeen
reached;
Whereasinrespectofcitricacid,fallingwithin
subheading29.16AIVa),theceiling,calculatedas
indicatedaboveshouldbe336000unitsofaccount,29.16 Carboxylicacidwithalcohol,phenol,
aldehydeorketonefunctionandother
singleorcomplexoxygen-function car­
boxylicacidsandtheiranhydrides,
halides,peroxidesandperacids,andtheir
halogenated ,sulphonated ,nitratedor
nitrosatedderivatives :
A.Carboxylicacidswithalcoholfunction:
IV.Citricacidanditssaltsandesters:
a)Citricacid
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . (')OJNoL310,29.11.1975,p.70.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,6August1976.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
MemberoftheCommission