26.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL139/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1097/78
of25May1978
re-establishing thelevyingofcustomsdutiesonlightpetroleumoils,falling
withinsubheading27.10AIII,originatinginIrantowhichthepreferentialtariff
arrangements setoutinCouncilRegulation (EEC)No2705/77apply
whereas,inrespectoflightpetroleumoils,falling
withinsubheading27.10AIII,originatinginIran,a
countrycoveredbypreferentialtariffarrangements ,
chargesintheCommunityreachedon10May1978
themaximumamountof140700tonnes;whereas,
bearinginmindtheobjectivesofRegulation(EEC)
No2705/77whichprovidesthatmaximumamounts
shallnotbeexceeded,customsdutiesshouldbere­
establishedinrespectoftheproductsinquestionin
relationtoIran,
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
Asfrom29May1978,thelevyingofcustomsduties,
suspendedinpursuanceofCouncilRegulation (EEC)
No2705/77,shallbere-established inrespectofthe
followingproducts,importedintotheCommunity
andoriginatinginIran:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
2705/77of28November1977establishingpreferen­
tialtariffsinrespectofcertainproductsoriginatingin
developingcountries(J),andinparticularArticle4(2)
thereof,
WhereasArticle1(3)and(4)ofthatRegulation
providesthatthecustomsdutiesmay,foreachcate­
goryofproducts,besuspendeduptoaCommunity
ceiling,expressedinunitsofaccount,whichwillbe
equal—withtheexceptionofcertainproductsthe
valueoftheceilingsforwhichisgiveninAnnexAto
theRegulationinquestion—tothesumarrivedatby
addingtogetherthevalueoftheproductsinquestion
importedcifintotheCommunityin1974and
comingfromcountriesandterritoriescoveredby
thosearrangements ,butnotincludingproducts
comingfromcountriesandterritoriesalreadycovered
byvariouspreferentialtariffarrangementsestablished
bytheCommunity ,and5%ofthevalueof1975cif
importscoveredbysucharrangements ;
Whereas,however,forproductsfallingwithinsub­
headings27.10AIII,BIII,CIc),CIIc)andCIIIc)
andd)theCommunityceilingsasdefinedinArticle1
(3)arerespectivelysetat703500,275000and
1700000tonnes;
Whereas,havingregardtothatceilingandforthe
samesubheadings ,themaximumCommunityamount
referredtoinArticle1(4)oftheRegulationinques­
tionisreducedto20%(2);
WhereasArticle2(2)(3)ofthatRegulationprovides
thatthelevyingofcustomsdutiesmaybere­
establishedatanytimeinrespectofimportsofthe
productsinquestionoriginatinginanyofthesaid
countriesorterritories—withtheexceptionofthose
listedinAnnexCtothesameRegulation—oncethe
relevantCommunityamounthasbeenreached;CCT
heading
NoDescription
27.10 Petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrombitu­
minousminerals,otherthancrude;prepa­
rationsnotelsewherespecifiedorincluded,
containingnotlessthan70%byweight
ofpetroleumoilsorofoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals,theoilsbeingthe
basicconstituentsofthepreparations :
A.Lightoils:
III.Forotherpurposes
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities . ^
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,25May1978.
FortheCommission
ÉtienneDAVIGNON
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.23.
(2)OJNoL324,19.12.1977,p.26,footnote(>).