CELEX: 31978R2352
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2352/78 of 9 October 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper, falling within heading No 74.04, originating in Chile, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

10 . 10 . 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 284/7
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2352/78
                                                   of 9 October 1978
               re-establishing the levying of customs duties on wrought plates, sheets and strip,
               of copper, falling within heading No 74.04, originating in Chile, to which the
               preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77
                                                           apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   re-established at any time in respect of imports of the
COMMUNITIES,                                                     products in question originating in any of the said
                                                                 countries or territories — with the exception of those
                                                                 listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            relevant Community amount has been reached ;
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas, in respect of wrought plates, sheets and
                                                                 strip, of copper, the ceiling, calculated as indicated
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     above, should be 2 963 000 units of account, and there­
2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­               fore    the   maximum    amount is       888 900   units   of
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in       account ; whereas on 29 September 1 978 the amounts
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)        of imports into the Community of wrought plates,
thereof,                                                         sheets and strip, of copper, originating in Chile, a
                                                                 country covered by preferential tariff arrangements,
                                                                 reached that maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation                 mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77
provides that customs duties may, for each category of           which provides that maximum amounts should not be
products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling,                exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in
expressed in units of account, which will be equal —             respect of the products in question in relation to
with the exception of certain products the value of the          Chile,
ceilings for which is given in Annex A to the Regula­
tion in question — to the sum arrived at by adding
together the value of the products in question
imported cif into the Community in 1974 and
coming from countries and territories covered by                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
those arrangements, but not including products
coming from countries and territories already covered
by various preferential tariff arrangements established
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1974 cif                                        Article 1
imports coming from other countries and from coun­
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­
ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from             As from 13 October 1978 , the levying of customs
the sum of this addition may in no case exceed                   duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
225 % of the preferential ceiling opened for 1976 ;              (EEC) No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect
                                                                 of the following products, imported into the Commu­
                                                                  nity and originating in Chile :
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts
for products originating in any one of the countries or                 CCT
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should                heading                    Description
                                                                         No
be within a maximum Community amount repre­
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of
certain products for which the maximum amount is to
                                                                 74.04             Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to
that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this
reduced percentage will be 30 % ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas Article 2 (2) and (3) of that Regulation
provides that the levying of customs duties may be               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
(!) OJ No L 324, 19 . 12. 1977, p. 23 .                           the European Communities.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 9 October 1978 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                              Member of the Commission