CELEX: 31978R1099
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1099/78 of 25 May 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper, falling within heading No 74.04, originating in Yugoslavia to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

26 . 5 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 139 / 21
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1099/78
                                                     of 25 May 1978
                re-establishing the levying of customs duties on wrought plates, sheets and strip,
                of copper, falling within heading No 74.04 , originating in Yugoslavia to which
                the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation ( EEC) No
                                                      2705 /77 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  products in question originating in any of the said
COMMUNITIES,                                                    countries or territories — with the exception of those
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the
Economic Community,                                             relevant Community amount has been reached ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    Whereas, in respect of wrought plates, sheets and
2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­              strip, of copper, falling within heading No 74.04, the
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in      ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)       2 963 000 units of account, and therefore the
thereof,                                                        maximum amount is 888 900 units of account ;
                                                                whereas on 10 May 1978 the amounts of imports into
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation                the Community of wrought plates, sheets and strip, of
provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­            copper, falling within heading No 74.04, originating
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community                in Yugoslavia, a country covered by preferential tariff
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be           arrangements, reached that maximum amount ;
equal — with the exception of certain products the              whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation
value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to          (EEC) No 2705/77 which provides that maximum
the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by           amounts should not be exceeded , customs duties
adding together the value of the products in question           should be re-established in respect of the products in
imported cif into the Community in 1974 and                     question in relation to Yugoslavia,
coming from countries and territories covered by
those arrangements, but not including products
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
coming from countries and territories already covered
by various preferential tariff arrangements established
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif                                        Article 1
imports coming from other countries and from coun­              As from 29 May 1978 , the levying of customs duties,
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­          suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC)
ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from            No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the
the sum of this addition may in no case exceed                  following products, imported into the Community
225 % of the preferential ceiling opened for 1976 ;             and originating in Yugoslavia :
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                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
provides that the levying of customs duties may be re­          following its publication in the Official Journal of
established at any time in respect of imports of the            the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 May 1978 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                                      Member of the Commission
C ) OJ No L 324, 19 . 12 . 1977, p. 23 .