CELEX: 31978R1097
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1097/78 of 25 May 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on light petroleum oils, falling within subheading 27.10 A III, originating in Iran 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 / 19
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1097/78
                                                      of 25 May 1978
                 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on light petroleum oils, falling
                 within subheading 27.10 A III , originating in Iran to which the preferential tariff
                         arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  whereas, in respect of light petroleum oils, falling
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   within subheading 27.10 A III, originating in Iran, a
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           country covered by preferential tariff arrangements,
 Economic Community,                                             charges in the Community reached on 10 May 1978
                                                                 the maximum amount of 140 700 tonnes ; whereas,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC)
 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­              No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts
 tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in     shall not be exceeded, customs duties should be re­
 developing countries ( J ), and in particular Article 4 (2)    established in respect of the products in question in
 thereof,
                                                                relation to Iran ,
 Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation
 provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be
 equal — with the exception of certain products the                                          Article 1
 value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to
 the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by          As from 29 May 1978 , the levying of customs duties,
 adding together the value of the products in question          suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC)
 imported cif into the Community in 1974 and                    No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the
 coming from countries and territories covered by               following products, imported into the Community
 those arrangements, but not including products                 and originating in Iran :
 coming from countries and territories already covered
 by various preferential tariff arrangements established              CCT
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif                   heading                         Description
 imports covered by such arrangements ;                                No
Whereas, however, for products falling within sub­
                                                                27.10              Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­
headings 27.10 A III, B III, C I c), C II c) and C III c)
and d) the Community ceilings as defined in Article 1                              minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­
                                                                                   rations not elsewhere specified or included,
(3) are respectively set at 703 500, 275 000 and                                   containing not less than 70 % by weight
 1 700 000 tonnes ;
                                                                                   of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling and for the                                 bituminous minerals, the oils being the
same subheadings, the maximum Community amount                                     basic constituents of the preparations :
referred to in Article 1 (4) of the Regulation in ques­                            A. Light oils :
tion is reduced to 20 % (2) ;                                                          III . For other purposes
Whereas Article 2 (2) (3) of that Regulation provides
that the levying of customs duties may be re­
established at any time in respect of imports of the                                         Article 2
products in question originating in any of the said
countries or territories — with the exception of those          This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the             following its publication in the Official Journal of
relevant Community amount has been reached ;                    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
(') OJ No L 324, 19 . 12. 1977, p. 23 .
(2) OJ No L 324, 19 . 12. 1977, p. 26, footnote (>).