CELEX: 31975R0688
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 688/75 of the Commission of 14 March 1975 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, etc., falling within subheadings 73.11 A II, III, IV a) 2, b), originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3054/74 of 2 December 1974 apply

No L 68 / 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                         15 . 3 . 75
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 688 /75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 14 March 1975
               re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on angles, shapes and sections,
               of iron or steel , hot-rolled, etc., falling within subheadings 73.11 A II, III, IV a) 2,
               b), originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out
                        in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3054/74 of 2 December 1974 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     falling within subheadings 73.1 1 A II, III, IV, a) 2, b),
COMMUNITIES,                                                       originating in Romania, a country covered by preferen­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              tial tariff arrangements, reached that maximum
Economic Community ;                                               amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of
                                                                   Regulation (EEC) No 3054/74 which provides that
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                      maximum amounts should not be exceeded , customs
3054/74 (') of 2 December 1974 establishing preferen­              duties should be re-established in respect of the
tial tariffs in respect of certain products orignating in          products in question in relation to Romania,
developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2)
thereof ;                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation                                                 A rticle 1
provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community                   As from 18 March 1975, the levying of customs
ceilling, expressed in units of account, which will be             duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
equal to the sum arrived at by adding together the                 (EEC) No 3054/74 of 2 December 1974, shall be
value of the products in question imported cif into                re-established in respect of the following products,
the Community in 1971 and coming from countries                    imported into the Community and originating in
and territories covered by those arrangements, but not             Romania :
including products coming from countries and terri­
tories already covered by various preferential tariff                     CCT
arrangements established by the Community, and                          heading
                                                                           No
                                                                                                       Description of goods
5 % of the value of 1 972 cif imports coming from
other countries      and    from   countries and     territories
already covered by such arrangements ;                             73.11               Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or
                                                                                       steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold­
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts                                    formed or cold-finished ; sheet piling of
for products originating in any one of the countries or                                iron    or steel , whether or not drilled,
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should                                punched        or     made       from  assembled
be within a maximum Community amount repre­                                            elements :
senting 50 % of that ceiling ;                                                         A. Angles, shapes and sections :
Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that                                      II . Not further worked than forged
the levying of customs duties may be re-established at                                     III . Not further worked than            cold­
any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­                                          formed or cold-finished
tion originating in any ot the said countries or terri­                                    IV. Clad        or surface-worked ( for
tories once the relevant Community maximum                                                       example, polished, coated) :
 amount has been reached ;                                                                       a) Not further worked than clad :
 Whereas, in respect of angles, shapes and sections, of                                              2 . Cold-formed or cold-finished
 iron or steel , hot-rolled, etc ., falling within subhead­                                      b) Other
 ings 73.1 1 A II , III , IV, a) 2, b), the ceiling, calculated
 as indicated above , should be 413-000 units of
                                                                                                 Article 2
 account , and therefore the maximum amount 206-500
 units of account ; whereas on 12 March 1975 , the                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 amounts of imports into the Community of angles,                   following its publication in the Official Journal of
 shapes and sections , of iron or steel, hot-rolled, etc .,         the European Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 14 March 1975 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                   The President
                                                                        #     François-Xavier ORTOLI
 (') OJ No L 329 , 9 . 12 . 1974 , p. 70 .