CELEX: 31978R1963
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1963/78 of 11 August 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on chamois-dressed leather, falling within heading No 41.06 and originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

15. 8 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 224/ 19
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1963/78
                                                   of 11 August 1978
                re-establishing the levying of customs duties on chamois-dressed leather, falling
               within heading No 41.06 and originating in India, to which the preferential
                        tariff arrangements set out in 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
                                                              listed in Annex C thereto, once the relevant Commu­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                           nity amount has been reached ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas, in respect of chamois-dressed leather, the
2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­            ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in    418 000 units of account, and therefore the maximum
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)     amount is 209 000 units of account ; whereas, on 1
thereof,                                                      August 1978, the amounts of imports into the
                                                              Community of chamois-dressed leather, originating in
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation               India, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­
provides that customs duties may, for each category of        ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas,
products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling,             bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC)
expressed in units of account, which will be equal —           No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts
with the exception of certain products the value of the       should not be exceeded, customs duties should be
ceilings for which is given in Annex A thereto — to           re-established in respect of the products in question
the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the        in relation to India,
products in question imported cif into the Commu­
nity in 1974 and coming from countries and territo­
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ries covered by those arrangements, but not including
products coming from countries and territories already
covered by various preferential tariff arrangements esta­                                 Article 1
blished by the Community, and 5 % of the value of              From 18 August 1978, the levying of customs duties,
1975 cif imports coming from other countries and              suspended in pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No
from countries and territories already covered by such         2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the
arrangements ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting         following products, imported into the Community
from the sum of this addition may in no case exceed           and originating in India :
225 % of the preferential ceiling open for 1976 ;
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts                  CCT
for products originating in any one of the countries or             heading                        Description
                                                                      No
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should
be within a maximum Community amount repre­
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of           41.06                 Chamois-dressed leather
certain products for which the maximum amount is to
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A
thereto ;                                                                                 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             following its publication in the Official Journal of
re-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, 11 August 1978 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            fitienne DAVIGNON
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 324, 19. 12. 1977, p. 23.