CELEX: 31978R2973
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2973/78 of 15 December 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, etc., falling within heading No 44.18 and originating in Yugoslavia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

No L 355/ 6                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                  19 . 12 . 78
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2973/78
                                                   of 15 December 1978
                re-establishing the levying of customs duties on reconstituted wood, being wood
                shavings, etc ., falling within heading No 44.18 and originating in Yugoslavia, 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 reconstituted wood, being
COMMUNITIES,                                                     wood shavings, etc ., falling within heading No 44.18 ,
                                                                 the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be
                                                                 5 937 000 units of account, and therefore the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            maximum amount is 2 968 500 units of account ;
Economic Community,                                              whereas on 8 December 1978 , the amounts of imports
                                                                 into the Community of reconstituted wood , being
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                    wood shavings, etc ., falling within heading No 44.18
2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­               and originating in Yugoslavia, a country covered by
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in       preferential tariff arrangements, reached that
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)        maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the
thereof,                                                         objectives of Regulation ( EEC) No 2705/77 which
                                                                 provides that maximum amounts should not be
                                                                 exceeded , customs duties should be re-established in
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation                 respect of the products in question in relation to
provides that customs duties may, for each category of           Yugoslavia,
products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling,
expressed in units of account, which will be equal —
with the exception of certain products the value of the
ceilings for which is given in Annex A to the Regula­
tion in question — to the sum arrived at by adding
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
together the value of the products in question
imported cif into the Community in 1974 and
coming from countries and territories covered by
those arrangements, but not including products
coming from countries and territories already covered                                      Article 1
by various preferential tariff arrangements established
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif
imports coming from other countries and from coun­               As from 22 December 1978 , the levying of customs
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­           duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from             ( EEC) No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect
the sum of this addition may in no case exceed                   of the following products, imported into the Commu­
225 % of that fixed for 1976 ;                                   nity and originating in Yugoslavia :
                                                                       CCT
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts                   heading                        Description
for products originating in any one of the countries or                 No
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should
be within a maximum Community amount repre­                      44.18            Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings,
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of                               wood chips, sawdust, wood flour or other
certain products for which the maximum amount is to                               ligneous waste agglomerated with natural
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A                                 or artificial resins or other organic binding
thereto ;                                                                         substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
Whereas Article 2 ( 2) and (3) of that Regulation
provides that customs duties may be re-established at
any time on imports of the products in question origi­                                     Article 2
nating in any of the said countries or territories, with
the exception of those listed in Annex C thereto, once
the relevant Community amount has been reached ;                 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, 15 December 1978 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                                Member of the Commission