CELEX: 31975R1253
Language: en
Date: 1975-05-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1253/75 of the Commission of 14 May 1975 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on heavy petroleum oils, falling within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d), originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3054/74 of 2 December 1974 apply

17 . 5 . 75                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 126/7
                            REGULATION ( EEC) No 1253/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 14 May 1975
                re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on heavy petroleum oils, falling
                within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d), 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                                  whereas on 5 May 1975, the amounts of imports into
COMMUNITIES,                                                     the Community of heavy petroleum oils falling within
                                                                 subheadings 27.10 C I c) II c), III c) and d), origi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            nating in Romania, a country covered by preferential
Economic Community ;                                             tariff arrangements, reached that maximum amount ;
                                                                whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 3054/74 which provides that maximum
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                    amounts should not be exceeded , customs duties
3054/74 (') of 2 December 1974 establishing preferen­            should be re-established in respect of the products in
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating 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
provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community                                           Article 1
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be
equal to the sum arrived at by adding together the              As from 19 May 1975, the levying of customs duties,
value of the products in question imported cif into              suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation ( EEC)
the Community in 1971 and coming from countries                  No     3054/ 74  of    2     December          1974,   shall be
and territories covered by those arrangements, but not           re-established in respect of the following products,
including products coming from countries and territo­            imported into the Community and originating in
ries already covered by various preferential tariff arran­       Romania :
gements established by the Community, and 5 % of
the value of 1972 cif imports coming from other coun­
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tries and from countries and territories already covered              heading                    Description of goods
by such arrangements ;                                                  No
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts              27.10           Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­
for products originating in any one of the countries or                          minous minerals , other than crude ; prepa­
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should                          rations not elsewhere specified or included
be within a maximum Community amount repre­                                      containing not less than 70 % by weight
                                                                                 of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of                              bituminous minerals, these oils being the
certain products for which the maximum amount is to                              basic constituents of the preparations :
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to
that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this                              C. Heavy oils :
reduced percentage will be 20 % ;                                                      I. Gas oil :
                                                                                           c) For other purposes
Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that                                II . Fuel oil :
the levying of customs duties may be re-established at                                     c) For other purposes
any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­
                                                                                     III . Lubricating oils ; other oils :
tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­
                                                                                           c) To be mixed in accordance with
ries once the relevant Community maximum amount                                                the terms of Additional Note 7
has been reached ;
                                                                                               to Chapter 27
                                                                                           d ) For other purposes
Whereas, in respect of heavy petroleum oils falling
within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d),
the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be                                      Article 2
 110 891000 units of account , and therefore the
maximum amount 22 179 000 units of account ;                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the second
                                                                day following its publication in the Official Journal
(') OJ No L 329 , 9 . 12 . 1974, p. 70 .                         of 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, 14 May 1975 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                       The President
                                                                  François-Xavier ORTOLI