CELEX: 31977R1905
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1905/77 of 22 August 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on heavy oils falling within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c) and III c) and d), originating in Kuwait to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

23 . 8 . 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                     No L 215/5
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1905/77
                                                   of 22 August 1977
               re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on heavy oils falling within
               subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c) and III c) and d), originating in Kuwait to which
               the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                      3021 /76 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  nating in Kuwait, a country covered by preferential
COMMUNITIES,                                                    tariff arrangements, charges in the Community
                                                                reached on 18 August 1977 the maximum amount of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           340 000 tonnes ; whereas, bearing in mind the objec­
Economic Community,                                             tives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 which provides
                                                                that maximum amounts shall                  not be exceeded,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    customs duties should be re-established in respect of
3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­             the products in question in relation to Kuwait,
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in
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, with the exception of certain products the value         As from 26 August 1977, the levying of customs
of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to the            duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
Regulation in question, the sum arrived at by adding            (EEC) No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect
together the value of the products in question                  of the following products, imported into the Commu­
imported cif into the Community in 1974 and                     nity and originating in Kuwait :
coming from countries and territories covered by
those arrangements, but not including products                        CCT
coming from countries and territories already covered                heading                    Description of goods
by various preferential tariff arrangements established                No
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1974 cif
imports coming from other countries and from coun­              27.10            Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­                           minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­
ments ;                                                                          rations not elsewhere specified or included,
                                                                                 containing not less than 70 % by weight
Whereas, however, for products falling within sub­                               of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
headings 27.10 A III, B III, C I c), II c) and III c) and                        bituminous minerals, these oils being the
                                                                                 basic constituents of the preparations :
d) the Community ceilings as defined in Article 1 (3)
are respectively set at 703 500, 275 000 and 1 700 000                           C. Heavy oils .
tonnes ;                                                                               I. Gas oil :
                                                                                           c) For other purposes
Whereas, having regard to that ceilings and for the
same subheadings, the maximum Community amount                                        II . Fuel oil :
referred to in Article 1 (4) of the Regulation in ques­                                    c) For other purposes
tion is reduced to 20 % ;
                                                                                     III . Lubricating oils ; other oils :
Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that                                     c) To be mixed in accordance with
the levying of customs duties may be re-established at                                        the terms of Additional Note 7
 any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­                                      to Chapter 27
 tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­                                 d) For other purposes
ries, with the exception of those listed in Annex C to
 the same Regulation, once the relevant Community
 amount has been reached ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, in respect of heavy oils, falling within
 subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c) and III c) and d), origi       This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
                                                                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
(') OJ No L 349, 20. 12. 1976, 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, 22 August 1977.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                  Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                              Member of the Commission