CELEX: 31976R1837
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1837/76 of 28 July 1976 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on heavy oils, falling within subheadings 27.10 C I c), C II c) and C III c) and d), originating in developing countries, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3010/75 of 17 November 1975 apply

29. 7. 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                    No L 203/33
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1837/76
                                                     of 28 July 1976
                re-establishing the levying of customs duties on heavy oils, falling within
               subheadings 27.10 C I c), C II c) and C III c) and d), originating in developing
                countries, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regu­
                               lation (EEC) No 3010/75 of 17 November 1975 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  provides that the ceiling should not be exceeded,
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   customs duties should be re-established in respect of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          the products in question,
 Economic Community,
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
3010/75 of 17 November 1975 establishing preferen­                                           Article 1
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in     As from 1 August 1976, customs duties, suspended in
developing countries (l), and in particular Article 4 (2)       pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3010/75
thereof,
                                                                of 17 November 1975, shall be re-established in
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation                respect of the following products, imported into the
provides that customs duties may, for each category of          Community :
products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling,
expressed in units of account, which will be equal to                 CCT
 115% of the sum arrived at by adding together the                   heading                      Description of goods
value of the products in question imported cif into                    No
the Community in 1971 and coming from countries
and territories covered by those arrangements, but not          27.10              Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­
including products coming from countries and territo­                              minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­
ries already covered by various preferential tariff arran*                         rations not elsewhere specified or included,
gements established by the Community, and 5 % of                                   containing not less than 70 % by weight
the value of 1972 cif imports coming from other coun­                              of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
tries and from countries and territories already covered                           bituminous minerals, these oils being the
                                                                                   basic constituents of the preparations :
by such arrangements ;
                                                                                   C. Heavy oils :
Whereas, however, for products falling within subhead­                                   I. Gas oil :
ings 27.10 A III, B III, C I c), C II c) and C III c) and
d), the Community ceiling as defined in Article 1 (3)                                        c) For other purposes
                                                                                        II . Fuel oil :
is respectively set at 670 000, 190 000 and 1 700 000
metric tons (2) ;                                                                            c) For other purposes
                                                                                       III. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
Whereas Article 2 (1 ) of that Regulation provides that
customs duties may be re-established at any time once                                        c) To be mixed in accordance with
                                                                                                the terms of Additional Note 7
the Community ceiling has been reached ;                                                        to Chapter 27
Whereas, in respect of heavy oils, falling within                                            d) For other purposes
subheadings 27.10 C I c), C II c) and C III c) and d),
originating in countries and territories covered by pref­                                    Article 2
erential tariff arrangements, imports into the Commu­
nity reached, on 16 July 1976, the ceiling of                  This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
 1 700 000 metric tons ; whereas, bearing in mind the          following its publication in the Official Journal of
objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3010/75, which                the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
                Done at Brussels, 28 July 1976.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                             Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 310, 29. 11 . 1975, p. 70 .
(2) OJ No L 310, 29. 11 . 1975, p. 73.