CELEX: 31977R1670
Language: en
Date: 1977-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1670/77 of 22 July 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on heavy oils falling within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d), originating in Venezuela, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

No L 186/24                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                    26. 7. 77
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1670/77
                                                     of 22 July 1977
               re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on heavy oils falling within
               subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d), originating in Venezuela, to which
               the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                      3021 /76 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  nating in Venezuela, a country covered by preferential
COMMUNITIES,                                                    tariff arrangements, charges in the Community
                                                                reached on 15 July 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 Venezuela,
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
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be                                      Article 1
equal — with the exception of certain products the
value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to          As from 29 July 1977, the levying of customs duties,
the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by           suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC)
adding together the value of the products in question           No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect of the
imported cif into the Community in 1974 and                     following products, imported into the Community
coming from countries and territories covered by                and originating in Venezuela :
those arrangements, but not including products
coming from countries and territories already covered                  CCT
by various preferential tariff arrangements established               heading                   Description of goods
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1974 cif                      No
imports coming from other countries and from coun­
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­          27.10            Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­
ments ;                                                                          minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­
                                                                                 rations not elsewhere specified or included,
Whereas, however, for products falling within subhead­                           containing not less than 70 % by weight
ings 27.10 A III, B III, C I c), C II c) and C III c) and                        of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
d) the Community ceiling as defined in Article 1 (3) is                          bituminous minerals, these oils being the
respectively set at 703 500, 275 000 and 1 700 000                               basic constituents of preparations :
tonnes ;                                                                         C. Heavy oils :
                                                                                       1 . Gasoil :
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling and for the                                         c) For other purposes
same subheadings, the maximum Community amount                                        II . Fuel oil :
referred to in Article 1 (4) of the Regulation in ques­
tion is reduced to 20 % (2) ;                                                              c) For other purposes
                                                                                     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
of the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­
nity amount has been reached ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas, in respect of heavy oils, falling within
subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d) origi
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(•) OJ No L 349 , 20 . 12. 1976, p. 23 .                         following its publication in the Official Journal of
(2) OJ No L 349, 20. 12. 1976, p. 27 footnote (2).               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 July 1977.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                  Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                              Member of the Commission