CELEX: 31977R2419
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2419/77 of 28 October 1977 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on heavy petroleum oils falling within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d) and originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

1 . 11 . 77                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 279 /67
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2419/77
                                                    of 28 October 1977
               re-establishing the levying of customs duties on heavy petroleum oils falling
               within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d) and originating in Romania,
               to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation
                                               (EEC) No 3021/76 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 erential tariff arrangements, charges in the Commu­
COMMUNITIES,                                                    nity reached, on 26 October 1977, the maximum
                                                               amount of 340 000 tonnes ; whereas, bearing in mind
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 which
Economic Community,                                             provides that maximum amounts shall not be
                                                                exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    respect of the products in question in relation to
3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­             Romania,
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 customs duties may, for each category of
products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling,
expressed in units of account, which will be equal —                                       Article 1
with the exception of certain products the value of the
ceilings for which is given in Annex A to that Regula­          As from 4 November 1977, the levying of customs
tion — to the sum arrived at by adding together the             duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
value of the products in question imported cif into             (EEC) No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect
the Community in 1974 and coming from countries                 of the following products, imported into the Commu­
and territories covered by those arrangements, but not          nity and originating in Romania :
including products coming from countries and territo­
ries already covered by various preferential tariff arran­            CCT
gements established by the Community, and 5 % of                     heading                    Description of goods
                                                                       No
the value of 1974 cif imports coming from other coun­
tries and from countries and territories already covered
by such arrangements ;                                          27.10            Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­
                                                                                 minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­
Whereas, however, for products falling within subhead­                           rations not elsewhere specified or included,
ings 27.10 A III, B III, C I c), C II c) and C III c) and                        containing not less than 70 % by weight
d), the Community ceilings as defined in Article 1 (3)                           of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
are respectively set at 703 500, 275 000 and 1 700 000                           bituminous minerals, these oils being the
                                                                                 basic constituents or the preparations :
tonnes ;
                                                                                 C. Heavy oils :
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling and for the                                     I. Gas oil :
 same subheadings, the maximum Community amount                                            c) For other purposes
referred to in Article 1 (4) of the aforesaid Regulation
                                                                                      II . Fuel oil :
is reduced to 20 % (2) ;
                                                                                           c) For other purposes
Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that                                III. Lubricating oils ; other oils :
the levying of customs duties may be re-established at                                     c) To be mixed in accordance with
any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­                                       the terms of Additional Note 7
 tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­                                    to Chapter 27
 ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C                                      d) For other purposes
 to the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­
 nity amount has been reached ;
Whereas, in respect of heavy petroleum oils falling                                        Article 2
within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d)
and originating in Romania, a country covered by pref­
                                                                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, 28 October 1977.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                 Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                             Member of the Commission
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