CELEX: 31978R2775
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2775/78 of 28 November 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like, falling within heading No 68.12, originating in Yugoslavia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

29 . 11 . 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 332/47
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2775/78
                                                 of 28 November 1978
               re-establishing the levying of customs duties on articles of asbestos-cement, of
               cellulose fibre-cement or the like, falling within heading No 68.12, originating
                in Yugoslavia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council
                                         Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 products in question originating in any of the said
COMMUNITIES,                                                  countries or territories — with the exception of those
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the
Economic Community,                                            relevant Community amount has been reached ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  Whereas, in respect of articles of asbestos-cement, of
2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­            cellulose-cement or the like, the ceiling, calculated as
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in     indicated above, should be 1 254 000 units of account,
                                                               and therefore the maximum amount is 627 000 units
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)
thereof,                                                       of account ; whereas on 15 November 1978, the
                                                              amounts of imports into the Community of articles of
Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation               asbestos-cement, of cellulose-cement or the like, origi­
provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­           nating in Yugoslavia, a country covered by preferential
gory of products, be suspended up to a Community               tariff arrangements, reached that maximum amount ;
ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be         whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation
equal — with the exception of certain products the            (EEC) No 2705/77 which provides that maximum
value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to        amounts should not be exceeded, customs duties
the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by          should be re-established in respect of the products in
adding together the value of the products in question          question in relation to Yugoslavia,
imported cif into the Community in 1974 and
coming from countries and territories covered by               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
those arrangements, but not including products
coming from countries and territories already covered                                      Article 1
by various preferential tariff arrangements established
by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif            As from 2 December 1978, the levying of customs
imports coming from other countries and from coun­            duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation
tries and territories already covered by such arrange­         (EEC) No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect
ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from           of the following products, imported into the Commu­
the sum of this addition may in no case exceed                 nity and originating in Yugoslavia :
225 % of the preferential ceiling open for 1976 ;
Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts                  CCT
                                                                    heading                        Description
for products originating in any one of the countries or               No
territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should
be within a maximum Community amount repre­                    68.12               Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose
senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of                                fibre-cement or the like
certain products for which the maximum amount is to
be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to
that Regulation ;                                                                          Article 2
Whereas Article 2 (2) and (3) of that Regulation              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
provides that the levying of customs duties may be             following its publication in the Official Journal of
re-established at any time in respect of imports of the        the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
                Done at Brussels, 28 November 1978 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Etienne DAVIGNON
                                                                     Member of the Commission
(!) OJ No L 324, 19 . 12. 1977, p. 23 .