CELEX: 31978R1889
Language: en
Date: 1978-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1889/78 of 2 August 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on heavy oils, falling within subheadings 27.10 C I c), C II c), C III c) and d) and originating in developing countries, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

No L 216/26                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                      5 . 8 . 78
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1889/78
                                                    of 2 August 1978
               re-establishing the levying of customs duties on heavy oils, falling within
               subheadings 27.10 C I c), C II c), C III c) and d) and originating in developing
               countries, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regu­
                                            lation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 No 2705/77 which provides that the ceiling should
COMMUNITIES,                                                  not      be   exceeded,      customs       duties   should      be
                                                               re-established in respect of the products in question,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­
tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in
developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2)
thereof,                                                                                   Article 1
Whereas Article 1 (3) of that Regulation provides that
the customs duties may, for each category of products,        As from 8 August 1978 , customs duties, suspended in
be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed              pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77
in units of account, which will be equal — with the           shall be re-established in respect of the following
exception of certain products the value of the ceilings        products, imported into the Community, coming
for which is given in Annex A to the Regulation in             from any beneficiary country or territory, with the
question — to the sum arrived at by adding together           exception of those listed in Annex C to Regulation
the value of the products in question imported cif            (EEC) No 2705/77 :
into the Community in 1974 and coming from coun­
tries and territories covered by those arrangements,                 CCT
                                                                    heading                         Description
but not including products coming from countries                      No
and territories already covered by various preferential
tariff arrangements established by the Community,              27.10             Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­
and 5% of the value of 1975 cif imports coming                                   minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­
from other countries and from countries and territo­
                                                                                 rations not elsewhere specified or included,
ries already covered by such arrangements ;                                      containing not less than 70 % by weight
                                                                                 of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                                                                 bituminous minerals, these oils being the
Whereas, however, for products falling within subhead­                           basic constituents of the preparations :
ings 27.10 A III, B III, C I c), C II c), C III c) and d)
the Community ceilings as defined in Article 1 (3) are                           C. Heavy oils :
respectively set at 703 500, 275 000 and 1 700 000                                     I. Gas oil :
tonnes (2) ;                                                                               c) For other purposes
                                                                                      II . Fuel oil :
Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) and (3) of that Regulation                                         c) For other purposes
provides that the customs duties may be re-established                               III . Lubricating oils : other oils :
at any time on imports of the products in question                                         c) To be mixed in accordance with
coming from any country or territory, with the excep­                                         the terms of Additional Note 7
tion of those listed in Annex C to that Regulation ,                                          to Chapter 27
once the Community ceiling has been reached ;                                              d) For other purposes
Whereas, in respect of heavy oils, originating in coun­
tries and territories covered by preferential tariff arran­
gements, imports into the Community reached on 24                                          Article 2
July 1978 the ceiling of 1 700 000 tonnes ; whereas,
bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC)
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(') OJ No L 324, 19.. 12. 1977, p. 23.                         following its publication in the Official Journal of
(2) OJ No L 324, 19. 12. 1977, p. 26, footnote (')•            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, 2 August 1978 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Étienne DAVIGNON
                                                              Member of the Commission