31973R2263

21 . 8 . 73 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 233 / 17

REGULATION (EEC) No 2263 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 August 1973 re-establishing Common Customs Tariff 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 2762/72 of 19 December 1972 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in respect of articles of asbestos-cement, of COMMUNITIES, cellulose fibre-cement or the like, the ceiling, calcu­ lated as indicated above , should be 1 064 000 units of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European account, and therefore the maximum amount 532 000 Economic Community ; units of account ; whereas on 16 August 1973 the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No amounts of imports into the Community of articles of 2762/72 ( ! ) of 19 December 1972 establishing prefer­ asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like, ential tariffs in respect of certain products originating originating in Yugoslavia, a country covered by prefer­ in developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2) ential tariff arrangements, reached that maximum thereof ; amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 2762/72, which provides that provides that the Common Customs Tariff duties maximum amounts should not be exceeded, Common may, for each category of products, be suspended up Customs Tariff duties should be re-established in to a Community ceiling, expressed in units of respect of the products in question in relation to account, which will usually be equal to the sum Yugoslavia ; arrived at by adding together the value of the products in question imported cif into the Community in 1968 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and coming from countries and territories covered by those arrangements, but not including products Article 1 coming from countries and territories already covered As from 24 August 1973 , Common Customs Tariff by various preferential tariff arrangements established duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1970 cif ( EEC) No 2762/ 72 of 19 December 1972, shall be imports coming from other countries and from coun­ re-established in respect of the following products, tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ imported into the Community and originating in ments ; Yugoslavia : Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts for products originating in any one of the countries or territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should CCT heading No Description be within a maximum Community amount repre­ senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of certain products for which the maximum amount is to 68.12 Articles of asbestos-cement , of cellulcjse be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to fibre-cement or the like that Regulation ; Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that the Common Customs Tariff duties may be Article 2 re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question originating in any of the said This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day countries or territories once the relevant Community following its publication in the Official Journal of maximum amount has been reached ; the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels , 20 August 1973 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 296 , 30 . 12 . 1972, p . 15 .