31974R2436

No L 261 /48 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 9 . 74

REGULATION (EEC) No 2436/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 26 September 1974 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on hydraulic cements, falling within heading No 25.23 , originating in Yugoslavia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3501 /73 of 18 December 1973 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in respect of hydraulic cements, falling COMMUNITIES , within heading No 25.23 , the ceiling, calculated as indicated above should be 457 000 units of account, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and therefore the maximum amount 228 500 units of Economic Community ; account ; whereas on 18 September 1974, the amount Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No of imports into the Community of hydraulic cements, 3501 /73 (•) of 18 December 1973 establishing prefer­ falling within heading No 25.23, originating in Yugos­ ential tariffs in respect of certain products originating lavia, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­ in developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2) ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, thereof ; bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation No 3501 /73, which provides that maximum amounts should not be exceeded, customs duties should be re­ provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ gory of products, be suspended up to a Community established in respect of the products in question in ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be relation to Yugoslavia, equal to the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the products in question imported cif into HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the Community in 1971 and coming from countries Article 1 and territories covered by those arrangements, but not including products coming from countries and territo­ As from 30 September 1974, the levying of customs ries already covered by various preferential tariff arran­ duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation gements established by the Community, and 5 % of (EEC) No 3501 /73 of 18 December 1973, shall be the value of 1971 cif imports coming from other coun­ re-established in respect of the following products, tries and from countries and territories already covered imported into the Community and originating in by such arrangements ; Yugoslavia : Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts for products originating in any one of the countries or OCT heading Description of goods territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should No be within a maximum Community amount repre­ senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of 25.23 Portland cement, ciment fondu , slag certain products for which the maximum amount is to cement, supersulphate cement and similar be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured that Regulation ; in the form of clinker Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at Article 2 any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day ries once the relevant Community maximum amount following its publication in the Official Journal of has been reached ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 September 1974. For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 358 , 28 . 12. 1973 , p. 1.5 .