31974R2437

27 . 9 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 261 /49

REGULATION (EEC) No 2437/74 OF THE COMMISSION \ of 26 September 1974 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on fabricated asbestos, falling within heading No 68.13 , 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 indicated above, should be 1 405 000 units of account, COMMUNITIES , and therefore the maximum amount 702 500 units of account ; whereas on 18 September 1974, the amount Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; of imports into the Community of fabricated asbestos, falling within heading No 68.13, originating in Yugos­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No lavia, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­ 3501 /73 (') of 18 December 1973 establishing prefer­ ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, ential tariffs in respect of certain products originating bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) in developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2) No 3501 /73, which provides that maximum amounts thereof ; should not be exceeded , customs duties should be Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation re-established in respect of the products in question provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ in relation to Yugoslavia, gory of products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : equal to the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the products in question imported cif into Article 1 the Community in 1971 and coming from countries and territories covered by those arrangements, but not As from 30 September 1974, the levying of customs including products coming from countries and territo­ duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation ries already covered by various preferential tariff arran­ (EEC) No 3501 /73 of 18 December 1973 , shall be gements established by the Community, and 5 % of re-established in respect of the following products, the value of 1971 cif imports coming from other coun­ imported into the Community and originating in tries and from countries and territories already covered Yugoslavia : by such arrangements ; C CT Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts heading Description of goods 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 68.13 Fabricated asbestos and articles thereof (for senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of example, asbestos board , thread and fabric ; certain products for which the maximum amount is to asbestos clothing, asbestos jointing), rein­ be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to forced or not, other than goods falling within heading No 68.14 ; mixtures with a that Regulation ; basis of asbestos and mixtures with a basis Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that of asbestos and magnesium carbonate, and the levying of customs duties may be re-established at articles of such mixtures any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­ Article 2 ries once the relevant Community maximum amount has been reached ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas, in respect of fabricated asbestos, falling following its publication in the Official Journal of within heading No 68.13 , the ceiling, calculated as 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. 15 .