31975R1378

No L 139/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 30 . 5 . 75

REGULATION (EEC) No 1378/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 May 1975 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on citric acid falling within subheading 29.16 A IV a) originating in Mexico, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3054/74 of 2 December 1974 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, in respect of citric acid falling within COMMUNITIES, subheading 29.16 A IV a) the ceiling, calculated as indicated above should be 292 000 units of account, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European and therefore the maximum amount 146 000 units of Economic Community ; account ; whereas on 27 May 1975, the amounts of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No imports into the Community of citric acid falling 3054/74 (') of 2 December 1974 establishing preferen­ within subheading 29.16 A IV a) originating in tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in Mexico, a country covered by preferential tariff arran­ developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2) gements, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, thereof ; bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3054/74 which provides that maximum amounts Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation should not be exceeded, customs duties should be provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ re-established in respect of the products in question gory of products, be suspended up to a Community in relation to Mexico, ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be equal to the sum arrived at by adding together the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : value of the products in question imported cif into 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 2 June 1975, the levying of customs duties, ries already covered by various preferential tariff arran­ suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) gements established by the Community, and 5 % of No 3054/74 of 2 December 1974, shall be the value of 1972 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 Mexico : by such arrangements ; Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts CCT for products originating in any one of the countries or 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 ; Citric acid 29.1 6 A IV a) 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 da) ries once the relevant Community maximum amount following its publication in the Official Journal o has been reached ; the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 May 1975 . For the Commission The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(') OJ No L 329 , 9 . 12 . 1974, p. 70 .