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29 . 7 . 75 No L 198 /33 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 1940/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 28 July 1975 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on wood (including blocks, strips and friezes for parquet or wood block flooring, not assembled), planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, centre V-jointed, beaded, centre-beaded or the like, but not further manufactured falling within heading No 44.13 , originating in Brazil , 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 4 157 000 units of account, and therefore the COMMUNITIES, maximum amount 2 078 500 units of account ; whereas on 27 June 1975, the amounts of imports Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European into the Community of wood (including blocks, strips Economic Community ; and friezes for parquet or wood block flooring, not Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No assembled), planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, cham­ 3054/74 ( ! ) of 2 December 1974 establishing preferen­ fered, V-jointed, centre V-jointed, beaded, centre­ tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in beaded or the like, but not further manufactured, origi­ developing countries, and in particular Article 4 (2) nating in Brazil, a country covered by preferential thereof ; tariff arrangements, reached that maximum amount ; Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ (EEC) No 3054/74 which provides that maximum gory of products, be suspended up to a Community amounts should not be exceeded, customs duties ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be should be re-established in respect of the products in equal to the sum arrived at by adding together the question in relation to Brazil, value of the products in question imported cif into the Community in 1971 and coming from countries HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and territories covered by those arrangements, but not Article 1 including products coming from countries and territo­ ries already covered by various preferential tariff arran­ As from 1 August 1975, the levying of customs duties, gements established by the Community, and 5 % of suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) the value of 1972 cif imports coming from other coun­ No 3054/74 of 2 December 1974, shall be tries and from countries and territories already covered re-established in respect of the following products, by such arrangements ; imported into the Community and originating in Brazil : 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 be within a maximum Community amount repre­ heading Description of goods No senting 50 % of that ceiling ; Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that 44.13 Wood (including blocks, strips and friezes the levying of customs duties may be re-established at for parquet or wood block flooring, not any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ assembled), planed, tongued, groved, tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­ rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, centre ries once the relevant Community maximum amount V-jointed, beaded, centre-beaded or the has been reached ; like, but not further manufactured Whereas, in respect of wood (including blocks, strips and friezes for parquet or wood block flooring, not Article 2 assembled), planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, cham­ fered, V-jointed, centre V-jointed, beaded, centre­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day beaded or the like, but not further manufactured, the following its publication * in the Official Journal of ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 July 1975. For the Commission F.O. GUNDELACH Member of the Commission

;») OJ No L 329 , 9 . 12. 74, p. 70 .