31976R0597

17 . 3 . 76 No L 71 / 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 597176 of 16 March 1976 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on medium petroleum oils, for other purposes falling within subheading 27.10 B III originating in Libya to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3010/75 of 17 November 1975 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 1 90 000 metric tons, and therefore the maximum COMMUNITIES, 38 000 metric tons ; whereas on 1 2 March 1 976, the amounts of imports into the Community of medium petroleum oils, for other purposes, falling within Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European subheading 27.10 B III originating in Libya a country Economic Community, covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3010/75 which 3010/75 of 17 November 1975 establishing preferen­ provides that maximum amounts should not be exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in developing countries ( !), and in particular Article 4 (2) respect of the products in question in relation to thereof, Libya,

Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ gory of products, be suspended up to a Community HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ceiling which will be equal to 115 % of the sum arrived at by adding together imports in metric tons of the products in question imported into the Commu­ nity in 1971 and coming from countries and territo­ Article 1 ries covered by those arrangements, but not including products coming from countries and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements esta­ As from 20 March 1976, the levying of customs blished by the Community, and 5 % of the metric duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation tonnage of 1972 imports coming from other countries (EEC) No 3010/75 of 17 November 1975, shall be and from countries and territories already covered by re-established in respect of the following products, such arrangements ; imported into the Community and originating in Libya : Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts for products originating in any one of the countries or CCT 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 27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­ certain products for which the maximum amount is to minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­ be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to rations not elsewhere specified or included, that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this containing not less than 70 % by weight reduced percentage will be 20 % . of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations : Whereas Article 2(2) of that Regulation provides that B. Medium oils : the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ III . For other purposes tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­ ries once the relevant Community amount has been reached ;

Article 2 Whereas, in respect of medium petroleum oils, for other purposes, falling within subheading 27.10 B III the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of OJ No L 310, 29 . 11 . 1975, p. 70 . the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 March 1976.

For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Member of the Commission