31976R2168

3 . 9 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 242/ 13

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2168 /76 of 2 September 1976 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on petroleum medium oils, for other purposes, falling within subheading 27.10 B III , originating in Venezuela 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 Whereas, in respect of petroleum medium oils, for COMMUNITIES, other purposes, falling within subheading 27.10 B III, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European originating in Venezuela, a country covered by prefer­ ential tariff arrangements, charges in the Community Economic Community, reached on 31 August 1976 the maximum amount of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 38 000 metric tons, whereas, bearing in mind the 3010/75 of 17 November 1975 establishing preferen­ objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3010/75 which tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in provides that maximum amounts shall not be developing countries ( ! ), and in particular Article 4 (2) exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in thereof, respect of the products in question in relation to Vene­ Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation zuela, provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ gory of products, be suspended up to a Community HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be Article 1 equal to 115 % of the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the products in question As from 6 September 1976, the levying of customs imported cif into the Community in 1971 and duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation coming from countries and territories covered by (EEC) No 3010/75 of 17 November 1975, shall be those arrangements, but not including products re-established in respect of the following products, coming from countries and territories already covered imported into the Community and originating in by various preferential tariff arrangements established Venezuela, by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1972 cif imports coming from other countries and from coun­ CCT tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ heading Description of goods No ments ; Whereas, however, for products falling within subhead­ 27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­ ings 27.10 A III, B III, C I c), C II c) and C III c) and minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­ d) the Community ceiling as defined in Article 1 (3) is rations not elsewhere specified or included, respectively set at 670 000, 190 000 and 1 700 000 containing not less than 70 % by weight metric tons ; of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from Whereas, having regard to that ceiling and for the bituminous minerals, these oils being the same subheadings, the maximum Community amount basic constituents of the preparations : referred to in Article 1 (4) of the Regulation in ques­ B. Medium oils : tion is reconduced to 20 % (2) ; III . For other purposes Whereas Article 2 (2) of the Regulation in question provides that the levying of customs duties may be Article 2 re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in question originating in any of the said This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day countries or territories once the relevant Community following its publication in the Official Journal of amount has been reached : the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 September 1976. For the Commission Finn GUNDELACH Member of the Commission

(•) OJ No L 310 , 29 . 11 . 1975, p . 70 . (2) OJ No L 310, 29 . 11 . 1975, p. 73 , footnote (').