31977R0381

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COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 381 / 77 of 24 February 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels, falling within heading No 70.12, originating in Yugoslavia to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 3021 /76 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ COMMUNITIES , tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­ ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European nity amount has been reached ; Economic Community,

Whereas, in respect of glass inners for vacuum flasks Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No or for other vacuum vessels, the ceiling, calculated as 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ indicated above , should be 289 000 units of account, tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in and therefore the maximum amount is 115 600 units developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) of account ; whereas on 18 February 1977 the thereof, amounts of imports into the Community of glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels originating in Yugoslavia, a country covered by prefer­ Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation ential tariff arrangements, reached that maximum provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of gory of products, be suspended up to a Community Regulation ( EEC) No 3021 /76 which provides that ceiling, expressed in units of account , which will be maximum amounts should not be exceeded , customs equal — with the exception of certain products the duties should be re-established in respect of the value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to products in question in relation to Yugoslavia, the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the products in question imported cif into the Community in 1974 and coming from countries and territories covered by those arrangements, but not including products HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : coming from countries and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements established by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1974 cif imports coming from other countries and from coun­ Article 1 tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from the sum of this addition may in no case exceed As from 28 February 1977 the levying of customs 172-5 % of that resulting from the substitution of the duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation year 1971 for the year 1974 in the first term of the ( EEC) No 3021 / 76, shall be re-established in respect addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the of the following products, imported into the Commu­ second term of the addition ; nity and originating in Yugoslavia :

CCT 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 70.12 Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of vacuum vessels certain products for which the maximum amount is to be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this reduced percentage will be 40 % ; Article 2 Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re-established at This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of (') OJ No L 349 , 20 . 12 . 1976, p. 23 . 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 , 24 February 1977 . For the Commission

Lorenzo NATALI Vice-President