31977R0796

21 . 4 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 97/ 11

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 796/77 of 19 April 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on other mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous, falling within subheading 31.02 C, originating in Yugo­ slavia, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regula­ tion (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 of 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 other mineral or chemical ferti­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No lizers, nitrogenous, falling within subheading 31.02 C, 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in 3 108 000 units of account, and therefore the developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) maximum amount is 621 600 units of account ; thereof, whereas on 8 April 1977, the amounts of imports into the Community of other mineral or chemical ferti­ lizers, nitrogenous, falling within subheading 31.02 C, Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation originating in Yugoslavia, a country covered by prefer­ provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ ential tariff arrangements, reached that maximum gory of products, be suspended up to a Community amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives ol ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 which provides that equal — with the exception of certain products the maximum amounts should not be exceeded, customs value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A of duties should be re-established in respect of the the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by products in question in relation to Yugoslavia, 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 ents ; however the ceiling resulting from the sum of As from 24 April 1977, the levying of customs duties, this addition may in no case exceed 172-5% of that suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) resulting from the substitution of the year 1971 for No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect of the the year 1974 in the first term of the addition and of following products, imported into the Community the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the second term of and originating in Yugoslavia : the addition ;

CCT Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts heading Description of goods No for products originating in any one of the countries or territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should 31.02 Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitro­ be within a maximum Community amount repre­ genous : senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of certain products for which the maximum amount is to C. Other be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this reduced percentage will be 20 % ; 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, 19 April 1977. For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission