31977R1549

12. 7 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 172/ 13

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1549/77 of 8 July 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper ; hollow bars of copper falling within heading No 74.07 origi­ nating 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 Community Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European amount has been reached ; Economic Community,

Whereas, in respect of tubes and pipes and blanks Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No therefor, of copper ; hollow bars of copper, the ceiling, 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ calculated as indicated above, should be 7 1 32 000 tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in units of account, and therefore the maximum amount developing countries ( !), and in particular Article 4 (2) is 2 139 600 units of account ; whereas on 5 July thereof, 1977, the amounts of imports into the Community of tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper ; hollow bars of copper, originating in Yugoslavia, a Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ reached that maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in gory of products, be suspended up to a Community mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be which provides that maximum amounts should not be equal , with the exception of certain products the value exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to the respect of the products in question in relation to Regulation in question, to the sum arrived at by 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 coming from countries and territories already covered HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 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 tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ Article 1 ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from the sum of this addition may in no case exceed As from 15 July 1977, the levying of customs duties, 172-5 % of that resulting from the substitution of the suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) year 1971 for the year 1974 in the first term of the No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect of the addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the following products, imported into the Community second term of the addition ; and originating in Yugoslavia :

Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts CCT 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 74.07 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of copper ; hollow bars of copper 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 30 % ; 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, 8 July 1977.

For the Commission Richard BURKE Member of the Commission