31977R1793

4. 8 . 77 No L 197 / 19 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1793/77 of 2 August 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on other butyl alcohols, falling within subheading 29.04 A III b), originating in Romania to which the preferen­ tial tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C COMMUNITIES, of the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­ nity amount has been reached ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas, in respect of other butyl alcohols falling within subheading 29.04 A III b), the ceiling, calcu­ lated as indicated above, should be 386 000 units of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No account, and therefore the maximum amount is 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ 193 000 units of account ; whereas on 28 July 1977, tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in the amounts of imports into the Community of other developing countries (J), and in particular Article 4 (2) butyl alcohols falling within subheading 29.04 A III thereof, b), originating in Romania, a country covered by pref­ erential tariff arrangements, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 which provides that provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ maximum amounts should not be exceeded, customs gory of products, be suspended up to a Community duties should be re-established in respect of the ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be products in question in relation to Romania, equal — with the exception of certain products the value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A of 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : coming from countries and territories covered by those arrangements, but not including products coming from countries and territories already covered Article 1 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 As from 7 August 1977, the levying of customs duties, tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect of the the sum of this addition may in no case exceed following products, imported into the Community 172-5 % of that resulting from the substitution of the and originating in Romania : year 1971 for the year 1974 in the first term of the addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the CCT second term of the addition ; heading Description of goods No Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts 29.04 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, for products originating in any one of the countries or sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated deriva­ territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should tives : be within a maximum Community amount repre­ A. Saturated monohydric alcohols : senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of III . Butyl alcohols : certain products for which the maximum amount is to be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to b) Other butyl alcohols that Regulation ;

Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that Article 2 the levying of customs duties may be re-established at any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ tion originating in any of the said countries or territo 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.

No L 197/ 20 4 . 8 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 2 August 1977. For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission