31977R2231

8 . 10 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 257/ 21

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2231 /77 of 6 October 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on wood (including blocks, strips and friezes for parquet or wood block flooring, not assembled), planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, centre V-jointed, beaded, centre-beaded or the like, but not further manufactured, falling within heading No 44.13 , originating in Malaysia to which the preferential 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 wood falling within heading No 44.13, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above , Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No should be 6 547 500 units of account, and therefore 3021 / 76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ the maximum amount is 3 273 750 units of account ; tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in whereas on 5 October 1977, the amounts of imports developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) into the Community of wood falling within heading thereof, No 44.13, originating in Malaysia a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached that Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in mind the provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 which gory of products, be suspended up to a Community provides that maximum amounts should not be exceeded , customs duties should be re-established in ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be equal — with the exception of certain products the respect of the products in question in relation to value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A of Malaysia, 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : those arrangements, but not including products coming from countries and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements established Article 1 by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1974 cif imports coming from other countries and from coun­ As from 11 October 1977, the levying of customs tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from (EEC) No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect the sum of this addition may in no case exceed of the following products, imported into the Commu­ 172-5 % of that resulting from the substitution of the nity and originating in Malaysia : year 1971 for the year 1974 in the first term of the addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the ccr second term of the addition ; heading Description of goods No Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts for products originating in any one of the countries or 44.13 Wood (including blocks, strips and friezes territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should for parquet or wood block flooring, not be within a maximum Community amount repre­ assembled), planed, tongued, grooved, senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, centre V­ certain products for which the maximum amount is to jointed, beaded, centre-beaded or the like, but not further manufactured be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to 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.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 October 1977. For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission