31977R2419

1 . 11 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 279 / 67

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2419/77 of 28 October 1977 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on heavy petroleum oils falling within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d) and originating in Romania, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 3021/76 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN erential tariff arrangements, charges in the Commu­ COMMUNITIES, nity reached, on 26 October 1977, the maximum amount of 340 000 tonnes ; whereas, bearing in mind Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 which Economic Community, provides that maximum amounts shall not be exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No respect of the products in question in relation to 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ Romania, tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation provides that customs duties may, for each category of products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be equal — Article 1 with the exception of certain products the value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to that Regula­ As from 4 November 1977, the levying of customs tion — to the sum arrived at by adding together the duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation value of the products in question imported cif into (EEC) No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect the Community in 1974 and coming from countries of the following products, imported into the Commu­ and territories covered by those arrangements, but not nity and originating in Romania : including products coming from countries and territo­ ries already covered by various preferential tariff arran­ CCT gements established by the Community, and 5 % of heading Description of goods No the value of 1974 cif imports coming from other coun­ tries and from countries and territories already covered by such arrangements ; 27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­ minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­ Whereas, however, for products falling within subhead­ rations not elsewhere specified or included, ings 27.10 A III, B III, C I c), C II c) and C III c) and containing not less than 70 % by weight d), the Community ceilings as defined in Article 1 (3) of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the are respectively set at 703 500, 275 000 and 1 700 000 basic constituents or the preparations : tonnes ; C. Heavy oils : Whereas, having regard to that ceiling and for the I. Gas oil : same subheadings, the maximum Community amount c) For other purposes referred to in Article 1 (4) of the aforesaid Regulation II . Fuel oil : is reduced to 20 % (2) ; c) For other purposes Whereas Article 2 (2) of that Regulation provides that III . Lubricating oils ; other oils : the levying of customs duties may be re-established at c) To be mixed in accordance with any time in respect of imports of the products in ques­ the terms of Additional Note 7 tion originating in any of the said countries or territo­ to Chapter 27 ries — with the exception of those listed in Annex C d) For other purposes to the same Regulation — once the relevant Commu­ nity amount has been reached ;

Whereas, in respect of heavy petroleum oils falling Article 2 within subheadings 27.10 C I c), II c), III c) and d) and originating in Romania, a country covered by pref­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day (•) OJ No L 349, 20. 12. 1976, p. 23. following its publication in the Official Journal of (2) OJ No L 349, 20 . 12. 1976, p. 27, footnote (2). 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, 28 October 1977.

For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission

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