31977R2520

17 . 11 . 77 No L 293/22 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2520/77 of 15 November 1977 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper falling within heading No 74.04, originating 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 Commu­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European nity amount has been reached ; Economic Community,

Whereas, in respect of wrought plates, sheets and Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No strip, of copper, the ceiling, calculated as indicated 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ above, should be 2 963 000 units of account, and there­ tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in fore the maximum amount is 888 900 units of developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 (2) account ; whereas on 7 November 1977, the amounts thereof, of imports into the Community of wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper, originating in Yugoslavia a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation reached that maximum amount ; whereas, bearing in provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 3021 /76 gory of products, be suspended up to a Community which provides that maximum amounts should not be ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be exceeded, customs duties should be re-established in 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 to Yugoslavia, 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 those arrangements, but not including products coming from countries and territories already covered HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : by various prefentialp 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 172-5 % of that resulting from the substitution of the As from 20 November 1977, the levying of customs year 1971 for the year 1974 in the first term of the duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the (EEC) No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect second term of the addition ; of the following products, imported into the Commu­ nity and originating in Yugoslavia :

Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts OCT for products originating in any one of the countries or heading Description of goods No territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should be within a maximum Community amount repre­ senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of 74.04 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, 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, 15 November 1977. For the Commission

Lorenzo NATALI Vice-President