31977R2618

29 . 11 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 304/35

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2618 /77 of 28 November 1977 re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium falling within heading No 76.03, 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 aluminium, the ceiling, calculated as indi­ 3021 /76 of 13 December 1976 establishing preferen­ cated above, should be 8 304 000 units of account, and tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in therefore the maximum amount is 1 660 800 units of developing countries (J ), and in particular Article 4 (2) account ; whereas on 23 November 1977, the amounts thereof, of imports into the Community of wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium, originating in Yugos­ lavia a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­ Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) gory of products, be suspended up to a Community No 3021 /76 which provides that maximum amounts ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be should not be exceeded, customs duties should be re­ equal — with the exception of certain products the established in respect of the products in question in value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to relation 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : coming from countries and territories already covered 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 Article 1 tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from the sum of this addition may in no case exceed As from 2 December 1977, the levying of customs 1 72-5 % of that resulting from the substitution of the duties, suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation year 1971 for the year 1974 in the first term of the (EEC) No 3021 /76, shall be re-established in respect addition and of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the of the following products, imported into the Commu­ second term of the addition ; nity and originating in Yugoslavia :

CCT Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts Description heading 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 76.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of alumi­ senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of nium 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 20 % ; 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, 28 November 1977 . For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission