31978R0661

4 . 4 . 78 No L 89 / 15 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 661 /78 of 3 April 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on medium oils, for other purposes, falling within subheading 27.10 B III and originating in Libya, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN listed in Annex C thereto — once the relevant COMMUNITIES , Community amount has been reached ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, in respect of medium oils, for other Economic Community, purposes, falling within subheading 27.10 B III and originating in Libya, a country covered by preferential Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No tariff arrangements, charges in the Community 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ reached on 17 March 1978 the maximum amount of tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in 55 000 tonnes ; whereas, bearing in mind the objec­ developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof, tives of Regulation ( EEC) No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts should not be exceeded, Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation customs duties should be re-established in respect of provides that customs duties may, for each category of the products in question in relation to Libya, products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be equal — HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : with the exception of certain products the value of the Article 1 ceilings for which is given in Annex A thereto — to the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the As from 7 April 1978 , the levying of customs duties, products in question imported cif into the Commu­ suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) nity in 1974 and coming from countries and territo­ No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the ries covered by those arrangements, but not including following products, imported into the Community products coming from countries and territories already and originating in Libya : covered by various preferential tariff arrangements esta­ blished by the Community, and 5 % of the value of CCT 1975 cif imports coming from other countries and heading Description No from countries and territories already covered by such arrangements ; 27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­ Whereas, however, for products falling within subhead­ ings 27.10 A III, B III , C I c), C II c) and C III c) and minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­ rations not elsewhere specified or included , d) the Community ceilings as defined in Article 1 (3) containing not less than 70 % by weight is set at 703 500 , 275 000 and 1 700 000 tonnes respec­ of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from tively ; bituminous minerals, these oils being the Whereas, having regard to that ceiling and for the basic constituents of the preparations : same subheadings, the maximum Community amount B. Medium oils : refered to in Article 1 (4) of the afore-said Regulation III . For other purposes is reconduced to 20 % (2) ;

Whereas Article 2 (2) and (3) of that Regulation Article 2 provides that the levying of customs duties may be re­ established at any time in respect of imports of the This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day products in question originating in any of the said following its publication in the Official Journal of countries or territories — with the exception of those the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 3 April 1978 .

For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 324, 19 . 12 . 1977, p. 23 . (2) OJ No L 324, 19 . 12 . 1977 , p . 26, footnote (').