31978R0743

13 . 4 . 78 No L 100/ 17 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 743/78

of 12 April 1978

re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on melamine, falling within subheading No 2935 ex Q, originating in Mexico, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN products in question originating in any of the said COMMUNITIES, countries or territories — with the exception of those listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European relevant Community amount has been reached ; Economic Community, Whereas, in respect of melamine, falling within Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No subheading No 29.35 ex Q, the ceiling, calculated as 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ indicated above, should be 486 000 units of account, tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in and therefore the maximum amount is 243 000 units developing countries (*), and in particular Article 4 (2) of account ; whereas on 7 April 1978, the amounts of thereof, imports into the Community of melamine, falling Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation within subheading No 29.35 ex Q, originating in provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ Mexico, a country covered by preferential tariff arran­ gory of products, be suspended up to a Community gements, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) equal — with the exception of certain products the No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to should not be exceeded, customs duties should be re­ the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by established in respect of the products in question in adding together the value of the products in question relation to Mexico, 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 Article 1 by various preferential tariff arrangements established As from 16 April 1978, the levying of customs duties, by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) imports coming from other countries and from coun­ No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ following products, imported into the Community ments ; however the ceiling resulting from the sum of and originating in Mexico : this addition may in no case exceed 225 % of the pref­ erential ceiling open for 1976 ; CCT Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts heading Description No for products originating in any one of the countries or territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should be within a maximum Community amount repre­ 29.35 Heterocyclic compounds ; nucleic acids : senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of ex Q. Melamine certain products for which the maximum amount is to be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to Article 2 that Regulation ;

Whereas Article 2 (2) and (3) of that Regulation This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day provides that the levying of customs duties may be re­ following its publication in the Official Journal of established at any time in respect of imports of the the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 12 April 1978 .

For the Commission

Guido BRUNNER

Member of the Commission

(») OJ No L 324, 19 . 12. 1977, p. 23 .