31978R0840

No L 115/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 4 . 78

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 840/ 78

of 26 April 1978

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on light petroleum oils, falling within subheading 27.10 A III and originating in Romania, to which the prefer­ ential tariff arrangements set out in Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

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

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas, in respect of light petroleum oils, falling Economic Community, within subheading 27.10 A III and originating in Romania, a country covered by preferential tariff arran­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No gements, charges in the Community reached on 20 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ April 1978 the maximum amount of 140 700 tonnes ; tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) (EEC) No 2705/77 which provides that maximum thereof, amounts shall not be exceeded, customs duties should Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation be re-established in respect of the products in ques­ provides that customs duties may, for each category of tion in relation to Romania, 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 ceilings for which is given in Annex A thereto — to Article 1 the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the As from 30 April 1978 , the levying of customs duties, products in question imported cif into the Commu­ suspended in pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No nity in 1974 and coming from countries and territo­ 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 Romania : 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 from countries and territories already covered by such No 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 are set at 703 500 , 275 000 and 1 700 000 tonnes of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from respectively ; 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 A. Light oils : referred to in Article 1 (4) of the aforesaid 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 the countries or territories, with the exception of those European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 April 1 978 .

For the Commission

Étienne DAVIGNON

Member ofthe Commission

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