31978R0981

17 . 5 . 78 No L 128 / 11 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 981 /78 of 16 May 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on other goat and kidskin leather, other falling within subheading 41.04 B II, originating in developing countries, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN calculated as indicated above, should be 4 544 800 COMMUNITIES, units of account ; whereas on 3 May 1978 the amounts of imports into the Community of the products in Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European question, originating in countries and territories Economic Community, covered by preferential tariff arrangements, reached Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No that ceiling ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ of Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 which provides that tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in the ceiling should not be exceeded, customs duties developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) should be re-established in respect of the products in thereof, question, Whereas Article 1 (3) of that Regulation provides that HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : the customs duties may, for each category of products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed Article 1 in units of account, which will be equal — with the exception of certain products the value of the ceilings As from 20 May 1978, customs duties, suspended in for which is given in Annex A to the Regulation in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 question — to the sum arrived at by adding together shall be re-established in respect of the following the value of the products in question imported cif products, imported into the Community, coming into the Community in 1974 and coming from coun­ from any beneficiary country or territory, with the tries and territories covered by those arrangements, exception of those listed in Annex C to Regulation but not including products coming from countries (EEC) No 2705/77 : and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements established by the Community, CCT and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif imports coming heading Description from other countries and from countries and territo­ No ries already covered by such arrangements ; however the ceiling resulting from the sum of this addition 41.04 Goat and kidskin leather, except leather may in no case exceed 225 % of that fixed for 1976 ; falling within heading No 41.06 or 41.08 : B. Other : Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) and (3) of that Regulation provides that the customs duties may be re-established II . Other at any time on imports of the products in question coming from any country or territory, with the excep­ Article 2 tion of those listed in Annex C to that Regulation once the Community ceiling has been reached ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas, in respect of other goat and kidskin leather, following its publication in the Official Journal of other falling within subheading 41.04 B II, the ceiling, the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 May 1978 . For the Commission Christopher TUGENDHAT Member of the Commission

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