31978R1097
26 . 5 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 139 / 19
COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1097/78 of 25 May 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on light petroleum oils, falling within subheading 27.10 A III , originating in Iran to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 apply
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN whereas, in respect of light petroleum oils, falling COMMUNITIES , within subheading 27.10 A III, originating in Iran, a country covered by preferential tariff arrangements, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European charges in the Community reached on 10 May 1978 Economic Community, the maximum amount of 140 700 tonnes ; whereas, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in shall not be exceeded, customs duties should be re developing countries ( J ), and in particular Article 4 (2) established in respect of the products in question in thereof, relation to Iran , Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation provides that the customs duties may, for each cate gory of products, be suspended up to a Community HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be equal — with the exception of certain products the Article 1 value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by As from 29 May 1978 , the levying of customs duties, adding together the value of the products in question suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) imported cif into the Community in 1974 and No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the coming from countries and territories covered by following products, imported into the Community those arrangements, but not including products and originating in Iran : coming from countries and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements established CCT by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif heading Description No imports covered by such arrangements ; Whereas, however, for products falling within sub 27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu headings 27.10 A III, B III, C I c), C II c) and C III c) minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa and d) the Community ceilings as defined in Article 1 rations not elsewhere specified or included, (3) are respectively set at 703 500, 275 000 and containing not less than 70 % by weight 1 700 000 tonnes ; of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from Whereas, having regard to that ceiling and for the bituminous minerals, the oils being the same subheadings, the maximum Community amount basic constituents of the preparations : referred to in Article 1 (4) of the Regulation in ques A. Light oils : tion is reduced to 20 % (2) ; III . For other purposes Whereas Article 2 (2) (3) of that Regulation provides that the levying of customs duties may be re established at any time in respect of imports of the Article 2 products in question originating in any of the said countries or territories — with the exception of those This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day listed in Annex C to the same Regulation — once the following its publication in the Official Journal of relevant Community amount has been reached ; the European Communities. ^
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels , 25 May 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 (>).