31978R1099

26 . 5 . 78 No L 139 / 21 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1099/ 78

of 25 May 1978

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper, falling within heading No 74.04 , originating in Yugoslavia 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 wrought plates , sheets and Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No strip, of copper, falling within heading No 74.04, the 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in 2 963 000 units of account, and therefore the developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) maximum amount is 888 900 units of account ; thereof, whereas on 10 May 1978 the amounts of imports into Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation the Community of wrought plates, sheets and strip, of provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ copper, falling within heading No 74.04, originating gory of products, be suspended up to a Community in Yugoslavia, a country covered by preferential tariff ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be arrangements , reached that maximum amount ; equal — with the exception of certain products the whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to ( EEC) No 2705/77 which provides that maximum the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by amounts should not be exceeded , customs duties adding together the value of the products in question should be re-established in respect of the products in imported cif into the Community in 1974 and question in relation to Yugoslavia, coming from countries and territories covered by those arrangements, but not including products HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : coming from countries and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements established Article 1 by the Community, and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif imports coming from other countries and from coun­ As from 29 May 1978 , the levying of customs duties, tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) ments ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the the sum of this addition may in no case exceed following products, imported into the Community 225 % of the preferential ceiling opened for 1976 ; and originating in Yugoslavia : Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts for products originating in any one of the countries or CCT territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should heading Description No be within a maximum Community amount repre­ senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of 74.04 Wrought plates , sheets and strip, of copper certain products for which the maximum amount is to be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this Article 2 reduced percentage will be 30 % .

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, 25 May 1978 .

For the Commission

Étienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission

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