31978R1342

21 . 6. 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 164/9

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1342/78

of 20 June 1978

re-establishing the levying of the customs duties on wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections of aluminium ; aluminium wire falling within heading No 76.02 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 of the same Regulation — once the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European relevant Community amount has been reached ; Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, in respect of wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections of aluminium ; aluminium wire, 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ the ceiling, calculated above, should be 3 516 000 tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in units of account, and therefore the maximum amount developing countries (J) and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof, is 703 200 units of account ; whereas on 10 June 1978 , the amounts of imports into the Community of Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections of provides that the customs duties may, for each cate­ aluminium ; aluminium wire, originating in Yugos­ gory of products, be suspended up to a Community lavia, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­ ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, equal — with the exception of certain products the bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A to No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts the Regulation in question — to the sum arrived at by should not be exceeded, customs duties should be re­ adding together the value of the products in question established in respect of the products in question in imported cif into the Community in 1974 and 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 As from 24 June 1978, the levying of customs duties, imports coming from other countries and from coun­ suspended in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) tries and territories already covered by such arrange­ No 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the ments ; however the ceiling resulting from the sum of following products, imported into the Community this addition may in no case exceed 225 % of the pref­ and originating in Yugoslavia : erential ceiling open for 1976 ;

Whereas, having regard to that ceiling, the amounts CCT for products originating in any one of the countries or heading Description territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should No be within a maximum Community amount repre­ senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of 76.02 Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and certain products for which the maximum amount is to sections of aluminium ; aluminium wire be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A to that Regulation ; whereas, for these products, this Article 2 reduced percentage will be 20 % ;

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, 20 June 1978 .

For the Commission fitienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission

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