31978R1547

5 . 7 . 78 No L 182/ 14 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1547/78

of 4 July 1978

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on light oils for other purposes, falling within subheading 27.10 A III , 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 countries and territories covered by preferential tariff COMMUNITIES, arrangements, imports into the Community reached on 28 June 1977 the ceiling of 703 500 tonnes ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation Economic Community, (EEC) No 2705/77 which provides that the ceiling Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No should not be exceeded, customs duties should be re- 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ established in respect of the products in question, tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in developing countries (1), and in particular Article 4 (2) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Whereas Article 1 (3) of that Regulation provides that Article 1 the customs duties may, for each category of products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed As from 8 July 1978, customs duties, suspended in in units of account, which will be equal — with the pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 exception of certain products the value of the ceilings shall be re-established in respect of the following for which is given in Annex A to the Regulation in products, imported into the Community, coming question — to the sum arrived at by adding together from any beneficiary country or territory, with the the value of the products in question imported cif exception of those listed in Annex C to Regulation into the Community in 1975 and coming from coun­ (EEC) No 2705/77 : tries and territories covered by those arrangements, but not including products coming from countries CCT and territories already covered by various preferential heading Description tariff arrangements established by the Community, No and 5 % of the value of 1974 cif imports coming from other countries and from countries and territo­ 27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­ ries already covered by such arrangements ; minous minerals, other than crude ; prepa­

rations not elsewhere specified or included, Whereas, however, for products falling within subhead­ containing not less than 70 % by weight of ings 27.10 A III, Bill, C I c), C II c) and d), the petroleum oils or of oils obtained from Community ceilings, as defined in Article 1 (3), are bituminous minerals, these oils being the respectively set at 703 500, 275 000 and 1 700 000 basic constituents of the preparations : tonnes (2) ; A. Light oils : Whereas Article 2(1 ) and (3) of that Regulation III . For other purposes provides that the customs duties may be re-established 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 light oils, for other purposes, following its publication in the Official Journal of the

falling within subheading 27.10 A III, originating in European Communities.

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

States .

Done at Brussels, 4 July 1978 .

For the Commission

Richard BURKE

Member of the Commission

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