31978R1893

5 . 8 . 78 No L 216 /33 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1893/ 78 of 2 August 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on wood, planed, tongued, etc., falling within heading No 44.13 and 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 account ; whereas on 24 July 1978 the amounts of COMMUNITIES, imports into the Community of the products in ques­ tion , originating in countries and territories covered Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European by preferential tariff arrangements, reached that Economic Community, ceiling ; whereas, bearing in mind the objectives of Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 which provides that the 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ ceiling should not be exceeded, customs duties should tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in be re-established in respect of the products in ques­ developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) tion , thereof, 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 8 August 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, OCT and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif imports coming heading Description No from other countries and from countries and territo­ ries already covered by such arrangements ; however 44.13 Wood (including blocks, strips and friezes the ceiling resulting from the sum of this addition for parquet or wood block flooring, not may in no case exceed 225 % of that fixed for 1976 ; assembled), planed, tongued, grooved, Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) and (3) of that Regulation rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, centre provides that the customs duties may be re-established V-jointed, beaded, centre-beaded or the like , but not further manufactured at any time on imports of the products in question coming from any country or territory, with the excep­ tion of those listed in Annex C to that Regulation Article 2 once the Community ceiling has been reached ; Whereas, in respect of wood, planed, tongued, falling This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day within heading No 44.13, the ceiling, calculated as following its publication in the Official Journal of indicated above , should be 8 839 800 units of the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 2 August 1978 . For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission

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