31978R1963

15. 8 . 78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 224/ 19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1963/ 78

of 11 August 1978

re-establishing the levying of customs duties on chamois-dressed leather, falling within heading No 41.06 and originating in India, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in 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 thereto, once the relevant Commu­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European nity amount has been reached ; Economic Community, Whereas, in respect of chamois-dressed leather, the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ 418 000 units of account, and therefore the maximum tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in amount is 209 000 units of account ; whereas, on 1 developing countries ('), and in particular Article 4 (2) August 1978, the amounts of imports into the thereof, Community of chamois-dressed leather, originating in Whereas Article 1 (3) and (4) of that Regulation India, a country covered by preferential tariff arrange­ provides that customs duties may, for each category of ments, reached that maximum amount ; whereas, products, be suspended up to a Community ceiling, bearing in mind the objectives of Regulation (EEC) expressed in units of account, which will be equal — No 2705/77 which provides that maximum amounts with the exception of certain products the value of the should not be exceeded, customs duties should be ceilings for which is given in Annex A thereto — to re-established in respect of the products in question the sum arrived at by adding together the value of the in relation to India, products in question imported cif into the Commu­ nity in 1974 and coming from countries and territo­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ries covered by those arrangements, but not including products coming from countries and territories already Article 1 covered by various preferential tariff arrangements esta­ blished by the Community, and 5 % of the value of From 18 August 1978, the levying of customs duties, 1975 cif imports coming from other countries and suspended in pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No from countries and territories already covered by such 2705/77, shall be re-established in respect of the arrangements ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting following products, imported into the Community from the sum of this addition may in no case exceed and originating in India : 225 % of the preferential 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 No territories listed in Annex B to that Regulation should be within a maximum Community amount repre­ 41.06 Chamois-dressed leather senting 50 % of that ceiling, with the exception of certain products for which the maximum amount is to be reduced to the percentage indicated in Annex A Article 2 thereto ;

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 following its publication in the Official Journal of re-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, 11 August 1978 .

For the Commission

fitienne DAVIGNON

Member of the Commission

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