31978R2773

29 . 11 . 78 No L 332/45 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2773/78 of 28 November 1978 re-establishing the levying of customs duties on broom and brush bodies and handles, of wood, falling within subheading 44.25 ex B, originating in developing countries, to which the preferential tariff arrangements set out in Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2705 /77 apply

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN B, the ceiling, calculated as indicated above, should be COMMUNITIES, 1 164 000 units of account ; whereas on 15 November 1978 the amounts of imports into the Community of Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European the products in question, originating in countries and Economic Community, territories covered by preferential tariff arrangements, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No reached that ceiling ; whereas, bearing in mind the 2705/77 of 28 November 1977 establishing preferen­ objectives of Regulation (EEC) No 2705/77 which tial tariffs in respect of certain products originating in provides that the ceiling should not be exceeded, developing countries ( l), and in particular Article 4 (2) customs duties should be re-established in respect of thereof, the products in question, Whereas Article 1 (3) of that Regulation provides that the customs duties may, for each category of products, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : be suspended up to a Community ceiling, expressed in units of account, which will be equal — with the Article 1 exception of certain products the value of the ceilings As from 2 December 1978, customs duties, suspended for which is given in Annex A to the Regulation in in pursuance of Council Regulation (EEC) No question — to the sum arrived at by adding together 2705/77 shall be re-established in respect of the the value of the products in question imported cif following products, imported into the Community, into the Community in 1974 and coming from coun­ coming from any beneficiary country or territory, with tries and territories covered by those arrangements, the exception of those listed in Annex C to Regula­ but not including products coming from countries tion (EEC) No 2705/77 : and territories already covered by various preferential tariff arrangements established by the Community, CCT and 5 % of the value of 1975 cif imports coming heading Description from other countries and from countries and territo­ No ries already covered by such arrangements ; whereas, however, the ceiling resulting from the sum of this 44.25 Wooden tools, tool bodies, tool handles, addition may in no case exceed 225 % of that fixed broom and brush bodies and handles ; for 1976 ; boot and shoe lasts and trees, of wood : Whereas Article 2 ( 1 ) and (3) of that Regulation ex B. Other : broom and brush bodies and provides that the customs duties may be re-established handles, of wood 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 broom and brush bodies and following its publication in the Official Journal of handles, of wood, falling within subheading 44.25 ex the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 November 1978 . For the Commission Étienne DAVIGNON Member of the Commission

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