31983R0073

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 73/ 83 of 13 January 1983 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 COMMUNITIES, of 24 July 1968 laying down detailed rules for deter­ mining free-at-frontier prices and for fixing levies in respect of milk and milk products (6) provides that the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European component of the levy fixed by means of a coefficient Economic Community, expressing the weight ratio between the milk powder contained in the product and the product itself is, for the products falling within subheading 04.02 B I b), Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 calculated by multiplying the basic amount by the of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the quantity of milk powder contained in the product ; market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended whereas the same applies to products falling within by Regulation (EEC) No 11 83/82 (2), and in particular subheading 04.02 B II b) as regards the component of Article 14(8) thereof, the levy fixed by means of a coefficient expressing the weight ratio between the milk components contained in the product and the product itself ; Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,

Whereas the basic amount must be equal to one hundredth part of the levy set out for each product in Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 the second subparagraph of Article 9 ( 1 ) and the provides for charging a levy on imports of the second subparagraph of Article 9 (2) of Regulation products listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; (EEC) No 1073/68 ; whereas these products may be divided into groups ; whereas the product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 Whereas Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 determining the groups of listed certain products of Group 1 1 originating in and products and the special provisions for calculating consigned from certain non-member countries ; levies on milk and milk products and amending Regu­ whereas the levy applicable to these products is set out lation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 (J), as last Tariff (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3336/82 (8) ; 3042/82 (4) ;

Whereas the levy on the products in any one group Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3700/81 must be equal to the threshold price for the pilot of 23 December 1981 (9) laid down detailed interim product less the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these rules in respect of the cheese agreements with Austria threshold prices were fixed for the 1982/83 milk year and Finland ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1185/82 of 18 May 3534/82 (10) suspended the application of Article 1 1 (2) 1982 0 ; of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 for the product indi­ cated at point (r) of Annex II to the said Regulation in respect of Norway ; Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed and the method of calculating the levy on Whereas, within the tariff quotas referred to in Annex them described in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 1 1 of I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82, the levy on 100 that Regulation respectively ; whereas this method kilograms of a product of Group 10 or 11 and falling within subheadings 04.04 E I b) 1 and b) 2 shall be consists in adding together the various components defined in those Articles ; equal to 12-09 ECU ;

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . 0 OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968 , p. 25. (2) OJ No L 140, 20 . 5 . 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 196, 5 . 7. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 352, 14. 12. 1982, p. 14. (<) OJ No L 322, 18 . 11 . 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 369, 24. 12. 1981 , p. 33 . h OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 4. H OJ No L 371 , 30 . 12. 1982, p. 4.

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Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation milated product the levy on which is equal to the levy into the Community the price of an assimilated on its pilot product must be effected in such a way as product for which the levy is not equal to the levy on to allow, in particular, for differences in composition, its pilot product is considerably lower than the price maturity, quality and presentation between the assimi­ which would obtain if the ratio to the price of the lated product and the related pilot product ; whereas pilot product were normal, the levy must be equal to adjustments relating to composition must be calcu­ the sum of two components : lated by multiplying the difference between the milk component content of the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in question by the value attri­ — one component equal to the amount resulting buted in international trade to one unit of weight of from the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation the milk component in question ; whereas, when the (EEC) No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated other adjustments are being effected, the difference product in question, between the value attributed on the Community market to each of the relevant characteristics of the — an additional component fixed at a level which, pilot product and the value attributed on that market the composition and quality of the assimilated to the corresponding characteristics of the assimilated product being taken into account, makes it product in question must be taken into account ; possible to re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the Community ;

Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free-at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 established on the basis of the value of the raw provides that the levy on products in respect of which materials contained in the pilot product in question the customs duty has been bound within GATT must (calculated on the basis of the prices of milk products be limited to the amount resulting from that binding ; for which prices are available), average processing costs and average yields ;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 provides that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at­ the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation frontier price may remain unchanged for a limited (EEC) No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be period where the new level of the price for a given determined for products of good marketable quality ; quality or a specific origin, used as a basis for estab­ lishing the previous free-at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to enable it to establish the Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established next free-at-frontier price and if the Commission on the basis of the most favourable purchasing oppor­ considers that the prices which are available could lead tunities in international trade for the products listed in to sudden and considerable changes in the free-at­ Article 1 (a) 2 and (b) to (g) of Regulation (EEC) No frontier price because they are not sufficiently rep­ resentative of real market trends ; 804/68 other than assimilated products for which the levy is not equal to the levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recording these purchasing opportunities, the Commission must take account of Whereas, in accordance with Article 19(1 ) of Regula­ all information obtained direct or through the Member tion (EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for States concerning prices for delivery of third-country in this Regulation is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff : products free-at-Community-frontier and prices on third-country markets ;

Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 Whereas, however, no account should be taken of provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening period information relating to small quantities which are not if necessary ; whereas the levy remains valid until representative of trade in the products in question and another becomes applicable ; quantities in respect of which price trends in general or other information available to it lead the Commis­ sion to believe that the price in question is unrepre­ sentative of the real trend of the market : Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, refunds should be calculated on the following basis :

Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they — in the case of currencies which are maintained in are not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where relation to each other at any given moment within they do not apply to products of good marketable a band of 2-25 % , a rate of exchange based on quality ; whereas the adjustment in respect of an assi­ their central rate,

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of these currencies recorded for a given period in Article 1 relation to the Community currencies referred to The import levies referred to in Article 14 ( 1 ) of Regu­ in the previous indent ; lation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto .

Article 2 Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that the levies on milk and milk products should be as set This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 January out in the Annex hereto, 1983 .

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

Done at Brussels, 13 January 1983 . For the Commission Poul DALSAGER Member of the Commission

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ANNEX to the Commission Regulation of 13 January 1983 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

(ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated) CCT heading No Code Import levy

04.01 Ala) 0110 23-52 04.01 A I b) 0120 21-11 04.01 Alia) 1 0130 21-11 04.01 A II a) 2 0140 26-32 04.01 A lib) 1 0150 19-90 04.01 All b) 2 0160 25-11 04.01 B I 0200 56-92 04.01 B II 0300 120-42 04.01 B III 0400 186-10 04.02 A I 0500 17-49 04.02 A II a) 1 0620 89-16 04.02 A II a) 2 0720 143-06 04.02 A II a) 3 0820 145-48 04.02 A II a) 4 0920 162-25 04.02 A II b) 1 1020 81-91 04.02 A II b) 2 1120 135-81 04.02 A II b) 3 1220 138-23 04.02 A II b) 4 1320 155-00 04.02 A III a) 1 1420 26-11 04.02 A III a) 2 1520 35-25 04.02 A III b) 1 1620 120-42 04.02 A III b) 2 1720 186-10 04.02 B I a) 1820 36-27 04.02 B I b) 1 aa) 2220 per kg 0-8191 (4) 04.02 B I b) 1 bb) 2320 per kg 1-3581 (4) 04.02 B I b) 1 cc) 2420 1-5500 (4) per kg 04.02 B I b) 2 aa) 2520 per kg 0-8191 0 04.02 B I b) 2 bb) 2620 per kg 1-3581 0 04.02 B I b) 2 cc) 2720 per kg 1-5500 0 04.02 B II a) 2820 46-11 04.02 B II b) 1 2910 per kg 1-2042 0 04.02 B II b) 2 3010 per kg 1-8610 Q 04.03 A 3110 218-94 04.03 B 3210 267-11 04.04 A 3300 172-58 («) 04.04 B 3900 209-92 O 04.04 C 4000 136-17 (8) 04.04 D I a) 4410 145-06 O 04.04 D I b) 4510 156-15 (») 04.04 D II 4610 252-87 04.04 E I a) 4710 209-92 04.04 E I b) 1 4800 193-04 (,0)

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(ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated) CCT heading No Code Import levy

04.04 E I b) 2 5000 152-52 (") 5210 1 14-39 04.04 E I c) 1 04.04 E I c) 2 5250 249-24 04.04 E II a) 5310 209-92 04.04 E II b) 5410 249-24 17.02 A II 5500 40-14 (12) 21.07 F I 5600 40-14 5700 63-85 23.07 B I a) 3 23.07 B I a) 4 5800 82-69 23.07 B I b) 3 5900 77-92 23.07 B I c) 3 6000 65-34 23.07 B II 6100 82-69

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(') For the purposes of this tariff subheading, 'special milk for infants means products free from pathogenic toxicogenic germs and containing per gram less than 10 000 revivifiable aerobic bacteria and less than two coliform bacteria . (2) Inclusion under this tariff subheading is subject to conditions to be laid down by the competent authorities . (3) In calculating the fat content the weight of any added sugar shall be disregarded . (4) The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this subheading is equal to the sum of the following components : (a) the amount per kg shown, multiplied by the weight of milk and cream contained in 100 kg of product ; (b) 7-25 ECU ; and (c) 19-59 ECU. (*) The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this subheading is equal to the sum of the following components : (a) the amount per kg shown , multiplied by the weight of milk and cream contained in 100 kg of product ; and (b) 19-59 ECU . (s) The levy is limited to : — 18-13 ECU per 100 kg net weight for products listed under (a) in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 imported from Switzerland and for products listed under (c) of that Annex imported from Austria or Finland, — 9 07 ECU per 100 kg net weight for products listed under (b) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/ 82 imported from Switzerland . Q The levy is limited to 6 % of the customs value for imports from Switzerland, in accordance with Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82. (8) The levy is limited to 50 ECU per 100 kg net weight for products listed under (o) and (p) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 imported from Austria. (9) The levy is limited to 36-27 ECU per 100 kg net weight for products listed under (g) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 imported from Switzerland and for products listed under (h) of that Annex imported from Austria or Finland. (10) The levy is limited to 1209 ECU per 100 kg net weight : — for products listed under (d) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 imported from Canada, — for products listed under (e) and (f) of that Annex imported from Australia or New Zealand. (") The levy is limited to : — 77-70 ECU per 100 kg net weight for products listed under (i) of Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 imported from Romania or Switzerland , — 50 ECU for products listed under (o) and (p) of that Annex imported from Austria, — 101-88 ECU per 100 kg net weight for products listed under (k) of that Annex imported from Romania or Switzerland, — 65-61 ECU per 100 kg net weight for products listed under (1) of that Annex imported from Bulgaria, Hungary, Israel, Romania or Turkey and for products listed under (m) of that Annex imported from Bulgaria, Hungary, Israel , Romania, Turkey or Cyprus, — to 55 ECU per 100 kg net weight for products listed under (n) of that Annex imported from Austria, — to 18-13 ECU per 100 kg net weight for products listed under (q) of that Annex imported from Finland, — 12-09 ECU for products listed under (f) of that Annex imported from Australia and New Zealand. ( 12) Lactose and lactose syrup falling within subheading 17.02 A I are, in pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75, subject to the same levy as that applicable to lactose and lactose syrup falling within subheading 17.02 A II . ( 13) For the purposes of tariff subheading ex 23.07 B 'milk products' means the products falling within tariff headings and sub­ headings 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03 , 04.04, 17.02 A and 21.07 F I.