31988R3723

30 . 11 . 88 No L 326/6 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3723/88 of 29 November 1988 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk compo­ nents contained in the product ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 Economic Community, provides that for certain products originating in or coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No Portugal, 1767/82 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 611 /88 0 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­ into the Community the price of an assimilated product tion (EEC) No 1109/88 (2), and in particular Article 14(8) for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot thereof, product is considerably lower than the price which would obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two compo­ Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, nents :

— one component equal to the amount resulting from Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC) provides for charging a levy on imports of the products No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these question, products may be divided into groups ; whereas the product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product — an additional component fixed at a level which, the for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council composition and quality of the assimilated product Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 being taken into account, makes it possible to determining the groups of products and the special provi­ re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3), Community ; *as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3609/88 (4) ; Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 provides that the levy on products in respect of which the Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must customs duty has been bound within GATT must be be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less limited to the amount resulting from that binding ; the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices were fixed for the 1988/89 milk year be Council Regula­ Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (8), as amended by tion (EEC) No 2235/88 (*) ; Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, provides that a free-at­ frontier price must be established for each of the pilot Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined for assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed products of good marketable quality ; and the method of calculating the levy on them described in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on respectively ; the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities in international trade for the products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assimilated Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No products for which the levy is not equal to the levy on thie 2915/79, the component of the levy established using a related pilot products ; whereas, when recording these factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the purchasing opportunities, the Commission must take milk components contained in the product on the one account of all information obtained direct or through the hand and the product itself on the other is, for products Member States concerning prices for delivery of third­ containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­ country products free-at-Community-frontier and prices on third-country markets ; (') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13. (2) OJ No L 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 27. I6) OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No k 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 . h) OJ No L 315, 22. 11 . 1988, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 60, 5. 3. 1988, p. 19. 0 OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 37. (8) OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.

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Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (1), as last amended Whereas, in accordance with Article 19 ( 1 ) of Regulation by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 , specifies the free-at­ (EEC) No 804/68 , the nomenclature provided for in this Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses imported from Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­ and originating in Switzerland. ture ;

Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­ they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­ mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­ sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­ becomes applicable ; ties in respect of which price trends in general or other information available to it lead the Commission to believe Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real refunds should be calculated on the following basis : trend of the market ; —- in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ tion to each other at any given moment within a band of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ not apply to products of good marketable quality ; tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (3), whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of particular, for differences in composition, maturity, these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­ quality and presentation between the assimilated product tion to the Community currencies referred to in the and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments rela­ previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ; ting to composition must be calculated by multiplying the difference between the milk component content of the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that question by the value attributed in international trade to the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out one unit of weight of the milk component in question ; in the Annex hereto, whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected, the difference between the value attributed on the Community market to each of the relevant characteristics of the pilot product and the value attributed on that market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­ lated product in question must be taken into account ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1 Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­ at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be established on the basis of the value of the raw materials 1. The import levies referre^ to in Article 14 of Regu­ contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on lation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices hereto . are available), average processing costs and average yields ;

2. There shall be no levy for imports from Portugal, including the Azores and Madeira, for milk and ^milk products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier 804/68 . price may remain unchanged for a limited period where the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­ at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to Article 2 ' enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if the Commission considers that the prices which are avai­ lable could lead to sudden and considerable changes in This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December the free-at-frontier price because they are not sufficiently 1988 . representative of real market trends ; (2) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . (') OJ No L 74, 19. 3 . 1986, p. 20 . 0 OJ No L 153, 13 . 6. 1987, p. 1 .

30 . 11 . 88 No L 326/8 Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Done at Brussels, 29 November 1988 . For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President

30 . 11 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 326/9

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1988 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

(ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)

CN code Note Import levy

0401 10 10 13,77 0401 10 90 12,56 0401 20 11 20,17 0401 20 19 18,96 0401 20 91 26,81 0401 20 99 25,60 0401 30 11 72,56 \ 0401 30 19 71,35 0401 30 31 143,10 l 0401 30 39 141,89 0401 30 91 243,83 \

0401 30 99 242,62 l

040210 11 83,45 0402 10 19 76,20 l 0402 10 91 (') 0,7620 / kg + 29,74 0402 10 99 0 0,7620 / kg + 22,49 0402 21 1 1 143,36 I 0402 21 17 136,11 \ 0402 21 19 136,11 \ 0402 21 91 183,65 I

0402 21 99 176,40 0402 29 1 1 00 1,361 1 / kg + 29,74 0402 29 15 0 1,3611 / kg + 29,74 0402 29 19 0 1 ,3611 / kg + 22,49 0402 29 91 0 1,7640 / kg + 29,74 0402 29 99 0 1,7640 / kg + 22,49 0402 91 11 34,27 II 0402 91 19 34,27 || 0402 91 31 42,84 li 040291 39 42,84 || 0402 91 51 143,10 \ 0402 91 59 141,89 I 0402 91 91 243,83 0402 91 99 242,62 0402 99 11 49,76 0402 99 19 49,76 0402 99 31 0 1,3947 / kg + 26,12 0402 99 39 0 1,3947 / kg + 24,91 0402 99 91 0 2,4020 / kg + 26,12 0402 99 99 0 2,4020 / kg + 24,91

30 . 11 . 88 No L 326/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities

(ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)

CN code Note Import levy

0403 10 11 22,58 0403 10 13 29,22 0403 10 19 74,97 0403 10 31 (') 0,1 654 / kg + 28,53 0403 10 33 0 0,231 8 / kg + 28,53 0403 10 39 0 0,6893 / kg + 28,5$ 0403 90 11 83,45 0403 90 13 143,36 0403 90 19 183,65 0403 90 31 0 0,7620 / kg + 29,74 0403 90 33 C) 1,3611 / kg + 29,74 0403 90 39 0 1,7640 / kg + 29,74 22,58 0403 90 51 0403 90 53 29,22 0403 90 59 74,97 0403 90 61 (') 0,1 654 / kg + 28,53 0403 90 63 (') 0,231 8 / kg + 28,53 0403 90 69 C) 0,6893 / kg + 28,53 040410 11 19,03 0404 10 19 0 0,1 903 / kg + 22,49 0404 10 91 0 0,1 903 / kg 0404 10 99 0 0,1 903 / kg + 22,49 0404 90 11 83,45 143,36 0404 90 13 183,65 0404 90 19 0404 90 31 83,45 ' 143,3'6 0404 90 33 183,65 0404 90 39 0404 90 51 C) 0,7620 / kg + 29,74 0404 90 53 (') 1,3611 / kg + 29,74 0404 90 59 C) 1,7640 / kg + 29,74 0404 90 91 0 0,7620 / kg + 29,74 0404 90 93 0 1,3611 / kg + 29,74 0404 90 99 0 1,76,40 / kg + 29,74 0405 00 10 251,41 0405 00 90 306,72 0406 10 10 262,30 0406 10 90 313,77 0 392,18 0406 20 10 392,18 0406 20 90 0406 30 10 (3) 202,66 (3) 198,30 0406 30 31 (3) 202,66 0406 30 39 0 299,38 0406 30 90 0406 40 00 (3) 157,44 0 248,56 0406 90 11

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(ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)

CN code Note Import levy

0406 90 13 0 232,42 0406 90 15 (3) 232,42 0406 90 17 ' 0 232,42 0406 90 19 0 392,18 0406 90 21 248,56 0406 90 23 0 217,05 0406 90 25 (3) 217,05 0406 90 27 0 217,05 0406 90 29 (3) 217,05 0406 90 31 0 217,05 0406 90 33 217,05 0406 90 35 (3) 217,05 0406 90 37 (3) 217,05 0406 90 39 0 217,05 0406 90 50 0 217,05 0406 90 61 392,18 I

0406 90 63 392,18 I 0406 90 69 392,18 II

0406 90 71 262,30 0406 90 73 217,05 0406 90 75 217,05 0406 90 77 217,05 0406 90 79 217,05 ll

0406 90 81 217,05 0406 90 83 217,05 ||

0406 90 85 217,05 Il

0406 90 89 0 217,05 0406 90 91 262,30 0406 90 93 262,30 II

0406 90 97 . 313,77 II

0406 90 99 313,77 II

1702 10 90 0 36,85

2106 90 51 36,85 \

2309 10 15 59,57 ||

2309 10 19 77,10 ||

2309 10 39 73,12 Il

2309 10 59 62,39 2309 10 70 77,10 ll

2309 90 35 59,57 Il 2309 90 39 77,10 II \ 2309 90 49 73,12 2309 90 59 62,39 ll 2309 90 70 77,10 \

30 . 11 . 88 No L 326/ 12 Official Journal of the European Communities

1) The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this subheading is equal to the sum of the following : (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight ,of milk and milk cream contained in 100 kg of product ; and (b) the other amount indicated. (2) The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this subheading is equal to : (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of the dried milk contained in 100 kg of product plus, where appropriate, (b) the other amount indicated. (3) Products falling within this subheading imported from a third country under special arrangements concluded between that country and the Community for which an IMA 1 certificate issued under the conditions provided for in Regulation (EEC) No } 767/82 is issued are subject to the levies in Annex I to that Regulation. (4) Lactose and lactose syrup falling within subheading 1702 10 10 are subject, pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75, to the same levy as that applicable to lactose falling within subheading 1702 10 90.