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28 . 12 . 90 No L 365/47 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3803/90 of 27 December 1990 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, plying the basic amount by the quantity of muk components contained in the product ; Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 provides that for certain products originating in or coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­ 1 767/82 f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No tion (EEC) No 3641 /90 (2), and in particular Article 14 (8) 1502/90 (8); thereof,

Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, into the Community the price of an assimilated product for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 product is considerably lower than the price which would provides for charging a levy on imports of the products obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two products may be divided into groups ; whereas the components : product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council — one component equal to the amount resulting from Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC) determining the groups of products and the special provi­ No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3), question, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 16/90 (4); — an additional component fixed at a level which, the composition and quality of the assimilated product Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must being taken into account, makes it possible to be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices Community ; were fixed for the 1990/ 1991 milk year by Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 1 182/90 0 ; Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 provides that the levy on products in respect of which the customs duty has been bound within GATT must be Whereas the threshold price fixed by the Council is to be reduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 552/90 of limited to the amount resulting from that binding ; 8 June 1990 determining the reduced ecu values of milk sector prices and amounts consequent on the monetary Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (s), realignment of 5 January 1990 (^) ; as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (10), provides that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain for products of good marketable quality ; assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed 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 fcqual to the levy on the 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 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 5. (3) OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 . (4) OJ No L 303, 31 . 10. 1990, p. 1 . (8) OJ No L 141 , 2. 6. 1990, p. 5. (*) OJ No L 119, 11 . 5. 1990, p. 26. 0 OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25. («) OJ No L 146, 9. 6. 1990, p. 14. (,0) OJ No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .

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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 ('), as they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­ last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1525/90 (2), speci­ sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses becomes applicable ; imported from and originating in Switzerland ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose f), as amended by Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­ Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treatment mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­ provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within CN sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­ code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and by ties in respect of which price trends in general or other the provisions adopted for the application of that Regula­ information available to it lead the Commission to believe tion is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup falling that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas consequently the trend of the market : levy fixed for products falling within CN code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provision in ques­ Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are tion is properly applied these products and the levy not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of not apply to products of good marketable quality ; levies ; whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 7 1 5/90 (4) lays product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in down the arrangements applicable to agricultural products particular, for differences in composition, maturity, originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or quality and presentation between the assimilated product in the overseas countries and territories ; and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying the difference between the milk component content of Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in refunds should be calculated on the following basis : question by the value attributed in international trade to one unit of weight of the milk component in question ; — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected, tion to each other at any given moment within a band the difference between the value attributed on the of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central Community market to each of the relevant characteristics rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the of the pilot product and the value attributed on that last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­ market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­ . tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­ lated product in question must be taken into account ; tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (*),

— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­ Journal of the European Communities, C series, over at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be established on the basis of the value of the raw materials a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ cient referred to in the preceding indent ; contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices are available), average processing costs and average yields ; Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out in the Annex hereto, Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if the Commission considers that the prices which are available could lead to sudden and considerable changes in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­ Article 1 ently representative of real market trends ; The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. Whereas, in accordance with Article 19(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­ clature : Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991 . Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20. (4) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. (') OJ No L 74, 19 . 3 . 1986, p. 20 . O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . V) OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15. («) OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .

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

Done at Brussels, 27 December 1990 . For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1990 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 19,32 0401 10 90 18,11 0401 20 11 26,48 0401 20 19 25,27 0401 20 91 32,04 l 0401 20 99 30,83 l 0401 30 11 81,79 0401 30 19 80,58 0401 30 31 156,77 0401 30 39 155,56 0401 30 91 262,34 0401 30 99 261,13

0402 10 11 0 140,17 0402 10 19 0 132,92 0402 10 91 CM4) 1,3292 / kg + 29,75 0402 10 99 00 1,3292 / kg + 22,50 0402 21 11 0 205,53 0402 21 17 0 198,28 0402 21 19 0 198,28 0402 21 91 0 240,11 0402 21 99 0 232,86 0402 29 1 1 000 1 ,9828 / kg + 29,75 0402 29 15 00 1,9828 / kg + 29,75 0402 29 19 00 1,9828 / kg + 22,50 0402 29 91 00 2,3286 / kg + 29,75 0402 29 99 00 2,3286 / kg + 22,50 0402 91 11 0 30,28 0402 91 19 0 30,28 0402 91 31 0 37,85 0402 91 39 0 37,85 0402 91 51 0 156,77 0402 91 59 0 155,56 0402 91 91 0 262,34 0402 91 99 0 261,13 0402 99 1 1 0 49,85 0402 99 19 0 49,85 0402 99 31 00 1,53 14 / kg + 26,13 0402 99 39 00 1,5314 / kg + 24,92 0402 99 91 2,5871 / kg + 26,13 0402 99 99 00 2,5871 / kg + 24,92 0403 10 02 140,17 0403 10 04 \ 205,53

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

CN code Note Import levy

0403 10 06 240,11 ll

0403 10 12 0 1,3292 / kg + 29,75 0403 10 14 (') 1,9828 / kg + 29,75 0403 10 16 0 2,3286 / kg + 29,75 0403 10 22 28,89 Il 0403 10 24 34,45 Il 0403 10 26 84,20 Il 0403 10 32 (') 0,2285 / kg + 28,54 0403 10 34 0 0,2841 / kg + 28,54 0403 10 36 C) 0,781 6 / kg + 28,54 0403 90 1 1 140,17 ll 0403 90 13 205,53 ll 0403 90 19 240,11 ll 0403 90 31 0 1,3292 / kg + 29,75 0403 90 33 0 1,9828/kg / kg + 29,75 0403 90 39 (') 2,3286 / kg + 29,75 0403 90 51 28,89 ll 0403 90 53 34,45 ll 0403 90 59 84,20 Il 0403 90 61 (') 0,2285 / kg + 28,54 0403 90 63 (') 0,2841 / kg + 28,54 0403 90 69 0 0,781 6 / kg + 28,54

0404 10 11 30,94 Il

0404 10 19 (') 0,3094 / kg + 22,50 0404 10 91 (2) 0,3094 / kg 0404 10 99 (2) 0,3094 / kg + 22,50 0404 90 11 l 140,17 0404 90 13 \ 205,53 0404 90 19 \ 240,11 0404 90 31 140,17 ll 0404 90 33 205,53 \ 0404 90 39 \ 240,1 1 0404 90 51 (') 1,3292 / kg + 29,75 0404 90 53 (l)(3) 1,9828 / kg + 29,75 0404 90 59 0) 2,3286 / kg + 29,75 0404 90 91 0) 1,3292 / kg + 29,75 0404 90 93 00 1,9828 / kg + 29,75 0404 90 99 0 2,3286 / kg + 29,75

0405 00 10 l 270,79 0405 00 90 330,36 l

0406 10 10 0 238,55 0406 10 90 0 286,53 0406 20 10 00 410,77 0406 20 90 0 410,77 0406 30 10 00 190,97 0406 30 31 00 177,48 0406 30 39 00 190,97 0406 30 90 00 287,69

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

CN code Note Import levy

0406 40 00 00 148,14 0406 90 1 1 00 241,77 0406 90 13 00 196,74 0406 90 15 00 196,74 0406 90 17 00 196,74 0406 90 19 00 410,77 0406 90 21 00 241,77 . 0406 90 23 00 189,81 0406 90 25 00 189,81 0406 90 27 (S(1 189,81 0406 90 29 00 189,81 0406 90 31 00 189,81 0406 90 33 0 189,81 0406 90 35 00 189,81 0406 90 37 00 189,81 0406 90 39 00 189,81 0406 90 50 00 189,81 0406 90 61 0 410,77 0406 90 63 0 410,77 0406 90 69 0 410,77 0406 90 71 0 238,55 0406 90 73 0 189,81 0406 90 75 0 189,81 0406 90 77 0 189,81 0406 90 79 0 189,81 0406 90 81 0 189,81 0406 90 83 0 189,81 0406 90 85 0 189,81 0406 90 89 00 189,81 0406 90 91 0 238,55 0406 90 93 0 238,55 0406 90 97 0 286,53 0406 90 99 0 286,53

1702 10 10 36,29 1702 10 90 36,29

2106 90 51 36,29

2309 10 15 102,11 2309 10 19 132,68 2309 10 39 124,34 2309 10 59 102,63 l 2309 10 70 132,68 2309 90 35 102,11 2309 90 39 132,68 2309 90 49 124,34 2309 90 59 102,63 2309 90 70 132,68

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(') 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. (*) 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 1767/82 is issued are subject to the levies in Annex I to that Regulation. (4) The levy applicable is limited under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.