31992R0364

No L 39/ 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 . 2. 92

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 364/92 of 14 February 1992 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European No 1767/82 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) Economic Community, No 1502/90 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 1630/91 (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 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee, components :

Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 — one component equal to the amount resulting from provides for charging a levy on imports of the products the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC) listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in products may be divided into groups ; whereas the question, product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council — an additional component fixed at a level which, the Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 composition and quality of the assimilated product determining the groups of products and the special provi­ being taken into account, makes it possible to sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3), re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/91 (4); Community ;

Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices provides that the levy on products in respect of which the were fixed for the 1991 / 1992 milk year by Council Regu­ customs duty has been bound within GATT must be lation (EEC) No 1633/91 0 ; limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;

Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (8), down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (9), provides assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of and the method of calculating the levy on them described the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined respectively ; for products of good marketable quality ;

Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79, the component of the levy established using Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on a factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities milk components contained in the product on the one in international trade for the products listed in hand and the product itself on the other is, for products Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­ containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­ milated products for which the levy is not equal to the plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­ components contained in the product ; ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission must take account of all information obtained direct or through the Member States concerning prices for delivery Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of third-country products free-at-Community-frontier and provides that for certain products originating in or prices on third-country markets ;

(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13. O OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 19 . (6) OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 141 , 2. 6. 1990, p. 5. 0 OJ No L 357, 28. 12. 1991 , p. 3 . (8) OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25, 0 OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 25. 0 OJ No L 28 , 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .

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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 ('), as Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (2), speci­ provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­ imported from and originating in Switzerland ; sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another becomes applicable ;

Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­ mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­ Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­ 29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended ties in respect of which price trends in general or other information available to it lead the Commission to believe by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­ ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and trend of the market : by the provisions adopted for the application of that Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­ Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within not apply to products of good marketable quality ; CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­ whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated sion in question is properly applied these products and product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in list of levies : particular, for differences in composition, maturity, quality and presentation between the assimilated product and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (4), as last the difference between the milk component content of amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (% lays down the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­ question by the value attributed in international trade to nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in one unit of weight of the milk component in question ; the overseas countries and territories ; whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected, the difference between the value attributed on the Community market to each of the relevant characteristics Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision of the pilot product and the value attributed on that 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­ overseas countries and territories with the European lated product in question must be taken into account ; Economic Community (<■), no levies shall apply on products originating in the overseas countries and territo­ ries ; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­ abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be established on the basis of the value of the raw materials charged on imports of certain products originating in the overseas countries and territories in order to prevent contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on products originating from these countries and territories the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices from receiving more favourable treatment than similar are available), average processing costs and average yields ; products imported from Spain or Portugal into the Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ; 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 Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally, origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­ refunds should be calculated on the following basis : at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­ the Commission considers that the prices which are available could lead to sudden and considerable changes tion to each other at any given moment within a band in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­ of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central ently representative of real market trends ; rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1 676/85 0, last amended by Regula­ Whereas, in accordance with Article 19(1 ) of Regulation tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (8), (EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­ (') OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20 . clature : 0 OJ No L 84, 30. 3 . 1990, p. 85. 0 OJ No L 58, 5. 3 . 1991 , p. 1 . (6) OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 . (') OJ No L 74, 19. 3 . 1986, p. 20. 0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 . O OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15. 0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9 .

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an average of the ecu rates published in the Official Journal of the European Communities, C series, over Article 1 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­ cient referred to in the preceding indent ; The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (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 out This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February in the Annex hereto, 1992.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 February 1992.

For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 14 February 1992 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 17,83 0401 10 90 16,62 0401 20 11 24,45 0401 20 19 23,24 0401 20 91 29,71 0401 20 99 28,50 0401 30 11 75,74 0401 30 19 74,53 0401 30 31 145,24 0401 30 39 144,03 0401 30 91 243,21 0401 30 99 242,00

0402 10 11 (4) 126,87 040210 19 (4) 119,62 0402 10 91 C)(4) 1,1962 / kg + 30,26 040210 99 0)(4) 1,1962 / kg + 23,01 0402 21 11 (4) 174,66 0402 21 17 (4) 167,41 0402 21 19 (4) 167,41 0402 21 91 (4) 211,13 0402 21 99 (4) 203,88 0402 29 1 1 (') (3) (4) 1 ,6741 / kg + 30,26 0402 29 1 5 (') (4) 1 ,6741 / kg + 30,26 0402 29 1 9 (') (4) 1 ,6741 / kg + 23,0 1 0402 29 91 (') (4) 2,0388 / kg + 30,26 0402 29 99 (')(4) 2,0388 / kg + 23,01 0402 91 11 (4) 30,28 0402 91 19 (4) 30,28 0402 91 31 (4) 37,85 0402 91 39 (4) 37,85 0402 91 51 (4) 145,24 0402 91 59 (4) 144,03 0402 91 91 (4) 243,21 0402 91 99 (4) 242,00 0402 99 11 (4) 49,85 0402 99 19 (4) 49,85 0402 99 31 (')(4) 1 ,41 61 / kg + 26,64 0402 99 39 (') (4) 1 ,41 61 / kg + 25,43 0402 99 91 (') (4) 2,3958 / kg + 26,64 0402 99 99 (') (4) 2,3958 / kg + 25,43

0403 10 02 126,87 0403 10 04 174,66

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

CN code Note Import levy

0403 10 06 211,13 0403 10 12 (') 1,1962 / kg + 30,26 0403 10 14 (') 1,6741 / kg + 30,26 0403 10 16 (') 2,0388 / kg + 30,26 0403 10 22 26,86 0403 10 24 32,12 0403 10 26 78,15 0403 10 32 (') 0,2082 / kg + 29,05 0403 10 34 (') 0,2608 / kg + 29,05 0403 10 36 (>) 0,721 1 / kg + 29,05 0403 90 11 126,87 0403 90 13 174,66 0403 90 19 211,13 0403 90 31 (') 1,1962 / kg + 30,26 0403 90 33 (') 1,6741 / kg + 30,26 0403 90 39 (') 2,0388 / kg + 30,26 0403 90 51 26,86 0403 90 53 32,12 0403 90 59 78,15 0403 90 61 (') 0,2082 / kg + 29,05 0403 90 63 (') 0,2608 / kg + 29,05 0403 90 69 (') 0,721 1 / kg + 29,05 0404 10 11 * 11 23,91 0404 10 11 * 14 174,66 0404 10 11 * 17 211,13 040410 11 * 21 126,87 0404 10 11 * 24 174,66 0404 10 11 * 27 211,13 0404 10 19 * 11 (') 0,2391 / kg + 23,01 0404 10 19 * 14 (') 1,6741 / kg + 30,26 0404 10 19 * 17 (') 2,0388 / kg + 30,26 0404 10 19 * 21 (') 1,1962 / kg + 30,26 0404 10 19 * 24 (') 1,6741 / kg + 30,26 0404 1 0 1 9 * 27 (') 2,0388 / kg + 30,26 0404 10 91 * 11 (2) 0,2391 / kg 0404 10 91 * 14 (2) 1,6741 / kg + 6,04 0404 10 91 * 17 (2) 2,0388 / kg + 6,04 0404 10 91 * 21 . (2) 1,1962 / kg + 6,04 0404 10 91 * 24 (2) 1,6741 / kg + 6,04 0404 10 91 * 27 (2) 2,0388 / kg + 6,04 0404 1 0 99 * 1 1 (2) 0,239 1 / kg + 23,0 1 0404 1 0 99 * 1 4 (2) 1 ,6741 / kg + 29,05 0404 10 99 * 17 (2) 2,0388 / kg + 29,05 0404 10 99*21 (2) 1,1962 / kg + 29,05 0404 1 0 99 * 24 (2) 1 ,6741 / kg + 29,05 0404 10 99 * 27 (2) 2,0388 / kg + 29,05 0404 90 11 126,87 0404 90 13 174,66 0404 90 19 211,13 0404 90 31 126,87 0404 90 33 174,66 0404 90 39 211,13 0404 90 51 (') 1,1962 / kg + 30,26 0404 90 53 (') (') 1 ,6741 / kg + 30,26 0404 90 59 (') 2,0388 / kg + 30,26 0404 90 91 (') 1,1962 / kg + 30,26 0404 90 93 (') (') 1 ,6741 / kg + 30,26 0404 90 99 (') 2,0388 / kg + 30,26

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

CN code Note Import levy

0405 00 10 250,76 0405 00 90 305,93 0406 10 20 (4) 244,79 0406 10 80 (4) 296,37 0406 20 10 (3) (4) 400,63 0406 20 90 (4) 400,63 0406 30 10 (3) («) 192,06 0406 30 31 0 (4) 184,35 0406 30 39 00 192,06 0406 30 90 OO 288,78 0406 40 00 OO 1 48,1 4 0406 90 1 1 0 0 225,91 0406 90 13 OO 173'37 0406 90 15 OO 173,37 0406 90 17 OO 1A37 0406 90 19 OO 400,63 0406 90 21 OO 225,91 0406 90 23 OO 199,65 0406 90 25 OO 199,65 0406 90 27 OO 199,65 0406 90 29 OO 199,65 0406 90 31 OO 199,65 0406 90 33 O 1".65 0406 90 35 OO 199,65 0406 90 37 OO 199,65 0406 90 39 OO 199,65 0406 90 50 OO 199,65 0406 90 61 O 400»63 0406 90 63 O 400,63 0406 90 69 O 400,63 0406 90 73 O 199,65 0406 90 75 O l "'65 0406 90 77 O 1 ">65 0406 90 79 O 199,65 0406 90 81 O 1 "»65 0406 90 85 O 1 ">65 0406 9089 OO I "-65 0406 90 93 O 244,79 0406 90 99 O 296,37 170210 10 24,98 1702 10 90 24,98 2106 90 51 24,98 2309 10 15 92,14 2309 10 19 119,65 2309 10 39 112,24 2309 10 59 92,91 2309 10 70 119,65 2309 90 35 92,14 2309 90 39 119,65 2309 90 49 112,24 2309 90 59 92,91 2309 90 70 119,65

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(') The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this code 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 code 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 code 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. (*) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.