31994R0725

31 . 3 . 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 87/ 17

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 725/94 of 30 March 1994 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation respectively ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79, the component of the levy established using a factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the milk components contained in the product on the one Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of hand and the product itself on the other is, for products 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­ in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­ plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk tion (EC) No 230/94 (2), and in particular Article 14(8) components contained in the product ; thereof,

Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 provides that for certain products originating in or provides for charging a levy on imports of the products coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products products may be divided into groups ; whereas the is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product No 1 767/82 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC) for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council No 659/94 (9); Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 determining the groups of products and the special provi­ sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3423/93 (4) ; Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation into the Community the price of an assimilated product for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot product is considerably lower than the price which would Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices components : were fixed for the 1993/94 milk year by Council Regula­ tion (EEC) No 1 562/93 (*) ; whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 720/94 (6) extends the commercialisation of the — one component equal to the amount resulting from 1993/94 milk year until 30 June 1994 ; the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1723/93 f), question, determining the prices and amounts fixed in ecus in the milk and milk products sector which are reduced as a result of the monetary realignments of September and November 1992, January and May 1993 ; — an additional component fixed at a level which, the composition and quality of the assimilated product being taken into account, makes it possible to re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays Community ; down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed and the method of calculating the levy on them described Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 provides that the levy on products in respect of which the 0 OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13 . 0 OJ No L 30, 3 . 2. 1994, p. 1 . customs duty has been bound within GATT must be (3) OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 . limited to the amount resulting from that binding ; (4) OJ No L 312, 15. 12. 1993, p. 8 . 0 OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 34. (f) See page 2 of this Official Journal. (8) OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 159, 1 . 7. 1993, p. 123 . (') OJ No L 82, 25. 3. 1994, p. 23 .

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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 ('), Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (2), provides price may remain unchanged for a limited period where that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­ No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to for products of good marketable quality ; enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if the Commission considers that the prices which are Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on available could lead to sudden and considerable changes the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­ in international trade for the products listed in ently representative of real market trends ; Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­ milated products for which the levy is not equal to the Whereas, in accordance with Article 19 (1 ) of Regulation levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­ (EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­ must take account of all information obtained direct or clature ; through the Member States concerning prices for delivery of third-country products free-at-Community-frontier and Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 prices on third-country markets ; provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­ Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (3), as sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (4), speci­ becomes applicable ; fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses imported from and originating in Switzerland ; Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose ^, as amended Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­ by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­ mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­ ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­ CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and ties in respect of which price trends in general or other information available to it lead the Commission to believe by the provisions adopted for the application of that Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup that the price in question is unrepresentative of the. real falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­ trend of the market ; quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­ not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do sion in question is properly applied these products and not apply to products of good marketable quality ; the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated list of levies ; product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (*) and particular, for differences in composition, maturity, quality and presentation between the assimilated product (EC) No 3492/93 Q, on certain procedures for applying and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments the Europe Agreement establishing an association relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying between the European Communities and their Member the difference between the milk component content of States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC) the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in question by the value attributed in international trade to No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­ one unit of weight of the milk component in question ; related matters between the European Economic Commu­ whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected, the difference between the value attributed on the nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of Community market to each of the relevant characteristics of the pilot product and the value attributed on that the other part (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2235/93 (9), and in particular Article 1 thereof intro­ market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­ duce arrangements for reducing import levies on certain lated product in question must be taken into account ; products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC) Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­ No 3550/93 ("), lays down detailed rules for applying the at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards established on the basis of the value of the raw materials milk and milk products ; 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 ; O OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20. (6) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 . O OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4. 0 OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25. (8) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9. (2) OJ No L 28 , 1 . 2. 1988 , p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 200, 10 . 8 . 1993, p. 5. (3) OJ No L 74, 19. 3 . 1986, p. 20. O OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34. (4) OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15. (") OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 15.

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Whereas, in addition, account must be taken of Decision overseas countries and territories with the European 94/1 /ECSC, EC of the Council and Commission ('), Economic Community (9), no levies shall apply on concerning the conclusion of the Agreements on the products originating in the overseas countries and territo­ European Economic Area, between the European ries ; Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and their Member States, on the one hand, and Austria, Whereas the representative market rates defined in Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Liechtenstein, on Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (10), as the other hand, hereafter referred to as the 'EEA Agree­ amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (n), are used to ment' ; whereas the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture convert amounts expressed in third country currencies between the Community, on the one hand, and Austria and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural and Finland, on the other hand, enter into force at the conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ; same time as the EEA Agreement ; whereas Commission whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­ Regulation (EEC) No 131 6/93 X2), as amended by Regula­ tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­ tion (EEC) No 2762/93 (3), lays down detailed rules for the lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (12), as amended by Regulation application of the import arrangements for these products (EC) No 547/94 (13); originating in Sweden ; Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (4) and the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out (EC) No 3642/93 (*) on certain rules for applying the in the Annex hereto, Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters between the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/94 (*), lays down detailed rules for applying the arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards milk and milk Article 1 products ;

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 Q, as last The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation amended by Regulation (EC) No 235/94 (8), lays down the (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto. arrangements applicable to agricultural products origina­ ting in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the overseas countries and territories ; Article 2 Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1994.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 March 1994.

For the Commission Rene STEICHEN Member of the Commission

(') OJ No L 1 , 3. 1 . 1994, p. 1 . (2) OJ No L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 73 . (3) OJ No L 251 , 8. 10 . 1993, p. 7. (4) OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16. O OJ No L 263, 19. 9 . 1991 , p. 1 . O OJ No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 17. (10) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 . ¥) OJ No L 50, 22. 2. 1994, p. 7. (") OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32. 0 OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85. (>2) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106. (8) OJ No L 30, 3 . 2. 1994, p. 12. H OJ No L 69 , 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .

No L 87/20 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 3 . 94

ANNEX

to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1994 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

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

CN code Note 0 Import CN code Note 0 Import levy levy

0401 10 10 16,86 0403 10 16 (') 2,0700 / kg + 26,47 0401 10 90 15,65 0403 10 22 25,42 0401 20 11 23,01 0403 10 24 30,29 0401 20 19 21,80 0403 10 26 73,05 0401 20 91 27,88 0403 10 32 (') 0,1 938 / kg + 25,26 0401 20 99 26,67 0403 10 34 (') 0,2425 / kg + 25,26 0401 30 11 70,64 0403 10 36 (') 0,6701 / kg + 25,26 0401 30 19 69,43 0403 90 11 118,79 0401 30 31 135,18 0403 90 13 175,14 0401 30 39 133,97 0403 90 19 214,25 0401 30 91 226,14 0403 90 31 (') 1,1154 / kg + 26,47 0401 30 99 224,93 0403 90 33 (') 1 ,6789 / kg + 26,47 0403 90 39 (') 2,0700 / kg + 26,47 0402 10 11 (4) 118,79 0403 90 51 25,42 040210 19 (3)(4) 111,54 0403 90 53 30,29 0402 10 91 (') (4) 1 ,1 1 54 / kg + 26,47 0403 90 59 73,05 0402 1 0 99 (!)(4) 1,1154 / kg + 19,22 0403 90 61 (') 0,1938 / kg + 25,26 0402 21 11 (4) 175,14 0403 90 63 (') 0,2425 / kg + 25,26 0402 21 17 (4) 167,89 0403 90 69 (■) 0,6701 / kg + 25,26 0402 21 19 (3)(4) 167,89 0402 21 91 (3)(4) 214,25 0404 10 02 24,88 0402 21 99 (J) (4) 207,00 0404 10 04 175,14 0402 29 1 1 (') (3) (4) 1 ,6789 / kg + 26,47 0404 10 06 214,25 0402 29 1 5 (') (4) 1 ,6789 / kg + 26,47 0404 10 12 118,79 0402 29 1 9 (>) (4) 1 ,6789 / kg + 1 9,22 0404 10 14 175,14 0402 29 9 1 (') (4) 2,0700 / kg + 26,47 0404 10 16 214,25 0402 29 99 (<)(4) 2,0700 / kg + 19,22 0404 10 26 (') 0,248 8 / kg + 19,22 0402 91 11 (4) 36,64 0404 10 28 (') 1,6789 / kg + 26,47 0402 91 19 (4) 36,64 0404 10 32 (') 2,0700 / kg + 26,47 0402 91 31 (4) 45,80 0404 10 34 (') 1,1154 / kg + 26,47 0402 91 39 (4) 45,80 0404 10 36 (>) 1,6789 / kg + 26,47 0402 91 51 (4) 135,18 0404 10 38 (') 2,0700 / kg + 26,47 0402 91 59 (4) 133,97 0404 10 48 (2) 0,2488 / kg 0402 91 91 (4) 226,14 0404 10 52 O 1 ,6789 / kg + 6,04 0402 91 99 (4) 224,93 0404 10 54 (2) 2,0700 / kg + 6,04 0402 99 11 (4) 50,10 0404 10 56 O 1,1154 / kg + 6,04 0402 99 19 (4) 50,10 0404 10 58 (2) 1 ,6789 / kg + 6,04 040299 31 (')(4) 1,31 55 / kg + 22,85 0404 10 62 (2) 2,0700 / kg + 6,04 040299 39 (')(4) 1 ,31 55 / kg + 21,64 0404 10 72 O 0,2488 / kg + 19,22 0402 99 9 1 0 (4) 2,2251 / kg + 22,85 0404 10 74 O 1,6789 / kg + 25,26 0402 99 99 (') (4) 2,2251 / kg + 21 ,64 0404 10 76 (2) 2,0700 / kg + 25,26 0403 10 02 118,79 0404 10 78 (2) 1,1154 / kg + 25,26 0403 10 04 175,14 0404 10 82 (2) 1,6789 / kg + 25,26 0403 10 06 214,25 0404 10 84 (2) 2,0700 / kg + 25,26 0403 10 12 (') 1,1 154 / kg + 26,47 0404 90 11 118,79 0403 10 14 (') 1,6789 / kg + 26,47 0404 90 13 175,14

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NoteO Import Note (*) Import CN code CN code levy levy

0404 90 19 214,25 0406 90 31 (3)(4) 162,39 0404 90 31 118,79 0406 90 33 (3)(4) 162,39 0404 90 33 175,14 0406 90 35 0 0 162,39 0404 90 39 214,25 0406 90 37 00 1 62,39 0406 90 39 0 0 1 62,39 040490 51 (') 1,1 154 / kg + 26,47 0406 90 50 OO 1 62,39 0404 90 53 (') 0 1 ,6789 / kg + 26,47 0406 90 61 OO 361,75 0404 90 59 (') 2,0700 / kg + 26,47 0406 90 63 OO 361,75 0404 90 91 (') 1 ,1 1 54 / kg + 26,47 0406 90 69 OO 361,75 0404 90 93 (') (3) 1 ,6789 / kg + 26,47 0406 90 73 OO 1 62,39 0404 90 99 (') 2,0700 / kg + 26,47 0406 90 75 OO 162,39 0405 00 1 1 0 232,90 0406 90 76 OO 1 62,39 0405 00 19 (3) 232,90 0406 90 78 OO 1 62,39 0405 00 90 284,14 0406 90 79 OO 162,39 0406 90 81 OO 1 62,39 0406 10 20 00 204,31 0406 90 82 OO 162,39 0406 10 80 0 (4) 259,11 0406 90 84 OO 162,39 0406 20 10 (3)(4) 361,75 0406 90 85 OO 162,39 0406 20 90 (3)(4) 361,75 0406 90 86 OO 162,39 0406 30 10 00 165,42 0406 90 87 OO 162,39 0406 30 31 (3)(4) 153,65 0406 90 88 OO 162,39 0406 90 93 OO 204,31 0406 30 39 (3)(4) 165,42 0406 90 99 OO 259,1 1 0406 30 90 (3)(4) 262,14 0406 40 10 (3)(4) 137,57 1702 10 10 66,31 0406 40 50 (3)(4) 137,57 170210 90 66,31 0406 40 90 (3)(4) 137,57 2106 90 51 66,31 0406 90 11 (3)(4) 212,13 2309 10 15 86,08 0406 90 13 (3)(4) 145,97 2309 10 19 111,73 0406 90 15 (3)(4) 145,97 2309 10 39 104,28 0406 90 17 (3)(4) 145,97 2309 10 59 85,10 0406 90 19 (3)(4) 361,75 2309 10 70 111,73 0406 90 21 (3)(4) 212,13 2309 90 35 86,08 0406 90 23 (3)(4) 162,39 2309 90 39 * 111,73 0406 90 25 (3)(4) 162,39 2309 90 49 104,28 0406 90 27 (3)(4) 162,39 2309 90 59 85,10 0406 90 29 (3)(4) 162,39 2309 90 70 111,73

(') 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 lactic matter 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 dry lactic matter contained in 100 kg of product plus, where appropriate, (b) the other amount indicated. O Products falling within this code and imported from a third country — for which an IMA 1 certificate, issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82, is presented, — for which an EUR 1 certificate, issued in accordance with amended Regulation (EEC) No 1316/93 for Sweden, amended Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 for Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics and Hungary and Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/94 (OJ No L 50, 22. 2. 1994, p. 7) for Bulgaria and Romania, is presented, shall be subject to the levies defined in the said Regulations, respectively. (4) The levy applicable is limited under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 715/90. O No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.