25.5.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL130/41
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1370/91
of24May1991
fixingtheimportleviesonmilkandmilkproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inmilkandmilkproducts(l),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No3641/90(2),andinparticularArticle14(8)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No804/68
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1ofthatRegulation;whereasthese
productsmaybedividedintogroups;whereasthe
productgroupsandthepilotgroupsandthepilotproduct
foreachofthesegroupsaresetoutinAnnexItoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No2915/79of18December1979
determiningthegroupsofproductsandthespecialprovi­
sionsforcalculatingleviesonmilkandmilkproducts(J),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3116/90(4);
Whereasthelevyontheproductsinanyonegroupmust
beequaltothethresholdpriceforthepilotproductless
thefree-at-frontier price;whereasthesethresholdprices
werefixedforthe1990/1991milkyearbyCouncilRegu­
lation(EEC)No1182/90(5);whereasCouncilRegulation
(EEC)N°1353/91(6)hasextendedthe1990/91marketing
yearformilkuntil16June1991;
WhereasthethresholdpricefixedbytheCouncilistobe
reducedbyCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1552/90of
8June1990determiningthereducedecuvaluesofmilk
sectorpricesandamountsconsequentonthemonetary
realignmentof5January1990Q
Whereas,however,Regulation(EEC)No2915/79lays
downspecialprovisionsforcalculatingthelevyoncertain
assimilatedproducts;whereastheseproductsarelisted
andthemethodofcalculatingthelevyonthemdescribed
inAnnexIIandinArticles2to12ofthatRegulation
respectively ;
Whereas,asprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No
2915/79,thecomponentofthelevyestablishedusinga
factorexpressingtheweightratioexistingbetweenthe
milkcomponentscontainedintheproductontheone
handandtheproductitselfontheotheris,forproducts
containingsugarorothersweeteners,calculatedbymulti­plyingthebasicamountbythequantityofmilk
componentscontainedintheproduct;
WhereasArticle12of.Regulation (EEC)No2915/79
providesthatforcertainproductsoriginatinginor
comingfromcertainthirdcountriesaspecificlevyisto
beapplied;whereasthelevyapplicabletothoseproducts
isfixedinAnnexItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
1767/82(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1502/90(9);
Whereas,foraslongasitisfoundthatonimportation
intotheCommunitythepriceofanassimilatedproduct
forwhichthelevyisnotequaltothelevyonitspilot
productisconsiderablylowerthanthepricewhichwould
obtainiftheratiotothepriceofthepilotproductwere
normal,thelevymustbeequaltothesumoftwo
components :
—onecqmponentequaltotheamountresultingfrom
theprovisionsofArticles2to7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2915/79applicabletotheassimilatedproductin
question,
—anadditionalcomponentfixedatalevelwhich,the
compositionandqualityoftheassimilatedproduct
beingtakenintoaccount,makesitpossibleto
re-establishnormalpriceratiosforimportsintothe
Community ;
WhereasArticle14(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesthatthelevyonproductsinrespectofwhichthe
customsdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATTmustbe
limitedtotheamountresultingfromthatbinding;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1073/68(10),
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No222/88(n),provides
thatafree-at-frontier pricemustbeestablishedforeachof
thepilotproductsdefinedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No2915/79;whereasthesepricesmustbedetermined
forproductsofgoodmarketablequality;
Whereasthefree-at-frontier pricesmustbeestablishedon
thebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportunities
ininternationaltradefortheproductslistedinArticle
1ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68otherthanassimilated
productsforwhichthelevyisnotequaltothelevyonthe
relatedpilotproducts;whereas,whenrecordingthese
purchasingopportunities ,theCommissionmusttake
accountofallinformationobtaineddirectorthroughthe
MemberStatesconcerningpricesfordeliveryofthird­
countryproductsfree-at-Community-frontier andprices
onthird-countrymarkets; (')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.0OJNoL362,27.12.1990,p.5.
(')OJNoL329,24.12.1979,p.1.
(4)OJNoL303,31.10.1990,p.1.
(<)OJNoL119,11.5.1990,p.26.
(6)Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.
0OJNoL146,9.6.1990,p.14.0OJNoL196,5.7.1982,p.1.
OOJNoL141,2.6.1990,p.5.
HOJNoL180,26.7.1968,p.25.
(")OJNoL28,1.2.1988,p.1.

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WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No788/86('),as
lastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No1525/90(2),speci­
fiesthefree-at-Spanish-frontier valuesofcertaincheeses
importedfromandoriginatinginSwitzerland ;
Whereas,however,noaccountshouldbetakenofinfor­
mationrelatingtosmallquantitieswhicharenotrepre­
sentativeoftradeintheproductsinquestionandquanti­
tiesinrespectofwhichpricetrendsingeneralorother
informationavailabletoitleadtheCommission tobelieve
thatthepriceinquestionisunrepresentative ofthereal
trendofthemarket:theymaybealteredintheinterveningperiodifneces­
sary;whereasthelevyremainsvaliduntilanother
becomesapplicable;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2730/75of29
October1975onglucoseandlactose(3),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No222/88,stipulatesthatthetreatment
providedforlactoseandlactosesyrupfallingwithinCN
code17021090byRegulation(EEC)No804/68andby
theprovisionsadoptedfortheapplicationofthatRegula­
tionistobeextendedtolactoseandlactosesyrupfalling
withinCNcode17021010;whereasconsequentlythe
levyfixedforproductsfallingwithinCNcode17021090
alsoappliestoproductsfallingwithinCNcode
17021010;whereastoensurethattheprovisioninques­
tionisproperlyappliedtheseproductsandthelevy
thereonshouldbeexplicitlymentionedinthelistof
levies;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90(4),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EEC)No523/91(*),laysdown
thearrangementsapplicabletoagriculturalproductsorigi­
natingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorin
theoverseascountriesandterritories ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastsubparagraph ofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(6),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2205/900,
—fortheothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonan
averageoftheecuratespublishedintheOfficial
JournaloftheEuropeanCommunities ,Cseries,over
aperiodtobedetermined,multipliedbythecoeffi­
cientreferredtointheprecedingindent;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsthat
theleviesonmilkandmilkproductsshouldbeassetout
intheAnnexhereto,Whereasthepricesusedmustbeadjustedwheretheyare
notquotedfree-at-Community-frontier orwheretheydo
notapplytoproductsofgoodmarketablequality;
whereastheadjustmentinrespectofanassimilated
productthelevyonwhichisequaltothelevyonitspilot
productmustbeeffectedinsuchawayastoallow,in
particular,fordifferencesincomposition ,maturity,
qualityandpresentationbetweentheassimilatedproduct
andtherelatedpilotproduct;whereasadjustments
relatingtocompositionmustbecalculatedbymultiplying
thedifferencebetweenthemilkcomponentcontentof
thepilotproductandthatoftheassimilatedproductin
questionbythevalueattributedininternationaltradeto
oneunitofweightofthemilkcomponentinquestion;
whereas,whentheotheradjustmentsarebeingeffected,
thedifferencebetweenthevalueattributedonthe
Communitymarkettoeachoftherelevantcharacteristics
ofthepilotproductandthevalueattributedonthat
markettothecorresponding characteristics oftheassimi­
latedproductinquestionmustbetakenintoaccount;
Whereas,ifnoinformationonpricesisavailable,thefree­
at-frontierpricemay,bywayofexception,be
establishedonthebasisofthevalueoftherawmaterials
containedinthepilotproductinquestion(calculatedon
thebasisofthepricesofmilkproductsforwhichprices
areavailable),averageprocessingcostsandaverageyields;
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :Whereas,inexceptionalcircumstances ,afree-at-frontier
pricemayremainunchangedforalimitedperiodwhere
thenewlevelofthepriceforagivenqualityoraspecific
origin,usedasabasis,forestablishingthepreviousfree­
at-frontierprice,hasnotreachedtheCommission to
enableittoestablishthenextfree-at-frontier priceandif
theCommissionconsidersthatthepriceswhichare
availablecouldleadtosuddenandconsiderablechanges
inthefree-at-frontier pricebecausetheyarenotsuffici­
entlyrepresentative ofrealmarkettrends;Article1
TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle14ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle19(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68,thenomenclature providedforinthis
Regulationisincorporatedinthecombinednomen­
clature;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon27May1991.
WhereasArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No1073/68
providesthattheleviesarefixedeveryfortnight;whereas0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.20.0OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
OOJNoL58,5.3.1991,p.1.
(6)OJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.
OOJNoL201,31.7.1990,p.9.(')OJNoL74,19.3.1986,p.20.0OJNoL144,7.6.1990,p.15.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,24May1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof24May1991fixingtheimportleviesonmilkandmilk
products
(ECU/100kgnetweight,unlessotherwiseindicated)
CNcode Note Importlevy
04011010 18,27
04011090 17,06
04012011 25,03
04012019 23,82
04012091 .30,37
04012099 29,16
04013011I 77,42
04013019 76,21
04013031 148,42
04013039 147,21
04013091 248,45
04013099 247,24
04021011 0 130,78
04021019 0 123,53
04021091 00 1,2353/kg+28,91
04021099 00 1,2353/kg+21,66
04022111 0 182,14
04022117 0 174,89
04022119 0 174,89
04022191 0 221,11
04022199 0 213,86
04022911 000 1,7489/kg+28,91
04022915 00 1,7489/kg+28,91
04022919 00 1,7489/kg+21,66 •
04022991 00 2,1386/kg+28,91
04022999 00 2,1386/kg4-21,66
04029111 0 30,28
04029119 0 30,28
04029131 0 37,85
04029139 0 37,85
04029151 0 148,42
04029159 0 147,21
04029191 0 248,45
04029199 0 247,24
04029911 0 49,85
04029919 0 49,85
04029931 00 1,4479/kg+25,29
04029939 00 1,4479/kg+24,08
04029991 00 2,4482/kg+25,29
04029999 00 2,4482/kg+24,08
04031002 130,78
04031004 182,14

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(ECU/100kgnetweight,unlessotherwiseindicated)
CNcode Note Importlevy
04031006I 221,11
04031012 (') 1,2353/kg+28,91
04031014 0' 1,7489/kg+28,91
04031016 (')• 2,1386/kg+28,91
04031022l 27,44
04031024\ 32,78
04031026\ 79,83
04031032 0 0,2140/kg+27,70
04031034 0 0,2674/kg+27,70
04031036 0 0,7379/kg+27,70
04039011l 130,78
04039013\ 182,14
04039019\ 221,11
04039031 0 1,2353/kg+28,91
04039033 (') 1,7489/kg+28,91
04039039 (') 2,1386/kg+28,91
04039051l 27,44
04039053\ 32,78
04039059\ 79,83
04039061 0 0,2140/kg+27,70
04039063 0 0,2674/kg+27,70
04039069 0 0,7379/kg+27,70
04041011l 28,83
04041019 0 0,2883/kg+21,66
04041091 0 0,2883/kg
04041099 0 0,2883/kg+21,66
04049011l 130,78
04049013\ 182,14
04049019Il 221,11
04049031ll 130,78
04049033ll 182,14
04049039\ 221,11
04049051 (') 1,2353/kg+28,91
04049053 00 1,7489/kg+28,91
04049059 (') 2,1386/kg+28,91
04049091 (') 1,2353/kg+28,91
04049093 00 1,7489/kg+28,91
04049099 0 2,1386/kg+28,91
04050010 256,25
04050090 312,63
04061010 0 234,44
04061090 0 285,03
04062010 00 387,22
04062090 0 387,22
04063010 00 186,58
04063031 00 175,55
04063039 00 186,58
04063090 00 283,30

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(ECU/100kgnetweight,unlessotherwiseindicated)
CNcode Note Importlevy
04064000 00 148,14
04069011 00 224,77
04069013 00 196,74
04069015 00 196,74
04069017 00 196,74
04069019 00 387,22
04069021 00 224,77
04069023 00 188,31
04069025 00 188,31
04069027 00 188,31
04069029 00 188,31
04069031 00 188,31
04069033 0 188,31
04069035 00 188,31
04069037 00 188,31
04069039 00 188,31
04069050 00 188,31
04069061 0 387,22
04069063 0 387,22
04069069 o 387,22
04069071 0 234,44
04069073 0 188,31
04069075 0 188,31
04069077 0 188,31
04069079 0 188,31
04069081 0 188,31
04069083 0 188,31
04069085 0 188,31
04069089 00 188,31
04069091 0 234,44
04069093 0 234,44
04069097 0 285,03
04069099 0 285,03
17021010\ 36,29
17021090\36,29
21069051 36,29
23091015\ 95,07
23091019\ 123,48
23091039\ 115,78
23091059\ 95,70
23091070\ 123,48
23099035\ 95,07
23099039\ 123,48
23099049\ 115,78
23099059\ 95,70
23099070
I123,48

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(')Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthiscodeisequaltothesumofthefollowing:
(a)theamountperkilogramshown,multipliedbytheweightofmilkandmilkcreamcontainedin100kgof
product;and
(b)theotheramountindicated.
(2)Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthiscodeisequalto:
(a)theamountperkilogramshown,multipliedbytheweightofthedriedmilkcontainedin100kgofproduct
plus,whereappropriate ,
(b)theotheramountindicated.
f)Productsfallingwithinthiscodeimportedfromathirdcountryunderspecialarrangementsconcludedbetween
thatcountryandtheCommunityforwhichanIMA1certificateissuedundertheconditionsprovidedforin
Regulation(EEC)No1767/82isissuedaresubjecttotheleviesinAnnexItothatRegulation.
(4)ThelevyapplicableislimitedundertheconditionslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)No715/90.