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REGULATION (EEC)No2537/74OFTHECOMMISSION
of4October1974
fixingtheimportleviesonmilkandmilkproducts
fordeterminedfree-a-frontier pricesandforfixing
leviesinrespectofmilkandmilkproductsprovides
thatthecomponentofthelevyfixedbymeansofa
coefficientexpressingtheweightratiobetweenthe
milkpowdercontainedintheproductandthe
productitselfis,fortheproductsfallingwithin
subheadingNo04.02BIb)listedinAnnexIIto
Regulation (EEC)No823/68,calculatedbymulti­
plyingthebasicamountbythequantityofmilk
powdercontainedintheproduct;whereasthesame
appliestoproductsfallingwithinsubheadingNo
04.02BIIb)asregardsthecomponentofthelevy
fixedbymeansofacoefficientexpressingtheweight
ratiobetweenthemilkcomponentscontainedinthe
productandtheproductitself;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbeequaltoone
hundredthpartofthelevysetoutforeachproductin
thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle9(1)andthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle9(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1073/68;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(!)of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No662/74(2),andin
particularArticle14(8)thereof;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheMonetary
Committee ;
WhereasArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No804/68
providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1ofthatRegulation ;
whereastheseproductsmaybedividedintogroups;
whereastheproductgroupsandthepilotgroupsand
thepilotproductforeachofthesegroupsaresetout
inAnnexItoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No823/68(3)
of28June1968determiningthegroupsofproducts
andthespecialprovisionsforcalculatinglevieson
milkandmilkproducts,aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2518/74(4);
Whereasthelevyontheproductsinanyonegroup
mustbeequaltothethresholdpriceforthepilot
productlessthefree-at-frontier price;whereasthese
thresholdpriceswerefixedforthe1974/75milkyear
byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No665/74(5)of28
March1974andamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
2518/74;
Whereas,however,Regulation (EEC)No823/68lays
downspecialprovisionsforcalculatingthelevyon
certainassimilatedproducts;whereastheseproducts
arelistedandthemethodofcalculatingthelevyon
themdescribedinAnnexIIandinArticles2to7of
thatRegulationrespectively ;whereasthismethod
consistsinaddingtogetherthevariouscomponents
definedinthoseArticles;
WhereasCommission Regulation (EEC)No
1073/68(6)of24July1968layingdowndetailedrulesWhereasforproductsbelongingtoGroupNo11,
originatinginandexportedfromthirdcountries,for
whichitisfoundonimportationintotheCommunity
thattherullingpriceisnotlessthan110unitsof
accountper100kginrespectoftheproductsfalling
withinsubheadingNo04.04EIb)2andNo04.04E
Ib)3,ornotlessthan80unitsofaccountper100kg
inrespectoftheproductsfallingwithinsubheading
No04.04EIb)4,thelevyper100kgisequal:
—tothethresholdpriceless110unitsofaccount,if
theproductfallswithinsubheadingNo04.04EI
b)2aa),04.04EIb)3or04.04EIb)4;
—tothesumofthefollowingcomponents ifthe
productfallswithinsubheadingNo04.04.EIb)2
bb):
(a)acomponentequaltothethresholdpriceless
110unitsofaccount;
(b)acomponentequalto20unitsofaccount;
—tothethresholdpriceless95unitsofaccount,if
theproductfallswithinsubheadingNos04.04EI
b)3or04.04EIb)4.(>)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.$OJNoL85,29.3.1974,p.51.
(>)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.3.
(*)OJNoL270,5.10.1974,p.1.
(»)OJNoL85,29.3.1974,p.57.
(')OJNoL180,26.7.1968,p.25.

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onitspilotproductmustbeeffectedinsuchawayas
toallow,inparticular,fordifferencesincomposition ,
maturity,qualityandpresentationbetweentheassimi­
latedproductandtherelatedpilotproduct;whereas
adjustmentsrelatingtocompositionmustbecalcu­
latedbymultiplyingthedifferencebetweenthemilk
componentcontentofthepilotproductandthatof
theassimilatedproductinquestionbythevalueattri­
butedininternationaltradetooneunitofweightof
themilkcomponentinquestion;whereasthediffer­
encebetweenthevalueattributedontheCommunity
markettoeachoftherelevantcharacteristics ofthe
pilotproductandthevalueattributedonthatmarket
tothecorresponding characteristics oftheassimilated
productinquestionmustbetakenintoaccountwhen
theotheradjustmentsarebeingeffected;Whereas,foraslongasitisfoundthatonimportation
intotheCommunitythepriceofanassimilated
productforwhichthelevyisnotequaltothelevyon
itspilotproductisconsiderablylowerthantheprice
whichwouldobtainiftheratiotothepriceofthe
pilotproductwerenormal,thelevymustbeequalto
thesumoftwocomponents :
—onecomponentequaltotheamountresulting
fromtheprovisionsofArticles2to7ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No823/68applicabletotheassimi­
latedproductinquestion;
—anadditionalcomponentfixedatalevelwhich,
thecompositionandqualityoftheassimilated
productbeingtakenintoaccount,makesit
possibletore-establishnormalpriceratiosfor
importsintotheCommunity ;
WhereasArticle14(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesthatthelevyonproductsinrespectofwhich
thecustomsdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATTmust
belimitedtotheamountresultingfromthatbinding;Whereas,ifnoinformationonpricesisavailable,the
free-at-frontier pricemay,bywayofexception,be
establishedonthebasisofthevalueoftherawmate­
rialscontainedinthepilotproductinquestion(calcu­
latedonthebasisofthepricesofmilkproductsfor
whichpricesareavailable),averageprocessingcosts
andaverageyields;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1073/68providesthat
afree-at-frontier pricemustbeestablishedforeachof
thepilotproductsdefinedinAnnexItoRegulation
(EEC)No823/68;whereasthesepricesmustbedeter­
minedforproductsofgoodmarketablequality;Whereas,inexceptionalcircumstances ,afree-at­
frontierpricemayremainunchangedforalimited
periodwherethenewlevelofthepriceforagiven
qualityoraspecificorigin,usedasabasisforestab­
lishingthepreviousfree-at-frontier price,hasnot
reachedtheCommission toenableittoestablishthe
nextfree-at-frontier priceandiftheCommission
considersthatthepriceswhichareavailablecould
leadtosuddenandconsiderablechangesinthefree­
at-frontierpricebecausetheyarenotsufficientlyrepre­
sentativeofrealmarkettrends;Whereasthefree-at-frontier pricesmustbeestab­
lishedonthebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasing
opportunities ininternationaltradefortheproducts
listedinArticle1(a)2and(b)to(g)ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68otherthanassimilatedproductsfor
whichthelevyisnotequaltothelevyontherelated
pilotproducts;whereas,whenrecordingthese
purchasingopportunities ,theCommissionmusttake
accountofallinformationobtaineddirectorthrough
theMemberStatesconcerningpricesfordeliveryof
third-country productsfree-at-Community frontier
andpricesonthird-country markets;Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle19(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No804/68,thenomenclature providedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporated intheCommon
CustomsTariff;
WhereasArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No1073/68
providesthattheleviesarefixedeveryfortnight;
whereastheymaybealteredintheinterveningperiod
ifnecessary;whereasthelevyremainsvaliduntil
anotherbecomesapplicable ;Whereas,however,noaccountshouldbetakenof
informationrelatingtosmallquantitieswhicharenot
representative oftradeintheproductinquestionand
quantitiesinrespectofwhichpricetrendsingeneral
orotherinformation availabletoitleadtheCommis­
siontobelievethatthepriceinquestionisunrepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendofthemarket;Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,atrateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;Whereasthepricesusedmustbeadjustedwherethey
arenotquotedfree-at-Community-frontier orwhere
theydonotapplytoproductsofgoodmarketable
quality;whereastheajustmentinrespectofanassimi­
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—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
thattheleviesonmilkandmilkproductsmustbe
fixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation ;HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle14(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon7October
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,4October1974.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommission

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ANNEX
TariffNomenclature
CodeLevy
(inii.a./100kgtiet
weightunlessotherwise
indicated)CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods
'i-UM Milkandcream,fresh,notconcentratedorsweetened :
A.Ofafatcontent,byweight,notexceeding6%:
I.Yoghourt,kephir,curdledmilk,whey,buttermilkandother
fermentedoracidifiedmilk:
a)Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof2litresorless
less 01U) 13-57
b)Other 0120 11-57
II.Other:
a)Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof?litresorless
andofafatcontent,byweight:
1.Notexceeding4% 0130 11-57
2.Exceeding4°/o 0140 14-75
b)Other,ofafatcontent,byweight:
1.Notexceeding4°/o 0150 10-57
2.Exceeding4% 0160 13-75
B.Other,ofafatcontent,byweight:
I.Exceeding6%butnotexceeding21% 0200 34-78
II.Exceeding21°/obutnotexceeding45°/o 030073-57
III.Exceeding45°/o 0400113-70
04.02 Milkandcream,preserved,concentratedorsweetened :
A.Notcontainingaddedsugar:
I.Whey 0500 5-89
II.Milkandcream,inpowderorgranules:
a)Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof2-5kgor
lessandofafatcontent,byweight:
1.Notexceeding1-5% 0620 31-52
2.Exceeding1-5%butnotexceeding27% 0720 64-75
3.Exceeding27%butnotexceeding29% 0820 66-75
4.Exceeding29% 0920 80-22
b)Other,ofafatcontent,byweight:
1.Notexceeding1-5%> 1020 25-52
2.Exceeding1-5%butnotexceeding27°/o 1120 58-75
3.Exceeding27%butnotexceeding29% 1220 60-75
4.Exceeding29°/o1320 74-22
III.Milkandcream,otherthaninpowderorgranules:
a)Inhermeticallysealedcansofanetcapacityof454gor
less,oringlasscontainersofacapacityof0-5litre
orlessandofafatcontent,byweight,of11°/oorless:
1.Ofafatcontent,byweight,of8-9°/oorless 1420 '11-88
2.Other 1520 16-04
b)Other,ofafatcontent,byweight:
1.Notexceeding45% 1620 73-57
2.Exceeding45°/o ¡1720 113-70

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TariffNomenclature
Levy
(inu.a./100Icenet
weightunlessotnerwiie
indicated)CCTheading
No DescriptionofgoodsCode
04.02
(cont'd)R.Containingaddedsugar:
i.Milkandcream,inpowderorgranules:
a)Specialmilkforinfants('),inhermeticallysealedcans
ofanetcapacityof500gorlessandofafatcontent,
byweight(2):
1.Exceeding10%butnotexceeding11%1810 29-00
2.Exceeding14-5%butnotexceeding 15*5%1910 33-00
3.Exceeding17%butnotexceeding18%2010 36-00
4.Exceeding23%butnotexceeding24%2110 38-00
b)Other:
1.Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacityof2-5kgor
lessandofafatcontent,byweight:
aa)Notexceeding1-5%(3) 2220perkg0-2552(#)
bb)Exceeding1-5%butnotexceeding27%(3) j2320perkg0-5875(®)
cc)Exceeding27%(3) 2420perkg0-7422(9)
2.Other,ofafatcontent,byweight:
aa)Notexceeding1-5%(3)2520perkg0-2552(10)
bb)Exceeding1*5%butnotexceeding27%(3)2620perkg0-5875(10)
cc)Exceeding27%(3)2720perkg0-7422(10)
II.Milkandcream,otherthaninpowderorgranules:
a)Inhermeticallysealedcansofanetcapacityof454gor
lessandofafatcontent,byweight,notexceeding9-5%2810 26-51
b)Other,ofafatcontent,byweight:
1.Notexceeding45%(3) 2910perkg0-7357(,0)
2.Exceeding45%(3) 3010perkg1-1370(,0)
04.03 Butter:
A.Ofafarcontent,byweight,notexceeding85% 3110 133-77
B.Other 3210 163-20
04.04 Cheeseandcurd:
A.Emmentaler ,Gruyère,Sbrinz,BergkäseandAppenzell,not
gratedorpowdered :
T.Ofaminimumfatcontentof45%byweight,referredto
drymatter,maturedforatleast3months(2):
a)Wholecheese(4)ofafree-at-frontier value(s)per100kg
netweightof:
1.174-92u.a.(a)ormorebutlessthan194-92u.a.(a) 3316 15-00
2.194-92u.a.(a)ormore 3415 118-47(»»)

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TariffNomenclature
CodeLevy
(inu.a./100kgnet
weightunlessotherwise
indicated)CCTheading
No Descriptionofgoods
1)4.04 b)Piecespackedinvacuumorininertgas:
(cont'd)
I.Withrindonatleastoneside,ofanetweight:
aa)Of1kgormorebutlessthan5kgandofa
free-at-frontier value(5)of194-92u.a.(a)ormore
butlessthan222-92u.a.(a)per100kgnetweight 3516 15-00
bb)Of450gormoreandofafree-at-frontier value(5)
of222-92u.a.(a)ormoreper100kgnetweight 3614 118-47(")
2.Other,ofanetweightof75gormorebut·not
exceeding250g(e)andofafree-at-frontier value(Ä)
of242-92u.a.(a)ormoreper100kgnetweight 3714 118-47(")
II.Other 3800 118-47
N.Glarusherbcheese(knownasSchabziger )madefromskimmed
103-51(12) milkandmixedwithfinely-ground herbs(2) 3900
C.Blue-veinedcheesc,notgratedorpowdered 4000 72-06
DProcessedcheese,notgratedorpowdered :
I.IntheblendingofwhichonlyEmmentaler ,Gruyèreand
Appenzellhavebeenusedandwhichmaycontain,asan
addition,Glarusherbcheese(knownasSchabziger),put
up(inboxesorslices)forretailsale(7),ofafree-at­
frontiervalue(5)of140u.a.ormoreper100kgnetweight
andofafatcontent,byweight,referredtodrymatter(2):
a)Notexceeding48%inrespectoftheaggregateofpor­
tionsorslices 'till 30-00
b)Notexceeding48°loinrespectof5/6oftheaggregateof
portionsorslicesandnotexceeding56°/oinrespectof
theremaining 1/6 4211 31-00
c)Exceeding48%butnotexceeding56%inrespectof
theaggregateofportionsorslices 4311 35-00
II.Other,ofafatcontent,byweight:
a)Notexceeding36%andofafatcontent,bvweight.
referredtodrymatter:
1.Notexceeding48% 4410 94-67
2.Exceeding48% 4510 100-59
b)Exceeding36% 4610 180-59
F.Other:
I.Notgratedorpowdered,ofafatcontent,byweight,not
exceeding40%andawatercontent,calculatedbyweight,
ofthenon-fattymatter:
a)Notexceeding47·/· 4?10 103-51

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TariffNomenclature
Levy
(inu.a./100ksnet
weightunlessotherwite
indicated)CCTheading
No DescriptionofgoodsCode
04.04
(cont'd)b)Exceeding47%butnotexceeding72°/o:
1.Cheddar,includingChester
2.TilsitandButterkäse,ofafatcontent,byweight,
referredtothedrymatter(*):4810 104-47
aa)Notexceeding48°/o4922 97-48(13)
bb)Exceeding48%5022 97-48(")
3.Kashkaval(l)5030 97-48(,5)
4.Cheeseofsheep'smilkorbuffalomilk,incontainers
holdingbrine,orinsheep-orgoat-skinbottles(2)5060 97-48(15)
5.Other 5120 97-48
c)Exceeding72°/o:
1.Inimmediatepackingsofanetcapacitynotexceeding
500g5210 73-11
2.Other 5250 177-48
IF.Notspecified:
a)Gratedorpowdered5310 103-51
b)Other5410 177-48
17.02Othersugars;sugarsyrups;artificialhoney(whetherornot
mixedwithnaturalhoney);caramel:
Λ.Lactoseandlactosesyrup:
N.Otherthanthatcontaining,inthedrystate,99e/oormore
byweightofthepureproduct(1β)5500 13-25
17.(15Flavouredorcolouredsugars,syrupsandmolasses,butnotinclud­
ingfruitjuicescontainingaddedsugarinanyproportion :
A.Lactoseandlactosesyrup5600 13-25
1Λ.07Sweetenedforage;otherpreparations ofakindusedinanimal
feeding:
R.Other,containingstarchorglucoseorglucosesyrupfalling
withinsubheadingsNos17.02Band17.05B,ormilkprod­
ucts(8):
I.Containingstarch,orglucoseorglucosesyrup:
a)Containingnostarchorcontaining10%orlessby
weightofstarch:
1
2
3.Containing50e/oormorebutlessthan75°/oby
weightofmilkproducts 5700 21-14
4.Containing75%ormorebyweightofmilkproducts 5800 27-01
b)Containingmorethan10%butnotmorethan30%
byweightofstarch:
1
2
3.Containing50·/·ormorebyweightofmilkproduct»5900 24-97

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TariffNomenclature
CCTheading
No DescriptionofgoodsCodeLevy
(inu.a./100kgnet
weightunlessotherwise
indicated)
23.07
(cont'd)c)Containingmorethan30e/obyweightofstarch:
1
1
3.Containing50%>ormorebyweightofmilkproducts 6000 19-86
«II.Containingnostarch,glucoseorglucosesyrup,butcontain­
ingmilkproducts 6100 27-01
Fornotes(!)to(•),seenotes(*)to(•)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No823/68(OJNoL151,30.6.1968).
(•)Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthissubheadingisequaltothesumofthefollowingcomponents :
a)theamountperkgshown,multipliedbytheweightofmilkandcreamcontainedin100kgofproduct;
b)6u.a.;and
c)0u.a.
('•)Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthissubheadingisequaltothesumofthe^followingcomponents :
a)theamountperkgshown,multipliedbytheweightofmilkandcreamcontainedin100kgofproduct;and
b)0u.a.
("JThelevyislimitedto7-50u.a.per100kgnetweight.
(")Thelevyislimitedto6%ofthevalueforcustomspurposes .
(")Thelevyislimitedto55-65u.a.per100kgnetweightforimportsfromAustria,Finland,RumaniaandSwitzerland (Regulation (EEC)No
1054/68asamended).
(")Thelevyislimitedto75-65u.a.per100kgnetweightforimportsfromAustria,Finland,RumaniaandSwitzerland (Regulation (EEC)No
1054/68asamended).
(")Thelevyislimitedto55-65u.a.per100kgnetweightforimportsfromBulgaria,Hungary,RumaniaandTurkey(Regulation (EEC)No
1054/68asamended).
('•)LactoseandlactosesyrupfallingwithinsubheadingNo17.02AIare,inpursuanceofRegulationNo189/66/EEC,subjecttothesimc
levyasthatapplicabletolactoseandlactosesyrupfallingwithinsubheadingNo17.02AII.
(a)ForimportsintotheUnitedKingdom,thisfreeatfrontiervalueshallbereducedby13-02u.a.per100kgnet.