31.3.94 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL87/17
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No725/94
of30March1994
fixingtheimportleviesonmilkandmilkproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,inAnnexIIandinArticles2to12ofthatRegulation
respectively ;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community, Whereas,asprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)
No2915/79,thecomponentofthelevyestablishedusing
afactorexpressingtheweightratioexistingbetweenthe
milkcomponentscontainedintheproductontheone
handandtheproductitselfontheotheris,forproducts
containingsugarorothersweeteners,calculatedbymulti­
plyingthebasicamountbythequantityofmilk
componentscontainedintheproduct;HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inmilkandmilkproducts('),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No230/94(2),andinparticularArticle14(8)
thereof,
WhereasArticle12ofRegulation(EEC)No2915/79
providesthatforcertainproductsoriginatinginor
comingfromcertainthirdcountriesaspecificlevyisto
beapplied;whereasthelevyapplicabletothoseproducts
isfixedinAnnexItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1767/82(8),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No659/94(9);WhereasArticle14ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1ofthatRegulation;whereasthese
productsmaybedividedintogroups;whereasthe
productgroupsandthepilotgroupsandthepilotproduct
foreachofthesegroupsaresetoutinAnnexItoCouncil
Regulation (EEC)No2915/79of18December1979
determiningthegroupsofproductsandthespecialprovi­
sionsforcalculatingleviesonmilkandmilkproducts(3),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No3423/93(4);Whereas,foraslongasitisfoundthatonimportation
intotheCommunitythepriceofanassimilatedproduct
forwhichthelevyisnotequaltothelevyonitspilot
productisconsiderablylowerthanthepricewhichwould
obtainiftheratiotothepriceofthepilotproductwere
normal,thelevymustbeequaltothesumoftwo
components :Whereasthelevyontheproductsinanyonegroupmust
beequaltothethresholdpriceforthepilotproductless
thefree-at-frontier price;whereasthesethresholdprices
werefixedforthe1993/94milkyearbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1562/93(*);whereasCouncilRegulation
(EC)No720/94(6)extendsthecommercialisation ofthe
1993/94milkyearuntil30June1994;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1723/93f),
determiningthepricesandamountsfixedinecusinthe
milkandmilkproductssectorwhicharereducedasa
resultofthemonetaryrealignments ofSeptember
andNovember1992,JanuaryandMay1993;—onecomponentequaltotheamountresultingfrom
theprovisionsofArticles2to7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2915/79applicabletotheassimilatedproductin
question,
—anadditionalcomponentfixedatalevelwhich,the
compositionandqualityoftheassimilatedproduct
beingtakenintoaccount,makesitpossibleto
re-establishnormalpriceratiosforimportsintothe
Community ; Whereas,however,Regulation(EEC)No2915/79lays
downspecialprovisionsforcalculatingthelevyoncertain
assimilatedproducts;whereastheseproductsarelisted
andthemethodofcalculatingthelevyonthemdescribed
WhereasArticle14(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesthatthelevyonproductsinrespectofwhichthe
customsdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATTmustbe
limitedtotheamountresultingfromthatbinding;0OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.0OJNoL30,3.2.1994,p.1.
(3)OJNoL329,24.12.1979,p.1.
(4)OJNoL312,15.12.1993,p.8.0OJNoL154,25.6.1993,p.34.
(f)Seepage2ofthisOfficialJournal.
0OJNoL159,1.7.1993,p.123.(8)OJNoL196,5.7.1982,p.1.
(')OJNoL82,25.3.1994,p.23.

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Whereas,inexceptionalcircumstances ,afree-at-frontier
pricemayremainunchangedforalimitedperiodwhere
thenewlevelofthepriceforagivenqualityoraspecific
origin,usedasabasisforestablishingthepreviousfree­
at-frontierprice,hasnotreachedtheCommissionto
enableittoestablishthenextfree-at-frontier priceandif
theCommissionconsidersthatthepriceswhichare
availablecouldleadtosuddenandconsiderablechanges
inthefree-at-frontier pricebecausetheyarenotsuffici­
entlyrepresentative ofrealmarkettrends;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle19(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68,thenomenclatureprovidedforinthis
Regulationisincorporatedinthecombinednomen­
clature;
WhereasArticle8ofRegulation(EEC)No1073/68
providesthattheleviesarefixedeveryfortnight;whereas
theymaybealteredintheinterveningperiodifneces­
sary;whereasthelevyremainsvaliduntilanother
becomesapplicable;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2730/75of
29October1975onglucoseandlactose^,asamended
byRegulation(EEC)No222/88,stipulatesthatthetreat­
mentprovidedforlactoseandlactosesyrupfallingwithin
CNcode17021090byRegulation(EEC)No804/68and
bytheprovisionsadoptedfortheapplicationofthat
Regulationistobeextendedtolactoseandlactosesyrup
fallingwithinCNcode17021010;whereasconse­
quentlythelevyfixedforproductsfallingwithinCN
code17021090alsoappliestoproductsfallingwithin
CNcode17021010;whereastoensurethattheprovi­
sioninquestionisproperlyappliedtheseproductsand
thelevythereonshouldbeexplicitlymentionedinthe
listoflevies;
WhereasCouncilRegulations(EC)No3491/93(*)and
(EC)No3492/93Q,oncertainproceduresforapplying
theEuropeAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanCommunities andtheirMember
States,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicsofHungaryand
Poland,oftheotherpart,andCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No520/92of27February1992oncertainrulesfor
applyingtheInterimAgreementontradeandtrade­
relatedmattersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,ofthe
onepart,andtheCzechandSlovakFederalRepublic,of
theotherpart(8),asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)
No2235/93(9),andinparticularArticle1thereofintro­
ducearrangements forreducingimportleviesoncertain
products;whereasCommission Regulation (EEC)
No584/92(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EC)
No3550/93("),laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthe
arrangementsprovidedforintheseagreementsasregards
milkandmilkproducts;WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1073/68('),
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No222/88(2),provides
thatafree-at-frontier pricemustbeestablishedforeachof
thepilotproductsdefinedinAnnexItoRegulation(EEC)
No2915/79;whereasthesepricesmustbedetermined
forproductsofgoodmarketablequality;
Whereasthefree-at-frontier pricesmustbeestablishedon
thebasisofthemostfavourablepurchasingopportunities
ininternationaltradefortheproductslistedin
Article1ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68otherthanassi­
milatedproductsforwhichthelevyisnotequaltothe
levyontherelatedpilotproducts;whereas,whenrecor­
dingthesepurchasingopportunities ,theCommission
musttakeaccountofallinformationobtaineddirector
throughtheMemberStatesconcerningpricesfordelivery
ofthird-countryproductsfree-at-Community-frontier and
pricesonthird-countrymarkets;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No788/86(3),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No1525/90(4),speci­
fiesthefree-at-Spanish-frontier valuesofcertaincheeses
importedfromandoriginatinginSwitzerland ;
Whereas,however,noaccountshouldbetakenofinfor­
mationrelatingtosmallquantitieswhicharenotrepre­
sentativeoftradeintheproductsinquestionandquanti­
tiesinrespectofwhichpricetrendsingeneralorother
informationavailabletoitleadtheCommission tobelieve
thatthepriceinquestionisunrepresentative ofthe.real
trendofthemarket;
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;OOJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.20.
(6)OJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.1.
OOJNoL319,21.12.1993,p.4.
(8)OJNoL56,29.2.1992,p.9.0OJNoL200,10.8.1993,p.5.OOJNoL62,7.3.1992,p.34.
(")OJNoL324,24.12.1993,p.15.0OJNoL180,26.7.1968,p.25.
(2)OJNoL28,1.2.1988,p.1.
(3)OJNoL74,19.3.1986,p.20.
(4)OJNoL144,7.6.1990,p.15.

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overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity(9),noleviesshallapplyon
productsoriginatingintheoverseascountriesandterrito­
ries;
Whereastherepresentative marketratesdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(10),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No3528/93(n),areusedto
convertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(12),asamendedbyRegulation
(EC)No547/94(13);
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsthat
theleviesonmilkandmilkproductsshouldbeassetout
intheAnnexhereto,Whereas,inaddition,accountmustbetakenofDecision
94/1/ECSC,ECoftheCouncilandCommission('),
concerningtheconclusionoftheAgreementsonthe
EuropeanEconomicArea,betweentheEuropean
Community,theEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity
andtheirMemberStates,ontheonehand,andAustria,
Finland,Iceland,Norway,SwedenandLiechtenstein ,on
theotherhand,hereafterreferredtoasthe'EEAAgree­
ment';whereastheBilateralAgreementsonagriculture
betweentheCommunity,ontheonehand,andAustria
andFinland,ontheotherhand,enterintoforceatthe
sametimeastheEEAAgreement ;whereasCommission
Regulation(EEC)No1316/93X2),asamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No2762/93(3),laysdowndetailedrulesforthe
applicationoftheimportarrangementsfortheseproducts
originatinginSweden;
WhereasCouncilRegulations(EC)No3641/93(4)and
(EC)No3642/93(*)oncertainrulesforapplyingthe
InterimAgreementontradeandtrade-relatedmatters
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity,oftheonepart,
andtheRepublicofBulgariaandRomania,oftheother
part;whereasCommissionRegulation(EC)No385/94(*),
laysdowndetailedrulesforapplyingthearrangements
providedforintheseagreementsasregardsmilkandmilk
products;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90Q,aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No235/94(8),laysdownthe
arrangementsapplicabletoagriculturalproductsorigina­
tingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorinthe
overseascountriesandterritories;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationoftheHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle14ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1994.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30March1994.
FortheCommission
ReneSTEICHEN
MemberoftheCommission
(')OJNoL1,3.1.1994,p.1.
(2)OJNoL132,29.5.1993,p.73.
(3)OJNoL251,8.10.1993,p.7.
(4)OJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.16.
OOJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.17.¥)OJNoL50,22.2.1994,p.7.OOJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.
(10)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
(")OJNoL320,22.12.1993,p.32.
0OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(8)OJNoL30,3.2.1994,p.12.(>2)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
HOJNoL69,12.3.1994,p.1.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30March1994fixingtheimportleviesonmilkandmilk
products
(ECU/100kgnetweight,unlessotherwiseindicated)
CNcode Note0 Import
levyCNcode Note0 Import
levy
04011010 16,86
04011090 15,65
04012011 23,01
04012019 21,80
04012091 27,88
04012099 26,67
04013011 70,64
04013019 69,43
04013031 135,18
04013039 133,97
04013091 226,14
04013099 224,93
04021011 (4) 118,79
04021019 (3)(4) 111,54
04021091 (')(4) 1,1154/kg+26,47
04021099 (!)(4)1,1154/kg+19,22
04022111 (4) 175,14
04022117 (4) 167,89
04022119 (3)(4) 167,89
04022191 (3)(4) 214,25
04022199 (J)(4) 207,00
04022911 (')(3)(4)1,6789/kg+26,47
04022915 (')(4) 1,6789/kg+26,47
04022919 (>)(4) 1,6789/kg+19,22
04022991 (')(4)2,0700/kg+26,47
04022999 (<)(4)2,0700/kg+19,22
04029111 (4) 36,64
04029119 (4) 36,64
04029131 (4) 45,80
04029139 (4) 45,80
04029151 (4) 135,18
04029159 (4) 133,97
04029191 (4) 226,14
04029199 (4) 224,93
04029911 (4) 50,10
04029919 (4) 50,10
04029931 (')(4)1,3155/kg+22,85
04029939 (')(4) 1,3155/kg+21,64
040299910(4)2,2251/kg+22,85
04029999 (')(4)2,2251/kg+21,64
04031002 118,79
04031004 175,14
04031006 214,25
04031012 (') 1,1154/kg+26,47
04031014 (')1,6789/kg+26,4704031016 (')2,0700/kg+26,47
04031022 25,42
04031024 30,29
04031026 73,05
04031032 (') 0,1938/kg+25,26
04031034 (')0,2425/kg+25,26
04031036 (')0,6701/kg+25,26
04039011 118,79
04039013 175,14
04039019 214,25
04039031 (')1,1154/kg+26,47
04039033 (') 1,6789/kg+26,47
04039039 (')2,0700/kg+26,47
04039051 25,42
04039053 30,29
04039059 73,05
04039061 (')0,1938/kg+25,26
04039063 (')0,2425/kg+25,26
04039069 (■)0,6701/kg+25,26
04041002 24,88
04041004 175,14
04041006 214,25
04041012 118,79
04041014 175,14
04041016 214,25
04041026 (')0,2488/kg+19,22
04041028 (')1,6789/kg+26,47
04041032 (')2,0700/kg+26,47
04041034 (')1,1154/kg+26,47
04041036 (>)1,6789/kg+26,47
04041038 (')2,0700/kg+26,47
04041048 (2)0,2488/kg
04041052 O 1,6789/kg+6,04
04041054 (2)2,0700/kg+6,04
04041056 O1,1154/kg+6,04
04041058 (2) 1,6789/kg+6,04
04041062 (2)2,0700/kg+6,04
04041072 O0,2488/kg+19,22
04041074 O1,6789/kg+25,26
04041076 (2)2,0700/kg+25,26
04041078 (2)1,1154/kg+25,26
04041082 (2)1,6789/kg+25,26
04041084 (2)2,0700/kg+25,26
04049011 118,79
04049013 175,14

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CNcode NoteO Import
levyCNcode Note(*) Import
levy
04049019 214,25
04049031 118,79
04049033 175,14
04049039 214,25
04049051 (') 1,1154/kg+26,47
04049053 (')0 1,6789/kg+26,47
04049059 (')2,0700/kg+26,47
04049091 (') 1,1154/kg+26,47
04049093 (')(3) 1,6789/kg+26,47
04049099 (')2,0700/kg+26,47
040500110 232,90
04050019 (3) 232,90
04050090 284,14
0406102000 204,31
040610800(4) 259,11
04062010 (3)(4) 361,75
04062090 (3)(4) 361,75
0406301000 165,42
04063031 (3)(4) 153,65
04063039 (3)(4) 165,42
04063090 (3)(4) 262,14
04064010 (3)(4) 137,57
04064050 (3)(4) 137,57
04064090 (3)(4) 137,57
04069011 (3)(4) 212,13
04069013 (3)(4) 145,97
04069015 (3)(4) 145,97
04069017 (3)(4) 145,97
04069019 (3)(4) 361,75
04069021 (3)(4) 212,13
04069023 (3)(4) 162,39
04069025 (3)(4) 162,39
04069027 (3)(4) 162,39
04069029 (3)(4) 162,3904069031 (3)(4) 162,39
04069033 (3)(4) 162,39
0406903500 162,39
0406903700 162,39
0406903900 162,39
04069050 OO 162,39
04069061 OO 361,75
04069063 OO 361,75
04069069 OO 361,75
04069073 OO 162,39
04069075 OO 162,39
04069076 OO 162,39
04069078 OO 162,39
04069079 OO 162,39
04069081 OO 162,39
04069082 OO 162,39
04069084 OO 162,39
04069085 OO 162,39
04069086 OO 162,39
04069087 OO 162,39
04069088 OO 162,39
04069093 OO 204,31
04069099OO 259,11
17021010 66,31
17021090 66,31
21069051 66,31
23091015 86,08
23091019 111,73
23091039 104,28
23091059 85,10
23091070 111,73
23099035 86,08
23099039* 111,73
23099049 104,28
23099059 85,10
23099070 111,73
(')Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthiscodeisequaltothesumofthefollowing:
(a)theamountperkilogramshown,multipliedbytheweightoflacticmattercontainedin100kgofproduct;and
(b)theotheramountindicated.
(2)Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthiscodeisequalto:
(a)theamountperkilogramshown,multipliedbytheweightofthedrylacticmattercontainedin100kgofproductplus,whereappropriate,
(b)theotheramountindicated.
OProductsfallingwithinthiscodeandimportedfromathirdcountry
—forwhichanIMA1certificate,issuedinaccordancewithRegulation(EEC)No1767/82,ispresented,
—forwhichanEUR1certificate,issuedinaccordancewithamendedRegulation(EEC)No1316/93forSweden,amendedRegulation(EEC)No584/92
forPoland,theCzechandSlovakRepublicsandHungaryandCommissionRegulation(EC)No385/94(OJNoL50,22.2.1994,p.7)forBulgariaand
Romania,ispresented,
shallbesubjecttotheleviesdefinedinthesaidRegulations,respectively .
(4)ThelevyapplicableislimitedundertheconditionslaiddowninRegulation(EEC)No715/90.
ONolevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.