20.5.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL132/13
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No1017/78
of19May1978
fixingtheimportleviesonmilkandmilkproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68of27June1968onthecommonorganization
ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts('),aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No2560/77(2),andin
particularArticle14(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetary
Committee ,
WhereasArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No804/68
providesforchargingalevyonimportsofthe
productslistedinArticle1ofthatRegulation ;
whereastheseproductsmaybedividedintogroups;
whereastheproductgroupsandthepilotgroupsand
thepilotproductforeachofthesegroupsaresetout
inAnnexItoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No823/68of
28June1968determiningthegroupsofproductsand
thespecialprovisionsforcalculatingleviesonmilk
andmilkproducts(3),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No1000/78(4);
Whereasthelevyontheproductsinanyonegroup
mustbeequaltothethresholdpriceforthepilot
productlessthefree-at-frontier price;whereasthese
thresholdpriceswerefixedforthe1978/79milkyear
byCouncilRegulation (EEC)No999/78of12May
1978(5);
Whereas,however,Regulation (EEC)No823/68lays
downspecialprovisionsforcalculatingthelevyon
certainassimilatedproducts;whereastheseproducts
arelistedandthemethodofcalculatingthelevyon
themdescribedinAnnexIIandinArticles2to7of
thatRegulationrespectively ;whereasthismethod
consistsinaddingtogetherthevariouscomponents
definedinthoseArticles;
WhereasCommissionRegulation (EEC)No1073/68
of24July1968layingdowndetailedrulesfordeter­
miningfree-a-frontier pricesandforfixingleviesin
respectofmilkandmilkproducts(6),providesthat
thecomponentofthelevyfixedbymeansofacoeffi­
cientexpressingtheweightratiobetweenthemilk
powdercontainedintheproductandtheproduct
itselfis,fortheproductsfallingwithinsubheading
04.02BIb)listedinAnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No823/68,calculatedbymultiplyingthebasic
amountbythequantityofmilkpowdercontainedin
theproduct;whereasthesameappliestoproducts
fallingwithinsubheading04.02BIIb)asregardsthe
componentofthelevyfixedbymeansofacoefficient
expressingtheweightratiobetweenthemilkcompo­
nentscontainedintheproductandtheproductitself;
Whereasthebasicamountmustbeequaltoone
hundredthpartofthelevysetoutforeachproductin
thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle9(1)andthe
secondsubparagraph ofArticle9(2)ofRegulation
(EEC)No1073/68;
WhereasforproductsbelongingtoGroupNo11,
originatinginandexportedfromthirdcountries,for
whichitisfoundonimportationintotheCommunity
thattherulingpriceisnotlessthan150unitsof
accountper100kginrespectoftheproductsfalling
withinsubheading04.04EIb)2,ornotlessthan130
unitsofaccountper100kginrespectoftheproducts
fallingwithinsubheading04.04EIb)3,ornotless
than115unitsofaccountforproductsfallingwithin
subheading04.04EIb)4,thelevyper100kgis
definedinArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No823/68;
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;
WhereasRegulation (EEC)No1073/68providesthat
afree-at-frontier pricemustbeestablishedforeachof
thepilotproductsdefinedinAnnexItoRegulation(»)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL303,28.11.1977,p.1.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.3.
(4)OJNoL130,18.5.1978,p.7.
(5)OJNoL130,18.5.1978,p.6.
(6)OJNoL180.26.7.1968,p.25.

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(EEC)No823/68;whereasthesepricesmustbedeter­
minedforproductsofgoodmarketablequality;
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,inexceptionalcircumstances ,afree-at-
frontierpricemayremainunchangedforalimited
periodwherethenewlevelofthepriceforagiven
qualityoraspecificorigin,usedasabasisforestab­
lishingthepreviousfree-at-frontier price,hasnot
reachedtheCommission toenableittoestablishthe
nextfree-at-frontier priceandiftheCommission
considersthatthepriceswhichareavailablecould
leadtosuddenandconsiderablechangesinthefree-
at-frontierpricebecausetheyarenotsufficientlyrepre­
sentativeofrealmarkettrends;
Whereas,inaccordancewithArticle19(1)ofRegula­
tion(EEC)No804/68,thenomenclature providedfor
inthisRegulationisincorporatedintheCommon
CustomsTariff;
WhereasArticle8ofRegulation (EEC)No1073/68
providesthattheleviesarefixedeveryfortnight;
whereastheymaybealteredintheinterveningperiod
ifnecessary;whereasthelevyremainsvaliduntil
anotherbecomesapplicable ;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintained in
relationtoeachother,atanygivenmoment,
withinabandof2-25%,atrateofexchangebased
ontheireffectiveparity;
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeach
ofthesecurrenciesrecordedforagivenperiod,in
relationtotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredto
intheprevioussubparagraph ;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingalltheseprovisions
thattheleviesonmilkandmilkproductsmustbe
fixedasshownintheAnnextothisRegulation ,Whereas,however,noaccountshouldbetakenof
informationrelatingtosmallquantitieswhicharenot
representative oftradeintheproductinquestionand
quantitiesinrespectofwhichpricetrendsingeneral
orotherinformation availabletoitleadtheCommis­
siontobelievethatthepriceinquestionisunrepre­
sentativeoftherealtrendofthemarket;
Whereasthepricesusedmustbeadjustedwherethey
arenotquotedfree-at-Community-frontier orwhere
theydonotapplytoproductsofgoodmarketable
quality;whereastheajustmentinrespectofanassimi­
latedproductthelevyonwhichisequaltothelevy
onitspilotproductmustbeeffectedinsuchawayas
toallow,inparticular,fordifferencesincomposition ,
maturity,qualityandpresentationbetweentheassimi­
latedproductandtherelatedpilotproduct;whereas
adjustmentsrelatingtocompositionmustbecalcu­
latedbymultiplyingthedifferencebetweenthemilk
componentcontentofthepilotproductandthatof
theassimilatedproductinquestionbythevalueattri­
butedininternationaltradetooneunitofweightof
themilkcomponentinquestion;whereasthediffer­
encebetweenthevalueattributedontheCommunity
markettoeachoftherelevantcharacteristics ofthe
pilotproductandthevalueattributedonthatmarket
tothecorresponding characteristics oftheassimilated
productinquestionmustbetakenintoaccountwhen
theotheradjustmentsarebeingeffected;HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1
TheleviesreferredtoinArticle14(1)ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68areherebyfixedasshowninthe
AnnextothisRegulation .
Whereas,ifnoinformationonpricesisavailable,the
free-at-frontier pricemay,bywayofexception,be
establishedonthebasisofthevalueoftherawmate­
rialscontainedinthepilotproductinquestion(calcu­
latedonthebasisofthepricesofmilkproductsfor
whichpricesareavailable),averageprocessingcosts
andaverageyields;Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon22May
1978.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,19May1978.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President

NoL132/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.5.78
ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof19May1978fixingtheimportleviesonmilkand
milkproducts
(u.a./100kgnetweight,unlessotherwiseindicated)
CCTheadingNo Code Importlevy
04.01AIa)
04.01AIb)
04.01AIIa)1
04.01AIIa)2
04.01AIIb)1
04.01AIIb)2
04.01BI
04.01BII
04.01BIII21.67
19.67
19.67
24.22
18.67
23-22
49.62
104.97
166.22
15.30
94.09
125.88
127.88
138-63
88-09
119-88
121.88
132.63
21-51
29-04
104.97
166.22
30.0004.02AI
04.02AIIa)1
04.02AIIa)2
04.02AIIa)3
04.02AIIa)4
04.02AIIb)1
04.02AIIb)2
04.02AIIb)3
04.02AIIb)4
04.02AIIIa)1
04.02AIIIa)2
04.02AIIIb)1
04.02AIIIb)2
04.02BIa)
04.02BIb)1aa)
04.02BIb)1bb)
04.02BIb)1cc)
04.02BIb)2aa)
04.02BIb)2bb)
04.02BIb)2cc)
04.02BIIa)
04.02BIIb)10110
0120
0130
0140
0150
0160
0200
0300
0400
0500
0620
0720
0820
0920
1020
1120
1220
1320
1420
1520
1620
1720
1820
2220
2320
2420
2520
2620
2720
2820
2910
3010
3110
3210
3321
3420
3521
3619
3719
3800
3900
4000
4120
4410
4510
4610
4710
4834
4850perkg
perkg
perkg
perkg
perkg
perkg
perkg
perkg 04.02 BIIb)2
04.03 A
04.03 B0.8809(9)
,1-1988 (9)
1-3263 (9)
0.8809 (10)
1.1988 (10)
1.3263 (10)
34.18
1.0497 (10)
1.6622 (10)
190-85
232.84
,15.00
130-26 (")
15.00
130.26 (»)
130.26 (")
130.26
165.10(12)
131.07
30.00
121.54
132-30
212.30
165.10
15.00
170.6404.04AIa)1
04.04AIa)2
04.04AIb)1aa)
04.04AIb)1bb)
04.04AIb)2
04.04AII
04.04B
04.04C
«4.04DI
•04.04DIIa)1
04.04DIIa)2
04.04DIIb)
04.04EIa)
04.04EIb)1aa)
04.04EIb)1bb)

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CCT heading No Code Import levy
04.04 EIb)2aa) 4922 127.50 (13)
04.04 EIb)2bb) 5022 127.50 (14)
04.04 EIb)3 5030 127.50 (15)
04.04 EIb)4 5060 127.50 (15)
04.04 EIb)5 5120 127.50
04.04 EIc)1 5210 95.63
04.04 EIc)25250 207.50
04.04 EIIa) 5310 165.10
04.04 EIIb) 5410 207.50
17.02AII(16)5500 18-95
21.07 FI 5600 18.95
23.07 BIa)3 5700 68.07
23.07 BIa)4 5800 88.33
23.07 BIb)3 5900 82-44
23.07 BIc)3 6000 67-27
23.07 BII 6100 88.33
Fornotesi1}to(8),seenotes(')to(8)ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No823/68(OJNoL151,30.6.1968).
(*)Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthissubheadingisequaltothesumofthefollowingcomponents :
a)theamountperkgshown,multipliedbytheweightofmilkandcreamcontainedin100kgofproduct;
b)6u.a.;and
c)13.76u.a.
(")Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthissubheadingisequaltothesumofthefollowingcomponents :
a)theamountperkgshown,multipliedbytheweightofmilkandcreamcontainedin100kgofproduct;
and
b)13.76u.a.
(11)Thelevyislimitedto7.50u.a.per100kgnetweight.
(12)Thelevyislimitedto6%ofthevalueforcustomspurposes.
(13)Thelevyislimitedto53.16u.a.per100kgnetweightforimportsfromAustria,Finland,Romaniaand
Switzerland (Regulation (EEC)No1054/68asamended).
C4)Thelevyislimitedto73.16u.a.per100kgnetweightforimportsfromAustria,Finland,Romaniaand
Switzerland (Regulation (EEC)No1054/68asamended).
(15)Thelevyislimitedto73.16(u.a.\per100kgnetweightforimportsfromBulgaria,(Hungary,Romania
andTurkey(Regulation (EEC)No1054/68asamended).
(16)Lactoseandlactosesyrupfallingwithinsubheading17.02AIare,inpursuanceofRegulation (EEC)
No2730/75,subjecttothesamelevyasthatapplicabletolactoseandlactosesyrupfallingwithin
subheading17.02AII.
NB:ForthepurposesofheadingNo04.04,theexchangeratetobeappliedinconverting
intonationalcurrenciestheunitofaccountreferredtointhesubdivisionsofthisheading
shall,notwithstanding generalruleC3containedinPartI,SectionIoftheCommon
CustomsTariffbetherepresentative rate,ifsucharateisfixedpursuanttoCouncil
RegulationNo129onthevalueoftheunitofaccountandtheexchangeratestobe
appliedforthepurposesofthecommonagriculturalpolicy(OJNo106,30.10.1962,
p.2553/62).