31.3.95 IENIOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL71/63
COMMISSION REGULATION (EC)No696/95
of30March1995
fixingtheimportleviesonmilkandmilkproducts
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,Whereas,asprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)
No2915/79,thecomponentofthelevyestablishedusing
afactorexpressingtheweightratioexistingbetweenthe
milkcomponentscontainedintheproductontheone
handandtheproductitselfontheotheris,forproducts
containingsugarorothersweeteners,calculatedbymulti­
plyingthebasicamountbythequantityof>milk
componentscontainedintheproduct;HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
Community,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68of
27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthemarket
inmilkandmilkproducts('),aslastamendedbytheAct
ofAccessionofAustria,FinlandandSweden,andinparti­
cularArticle14(8)thereof,WhereasArticle12ofRegulation(EEC)No2915/79
providesthatforcertainproductsoriginatinginor
comingfromcertainthirdcountriesaspecificlevyisto
beapplied;whereasthelevyapplicabletothoseproducts
isfixedinAnnexItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)
No1767/82(6),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No527/95Q;
WhereasArticle14ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1ofthatRegulation;whereasthese
productsmaybedividedintogroups;whereasthe
productgroupsandthepilotgroupsandthepilotproduct
foreachofthesegroupsaresetoutinAnnexItoCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No2915/79of18December1979
determiningthegroupsofproductsandthespecialprovi­
sionsforcalculatingleviesonmilkandmilkproducts(2),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No3326/94(3);Whereas,foraslongasitisfoundthatonimportation
intotheCommunitythepriceofanassimilatedproduct
forwhichthelevyisnotequaltothelevyonitspilot
productisconsiderablylowerthanthepricewhichwould
obtainiftheratiotothepriceofthepilotproductwere
normal,thelevymustbeequaltothesumoftwo
components :
onecomponentequaltotheamountresultingfrom
theprovisionsofArticles2to7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2915/79applicabletotheassimilatedproductin
question,Whereasthelevyontheproductsinanyonegroupmust
beequaltothethresholdpriceforthepilotproductless
thefree-at-frontier price;whereasthethresholdpricefor
the1994/95milkyearwasfixedbyCouncilRegulation
(EC)No1882/94(4),asextendedbyRegulation(EC)No
682/950;anadditionalcomponentfixedatalevelwhich,the
compositionandqualityoftheassimilatedproduct
beingtakenintoaccount,makesitpossibleto
re-establishnormalpriceratiosforimportsintothe
Community ;
Whereas,however,Regulation(EEC)No2915/79lays
downspecialprovisionsforcalculatingthelevyoncertain
assimilatedproducts;whereastheseproductsarelisted
andthemethodofcalculatingthelevyonthemdescribed
inAnnexIIandinArticles2to12ofthatRegulation
respectively ;WhereasArticle14(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesthatthelevyonproductsinrespectofwhichthe
customsdutyhasbeenboundwithinGATTmustbe
limitedtotheamountresultingfromthatbinding; (')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(2)OJNoL329,24.12.1979,p.1.
(3)OJNoL350,31.12.1994,p.41.
(4)OJNoL197,30.7.1994,p.24.0Seepage1ofthisOfficialJournal.OOJNoL196,5.7.1982,p.1.0OJNoL54,10.3.1995,p.4.

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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 pricebecausetheyarenot
sufficientlyrepresentative 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(6)and
(EC)No3492/93Q,oncertainproceduresforapplying
theEuropeAgreementestablishinganassociation
betweentheEuropeanCommunitiesandtheirMember
States,oftheonepart,andtheRepublicsofHungaryand
Poland,oftheotherpart,andCouncilRegulation(EEC)
No520/92of27February1992oncertainrulesfor
applyingtheInterimAgreementontradeandtrade­
relatedmattersbetweentheEuropeanEconomicCommu­
nityandtheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,ofthe
onepart,andtheCzechandSlovakFederalRepublic,of
theotherpart(8),asamendedbyRegulation (EEC)
No2235/93(9),andinparticularArticle1thereofintro­
ducearrangementsforreducingimportleviesoncertain
products;whereasCommission Regulation (EEC)
No584/92(10),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EC)
No3337/94("),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
ininternational tradefortheproductslistedin
Article1ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68otherthanassi­
milatedproductsforwhichthelevyisnotequaltothe
levyontherelatedpilotproducts;whereas,whenrecord­
ingthesepurchasingopportunities ,theCommissionmust
takeaccountofallinformationobtaineddirectorthrough
theMemberStatesconcerningpricesfordeliveryofthird­
countryproductsfree-at-Community-frontier andprices
onthird-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
information availabletoitleadtheCommission tobelieve
thatthepriceinquestionisunrepresentative ofthereal
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;
(')OJNoL180,26.7.1968,p.25.
(2)OJNoL28,1.2.1988,p.1.0OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.20.
(«)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.
(10)OJNoL62,7.3.1992,p.34.
(")OJNoL350,31.12.1994,p.66.(3)OJNoL74,19.3.1986,p.20.
faOJNoL144,7.6.1990,p.15.

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productsoriginatingintheoverseascountriesand
territories;
Whereastherepresentative marketratesdefinedin
Article1ofCouncilRegulation(EEC)No3813/92(8),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EC)No150/95(9),areused
toconvertamountsexpressedinthirdcountrycurrencies
andareusedasthebasisfordeterminingtheagricultural
conversionratesoftheMemberStates'currencies;
whereasdetailedrulesontheapplicationanddetermina­
tionoftheseconversionsweresetbyCommissionRegu­
lation(EEC)No1068/93(10),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EC)No157/95(");
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsthat
theleviesonmilkandmilkproductsshouldbeassetout
intheAnnexhereto,Whereas,inaddition,accountmustbetakenofCouncil
andCommissionDecision94/1/ECSC,EC(')concerning
theconclusionoftheAgreementsontheEuropean
EconomicArea,betweentheEuropeanCommunity,the
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunityandtheirMember
States,ontheonehand,andAustria,Finland,Iceland,
Norway,SwedenandLiechtenstein ,ontheotherhand,
hereafterreferredtoasthe'EEAAgreement';
WhereasCouncilRegulations (EC)No3641/93(2)and
(EC)No3642/93(3)oncertainrulesforapplyingthe
InterimAgreementontradeandtrade-relatedmatters
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
EuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity ,oftheonepart,
andtheRepublicofBulgariaandRomania,oftheother
part,shouldbetakenintoaccount;whereasCommission
Regulation(EC)No1588/94(4),aslastamendedbyRegu­
lation(EC)No3337/94,laysdowndetailedrulesfor
applyingthearrangementsprovidedforintheseagree­
mentsasregardsmilkandmilkproducts;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90(*),aslast
amendedbyRegulation(EC)No2484/94(*),laysdown
thearrangementsapplicabletoagriculturalproductsorig­
inatingintheAfrican,CaribbeanandPacificStatesorin
theoverseascountriesandterritories;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle101(1)ofCouncilDecision
91/482/EECof25July1991ontheassociationofthe
overseascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunityQ,noleviesshallapplyonHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle14ofRegulation
(EEC)No804/68shallbeassetoutintheAnnexhereto.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April1995.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30March1995.
FortheCommission
FranzFISCHLER
MemberoftheCommission
oOJNoL1,3.1.1994,p.1.
OOJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.16.
OOJNoL333,31.12.1993,p.17.
OOJNoL167,1.7.1994,p.8.
OOJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85.
(*)OJNoL265,15.10.1994,p.3.
OOJNoL263,19.9.1991,p.1.(■)OJNoL387,31.12.1992,p.1.
OOJNoL22,31.1.1995,p.1.
(,0)OJNoL108,1.5.1993,p.106.
(")OJNoL24,1.2.1995,p.1.

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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30March1995fixingtheimportleviesonmilkandmilk
products
(ECU/100kgnetweight,unlessotherwiseindicated)
CNcode Note(*) ImportCNcode Note0 Import
levy\levy
04011010 18,56 04031016 O2,5499/kg+32,49
04011090I 17,10 04031022 27,50
04012011I 24,59 040310241 31,76
04012019I 23,13 04031026 73,29
04012091I 28,85 0403103200,2021/kg+31,03
04012099I 27,39 0403103400,2447/kg+31,03
04013011 70,38 0403103600,6600/kg+31,03
04013019l 68,92 04039011 131,34
04013031 132,58 04039013 222,81
04013039 131,12 04039019 263,74
04013091 219,80 040390310 1,2259/kg+32,49
04013099 218,34 0403903302,1406/kg+32,49
040210110 131,340403903902,5499/kg+32,49
04021019 (3)(4) 122,5904039051 27,50
04021091 '00 1,2259/kg+32,4904039053 31,76
0402109900 1,2259/kg+23,7404039059 73,29
040221110 222,8104039061 00,2021/kg+31,03
04022117 0 214,0604039063 00,2447/kg+31,03
0402211900 214,0604039069 00,6600/kg+31,03
0402219100 263,74 04041002 32,53
0402219900 254,99 04041004 222,81
04022911000 2,1406/kg+32,49 04041006 263,74
0402291500 2,1406/kg+32,49 04041012 131,34
0402291900 2,1406/kg+23,74 04041014 222,81
0402299100 2,5499/kg+32,49 04041016 263,74
0402299900 2,5499/kg+23,74 0404102600,3253/kg+23,74
040291110 48,97040410280 2,1406/kg+32,49
040291190 48,9704041032 O2,5499/kg+32,49
040291310 61,210404103401,2259/kg+32,49
040291390 61,210404103602,1406/kg+32,49
040291510 132,580404103802,5499/kg+32,49
04029159 0 131,120404104800,3253/kg
04029191 0 219,800404105202,1406/kg+7,29
04029199 0 218,340404105402,5499/kg+7,29040299110 69,560404105601,2259/kg+7,29040299190 69,560404105802,1406/kg+7,290402993100 1,2820/kg+28,120404106202,5499/kg+7,290402993900 1,2820/kg+26,6604041072 O0,3253/kg+23,740402999100 2,1542/kg+28,120404107402,1406/kg+31,030402999900 2,1542/kg+26,660404107602,5499/kg+31,03
04031002 131,34 040410780 1,2259/kg+31,03
04031004 222,81 04041082 O2,1406/kg+31,03
04031006 263,74 04041084 O2,5499/kg+31,03
040310120 1,2259/kg+32,49 04049011 131,34
040310140 2,1406/kg+32,49 04049013 222,81

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CNcode Notei5) ImportCNcode NoteQ Import
Ilevy\levy
04049019 263,74 04069023 (3)(4) 195,37
04049031I131,34 04069025 (3)(4) 195,37
04049033 222,81 04069027 (3)(4) 195,37
04049039 263,74 04069029 (3)(4) 195,37
04049051 C) 1,2259/kg+32,49 04069031 (3)(4) 195,37
04049053 CM3)2,1406/kg+32,49 04069033 (3)(4) 195,37
04049059 C)2,5499/kg+32,49 04069035 (3)(4) 195,37
04049091 C) 1,2259/kg+32,49 04069037 (3)(4) 195,37
04049093 C)(3)2,1406/kg+32,49 04069039 (3)(4) 195,37
04049099 C)2,5499/kg+32,4904069050
04069061(3)(4)
(3)(4)195,37
465,99
04050011 (3) 225,4804069063 (3)(4) 465,99
04050019 (3) 225,4804069069 (3)(4) 465,99
04050090 275,0904069073 (3)(4) 195,37
04061020 (3)(4) 235,9604069075 (3)(4) 195,37
04061080 (3)(4) 312,1604069076 (3)(4) 195,37
04062010 (3)(4) 465,99040690780(4) 195,37
04062090 (3)(4) 465,9904069079 (3)(4) 195,37
04063010 (3)(4) 185,9404069081 (3)(4) 195,37
04063031 (3)(4) 182,1704069082 (3)(4) 195,37
04063039 (3)(4) 185,9404069084 (3)(4) 195,37
04063090 (3)(4) 302,73040690850(4) 195,37
0406401004069086 (3)(4) 195,37
(3)(4) 188,14
0406405004069087 (3)(4) 195,37
(3)(4) 188,1404069088 (3)(4) 195,3704064090 (3)(4) 188,1404069093 (3)(4) 235,96
04069001 (3)(4) 255,7804069099 (3)(4) 312,16
04069002 (3)(4) 195,42
04069003 (3)(4) 195,4217021010 76,27
04069004 (3)(4) 195,4217021090 76,27
04069005 (3)(4) 195,42 21069051I 76,27
04069006 (3)(4) 195,4223091015 94,86
04069007 (3)(4) 195,4223091019 I 123,06
04069008 (3)(4) 195,42 23091039 I 115,04
04069009 (3)(4) 195,42 23091059 I 94,34
04069012 (3)(4) 195,42 23091070 I 123,06
04069014 (3)(4) 195,42 23099035 94,86
04069016 (3)(4) 195,42 23099039 123,06
04069018 (3)(4) 195,42 23099049I 115,04
04069019 (3)(4) 465,99 23099059 94,34
04069021 (3)(4) 255,78 23099070\123,06
(')Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthiscodeisequaltothesumofthefollowing:
(a)theamountperkilogramshown,multipliedbytheweightoflacticmattercontainedin100kgofproduct;and
(b)theotheramountindicated.
(2)Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthiscodeisequalto:
(a)theamountperkilogramshown,multipliedbytheweightofthedrylacticmattercontainedin100kgofproductplus,whereappropriate,
(b)theotheramountindicated.
(■')Productsfallingwithinthiscodeandimportedfromathirdcountry
—forwhichanIMA1certificate,issuedinaccordancewithamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1767/82(OJNoL196,5.7.1982,p.1),is
presented,
—forwhichanEUR1certificate,issuedinaccordancewithamendedCommissionRegulation(EEC)No584/92(OJNoL62,7.3.1992,p.34)for
Poland,theCzechandSlovakRepublicsandHungaryandCommissionRegulation(EC)No1588/94(OJNoL167,1.7.1994,p.8)forBulgariaand
Romania,ispresented,
shallbesubjecttotheleviesdefinedinthesaidRegulations,respectively.
(4)ThelevyapplicableislimitedundertheconditionslaiddowninamendedCouncilRegulation(EEC)No715/90(OJNoL84,30.3.1990,p.85).
0NolevyappliestoOCToriginatingproductsaccordingtoArticle101(1)ofDecision91/482/EEC.