31.1.90 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL27/19
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC)No247/90
of30January1990
fixingtheimportleviesonmilkandmilkproducts
comingfromcertainthirdcountriesaspecificlevyisto
beapplied;whereasthelevyapplicabletothoseproducts
isfixedinAnnexItoCommissionRegulation(EEC)No
1767/82(*),aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No
107/90f);
Whereas,foraslongasitisfoundthatonimportation
intotheCommunitythepriceofanassimilatedproduct
forwhichthelevyisnotequaltothelevyonitspilot
productisconsiderablylowerthanthepricewhichwould
obtainiftheratiotothepriceofthepilotproductwere
normal,thelevymustbeequaltothesumoftwo
components :
—onecomponentequaltotheamountresultingfrom
theprovisionsofArticles2to7ofRegulation(EEC)
No2915/79applicabletotheassimilatedproductin
question,
—anadditionalcomponentfixedatalevelwhich,the
compositionandqualityoftheassimilatedproduct
beingtakenintoaccount,makesitpossibleto
re-establishnormalpriceratiosforimportsintothe
Community ;THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheActofAccessionofSpainand
Portugal,
HavingregardtoRegulation(EEC)No804/68ofthe
Councilof27June1968onthecommonorganizationof
themarketinmilkandmilkproducts('),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No3879/89(2),andinparticular
Article14(8)thereof,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheMonetaryCommittee,
WhereasArticle14ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesforchargingalevyonimportsoftheproducts
listedinArticle1ofthatRegulation;whereasthese
productsmaybedividedintogroups;whereasthe
productgroupsandthepilotgroupsandthepilotproduct
foreachofthesegroupsaresetoutinAnnexItoCouncil
Regulation(EEC)No2915/79of18December1979
determiningthegroupsofproductsandthespecialprovi­
sionsforcalculatingleviesonmilkandmilkproducts(3),
aslastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No3884/89(4);
Whereasthelevyontheproductsinanyonegroupmust
beequaltothethresholdpriceforthepilotproductless
thefree-at-frontierprice;whereasthesethresholdprices
werefixedforthe1989/90milkyearbyCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1114/89(^
Whereas,however,Regulation(EEC)No2915/79lays
downspecialprovisionsforcalculatingthelevyoncertain
assimilatedproducts;whereastheseproductsarelisted
andthemethodofcalculatingthelevyonthemdescribed
inAnnexIIandinArticles2to12ofthatRegulation
respectively ;
Whereas,asprovidedforinRegulation (EEC)No
2915/79,thecomponentofthelevyestablishedusinga
factorexpressingtheweightratioexistingbetweenthe
milkcomponentscontainedintheproductontheone
handandtheproductitselfontheotheris,forproducts
containingsugarorothersweeteners,calculatedbymulti­
plyingthebasicamountbythequantityofmilk
componentscontainedintheproduct;
WhereasArticle12ofRegulation(EEC)No2915/79
providesthatforcertainproductsoriginatinginorWhereasArticle14(3)ofRegulation(EEC)No804/68
providesthatthelevyonproductsinrespectofwhichthe
customsdutyhasbeenboundwithinGAITmustbe
limitedtotheamountresultingfromthatbinding;
WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No1073/68(8),
asamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No222/88(®),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.
(2)OJNoL378,27.12.1989,p.1.
(3)OJNoL329,24.12.1979,p.1.0OJNoL378,27.12.1989,p.9.0OJNoL118,29.4.1989,p.37.(«)OJNoL196,5.7.1982,p.1.f)OJNoL13,17.1.1990,p.13.
(«)OJNoL180,26.7.1968,p.25,
»OJNoL28,1.2.1988,p.1.

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theymaybealteredintheinterveningperiodifneces­
sary;whereasthelevyremainsvaliduntilanother
becomesapplicable;
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2730/75of29
October1975onglucoseandlactose('),asamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No222/88,stipulatesthatthetreatment
providedforlactoseandlactosesyrupfallingwithinCN
code17021090byRegulation(EEC)No804/68andby
theprovisionsadoptedfortheapplicationofthatRegula­
tionistobeextendedtolactoseandlactosesyrupfalling
withinCNcode17021010;whereasconsequentlythe
levyfixedforproductsfallingwithinCNcode17021090
alsoappliestoproductsfallingwithinCNcode
17021010;whereastoensurethattheprovisioninques­
tionisproperlyappliedtheseproductsandthelevy
thereonshouldbeexplicitlymentionedinthelistof
levies;
Whereas,ifthelevysystemistooperatenormally,
refundsshouldbecalculatedonthefollowingbasis:
—inthecaseofcurrencieswhicharemaintainedinrela­
tiontoeachotheratanygivenmomentwithinaband
of2,25%,arateofexchangebasedontheircentral
rate,multipliedbythecoefficientprovidedforinthe
lastsubparagraphofArticle3(1)ofCouncilRegula­
tion(EEC)No1676/85(4),aslastamendedbyRegula­
tion(EEC)No1636/87(*),
—forothercurrencies,anexchangeratebasedonthe
arithmeticmeanofthespotmarketratesofeachof
thesecurrenciesrecordedoveragivenperiodinrela­
tiontotheCommunitycurrenciesreferredtointhe
previousindentandtheaforesaidcoefficient;
Whereasitfollowsfromapplyingtheseprovisionsthat
theleviesonmilkandmilkproductsshouldbeassetout
intheAnnexhereto,WhereasCommissionRegulation(EEC)No788/86('),as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No2431/88(2),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;
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;whereasHASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.TheimportleviesreferredtoinArticle14ofRegu­
lation(EEC)No804/68shallbeassetoutintheAnnex
hereto.
2.ThereshallbenolevyforimportsfromPortugal,
includingtheAzoresandMadeira,formilkandmilk
productslistedinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)No
804/68.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1February1990.
(3)OJNoL281,1.11.1975,p.20.
OOJNoL164,24.6.1985,p.1.0OJNoL153,13.6.1987,p.1.(')OJNoL74,19.3.1986,p.20.
(2)OJNoL210,3.8.1988,p.6.

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ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,30January1990.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
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ANNEX
totheCommissionRegulationof30January1990fixingtheimportlevies,onmilkand
milkproducts
(ECU/100kgnetweight,unlessotherwiseindicated)
CNcode Note Importlevy
04011010 15,81
04011090l 14,60
04012011 22,00
04012019 20,79
04012091l 27,39
04012099 26,18
04013011 70,79
04013019l 69,58
04013031l 136,77
04013039 135,56
04013091l 230,16
04013099 228,95
04021011 \ 107,05
04021019\ 99,80
04021091 (') 0,9980/kg+24,68
04021099 0 0,9980/kg+17,43
04022111\ 170,35
04022117\ 163,10
04022119 163,10
04022191II 210,00
04022199 202,75
04022911 CM3) 1,6310/kg+24,68
04022915 0) 1,6310/kg+24,68
04022919 (,) 1,6310/kg+17,43
04022991 (') 2,0275/kg+24,68
04022999 0 2,0275/kg+17,43
04029111\ 31,00
04029119\ 31,00
04029131 38,75
04029139 38,75
04029151I 136,77
04029159 135,56
04029191 230,16
04029199 228,95
04029911I 52,87
04029919 \ 52,87
04029931 (') 1,3314/kg+21,06
04029939 (') 1,3314/kg+19,85
04029991 (') 2,2653/kg+21,06
04029999 (') 2,2653/kg+19,85

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(ECU/10Qkgnetweight,unlessotherwiseindicated)
CNcode Note Importlevy
04031011\ 24,41
04031013 29,80
04031019 73,20
04031031 0 0,1837/kg+23,47
04031033 0 0,2376/kg+23,47
04031039 0 0,6716/kg+23,47
04039011 107,05
04039013 170,35
04039019 210,00
04039031 0 0,9980/kg+24,68
04039033 (') 1,6310/kg+24,68
04039039 0 2,0275/kg+24,68
04039051I 24,41
04039053I 29,80
04039059 73,20
04039061 0 0,1837/kg+23,47
04039063 0 0,2376/kg+23,47
04039069 0 0,6716/kg+23,47
04041011 27,75
04041019 0 0,2775/kg+17,43
04041091 0 0,2775/kg
04041099 0 0,2775/kg+17,43
04049011 107,05
04049013Il 170,35
04049019II 210,00
04049031II 107,05
04049033|| 170,35
04049039 210,00
04049051 0 0,9980/kg+24,68
04049053 00 1,6310/kg+24,68
04049059 0 2,0275/kg+24,68
04049091 0 0,9980/kg+24,68
04049093 00 1,6310/kg+24,68
04049099 0 2,0275/kg+24,68
04050010II 237,10
04050090\289,26
04061010 \ 230,51
04061090I 284,55
04062010 0 397,69
04062090 \ 397,69
04063010 0 181,69
04063031 0 174,21
04063039 0 181,69
04063090 0 278,41
04064000 0 158,11
04069011 0 221,65

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(ECU/100kgnetweight,unlessotherwiseindicated)
CNcode Note Importlevy
04069013 0 234,53
04069015 (3) 234,53
04069017 0 234,53
04069019 (3) 397,69
04069021 (3) 221,65
04069023 0 187,83
04069025 (3) 187,83
04069027 (3) 187,83
04069029 (3) 187,83
04069031 (3) 187,83
04069033 187,83
04069035 (3) 187,83
04069037 (3) 187,83
04069039 (3) 187,83
04069050 (3) 187,83
04069061 397,69
04069063 397,69
04069069I 397,69
04069071\ 230,51
04069073 \ 187,83
04069075 187,83
04069077 187,83
04069079 187,83
04069081\ 187,83
04069083\ 187,83
04069085 187,83
04069089 (3) 187,83
04069091II 230,51
04069093Il 230,5i
04069097II 284,55
04069099 284,55 -
17021010II 35,49
17021090 35,49
21069051 35,49
23091015 77,27
23091019|| 100,22
23091039 \ 94,36
23091059 78,91
23091070 100,22
23099035 77,27
23099039\100,22
23099049\ 94,36
23099059 78,91...
23099070 100,22

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(')Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthissubheadingisequaltothesumofthefollowing:
(a)theamountperkilogramshown,multipliedbytheweightofmilkandmilkcreamcontainedin100kgof
product;and
(b)theotheramountindicated.
0Thelevyon100kgofproductfallingwithinthissubheadingisequalto:
(a)theamountperkilogramshown,multipliedbytheweightofthedriedmilkcontainedin100kgofproduct
plus,whereappropriate,
(b)theotheramountindicated.
(*)Productsfallingwithinthissubheadingimportedfromathirdcountryunderspecialarrangementsconcluded
betweenthatcountryandtheCommunityforwhichanIMA1certificateissuedundertheconditionsprovided
forinRegulation(EEC)No1767/82isissuedaresubjecttotheleviesinAnnexItothatRegulation.