NoL85/54 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 29.3.74
REGULATION (EEC)No664/74OFTHECOUNCIL
of28March1974
amendingRegulation (EEC)No823/68withregardtotheconditionsofadmis­
sionforcertainkindsofcheeses
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,'WhenproductsinGroup11,originatinginand
comingfromthirdcountries,areimportedinto
theCommunityatapricenotlessthan:
—110unitsofaccountper100kgforproducts
fallingwithinsubheadingNos04.04EIb)2
and04.04EIb)3,or
—95unitsofaccountper100kgforproducts
fallingwithinsubheadingNo04.04EIb)4,
thelevyper100kgshallbeequal:
1.iftheproductfallswithinsubheadingNos
04.04EIb)2aa)04.04EIb)3or04.04EIb)
4tothethresholdpriceless110unitsof
account,
2.iftheproductfallswithinsubheadingNo04.04
EIb)2bb)tothesumofthefollowing
components :
(a)acomponentequaltothelevycalculatedin
accordancewithitem1,
(b)acomponentequalto20unitsofaccount.'HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
804/68(')of27June1968onthecommonorganiza­
tionofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)No662/74(2),andin
particularArticle14(6)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasArticle8ofCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
823/68(3)of28June1968determiningthegroupsof
productsandthespecialprovisionsforcalculating
leviesonmilkandmilkproducts,aslastamendedby
Regulation (EEC)No1354/73(4),determines,among
otherthings,themethodofcalculatingleviesfor
cheesesfallingwithinsubheadingNos04.04EIb)2,
04.04EIb)3,and04.04EIb)4oftheCommon
CustomsTariffincaseswhere,atthetimeofimporta­
tionintotheCommunity ,theirpricesdonotfall
belowcertainminima;whereasthemarketingsitua­
tionofthesaidcheesesallowsforanincreaseinthese
minimumpricesandaconsequentdecreaseinthe
levy;
WhereasAnnexIItoRegulation (EEC)No823/68
specifiescertainconditionsfortheimportationinto
theCommunity ofEmanentaler ,Gruyere,Sbrinz,
BergkaseandAppenzellcheesesfallingwithin
subheadingNo04.04AIoftheCommonCustoms
Tariff;whereas,inparticular,thefree-at-frontier
valuescorresponding tothoseboundwithinGATT
areincludedintheseconditions ;whereasthesevalues
mustbealignedwiththetargetpricesfixedfor
Communitymilkforthe1974/75milkyear;
Whereasthetariffnomenclature setoutinAnnexII
toRegulation (EEC)No823/68isincorporatedinthe
CommonCustomsTariff,Article2
Thedescriptionofgoodsfallingwithinsubheading
No04.04AIoftheCommonCustomsTariffandset
outintheAnnexItothisRegulationshallbesubsti­
tutedforthatcontainedinAnnexIItoRegulation
(EEC)No823/68.
Article3
TheCommonCustomsTariffannexedtoRegulation
(EEC)No950/68shallbeamendedinaccordance
withAnnexIItothisRegulation .
HASADOPTED THISREGULATION :
Article1Article4
Thefollowingshallbesubstitutedforthetextof
Article8ofRegulation (EEC)No823/68:ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1April
1974.
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicableinallMember
States.
DoneatBrussels,28March1974.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.ERTL
(2)Seep.51ofthisOfficialJournal.(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
(3)OJNoL151,30.6.1968,p.3.
(•»)OJNoL141,28.5.1973,p.23.

29.3.74 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL85/55
ANNEXI
CCT
heading Description
No
Cheeseandcurd: 04.04
A.Emmentaler ,Gruyere,Sbrinz,BergkàseandAppenzellnotgrated
orpowdered :
I.Ofaminimumfatcontent <of45%byweightinthedry
matter,maturedforatleast3months(2):
a)Wholecheeses(4)ofafree-at-frontier value(5)per100kg
netweightof:
1.165-54u.a.(a)or.more,butlessthan185-54u.a.(a)
2.185-54u.a.(a)ormore
■b)Piecespacked .invacuumorininertgas:
1.Withmindonatleastoneside,of,anetweight:
aa)Ofnotlessthan1kgbutlessthan5kgaridofa
free-at-frontier value(5)ofnotlessthan185-54
u.a.(a)butlessthan213*54u.a.(a).per100kgnet
weight
bb)Ofnotlessthan450gandofafree-at-frontier
value(5)ofnotlessthan213-54u.a.(a)per100kg
netweight
2.Other,ofanetweightofnotlessthan75gbutnot
morethan250g(6)andofafree-at-frontier value(5)of
notlessthan233-54u.a.(a)'per100kgnetweight
II.(unchanged )
(a)ForimportsintotheUnitedKingdomthisfree-at-frontier valueisreducedby11*80u.a.per100kgnetweight.

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ANNEX 11
SubheadingNo04.04AIinChapter4oftheCommonCustomsTariffisamendedasfollows:
CCT
heading
NoRateofDuty
Description Autonomous
°/oorlevy
(L)Conventional
•/»
1 2 3 4
04.04 Cheeseandcurd:
A.Emmentaler ,Gruyère,Sbrinz,BergkäseandAppenzell,not
gratedorpowdered :
I.Ofaminimumfatcontentof45%byweight,inthedry
matter,maturedforatleast3months(b):
a)Wholecheesesofafree-at-frontier valueper100kgnet
weightof:/
1.165-54u.a.(*)ormore,butlessthan185-54u.a.(*)23(L) (a)
2.185-54u.a.(*)ormore 23(L) (a)
b)Piecespackedinvacuumorininertgas:
1.Withrindonatleastoneside,ofanetweight:
(aa)Ofnotlessthan1kgbutlessthan5kgandofa
free-at-frontier valueofnotlessthan185-54
u.a.Hbutlessthan213-54u.a.(*)per100kgnet
weight 23(L) (a)
(bb)Ofnotlessthan450gandofafree-at-frontier
valueofnotlessthan213-54u.a.per100kgnet
weight 23(L) (a)
2.Other,ofanetweightofnotlessthan75gbutnot
morethan250gandofafree-at-frontier valueofnot
lessthan233-54u.a.(*)per100kgnetweight 23(L) (a)
II.(unchanged )
(*)ForimportsintotheUnitedKingdomthisfree-at-frontier valueisreducedby11*80u.a.per100kgnetweight.