Commission Regulation (EC) No 1339/1999 of 24 June 1999 amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the application of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk products
Date: 1999-06-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: import, import policy, milk, milk product, tariff quota, third country

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1339/1999

of 24 June 1999

amending Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 laying down detailed rules for the applica-
tion of the import arrangements and opening tariff quotas for milk and milk
products

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

plete or needs updating; whereas
should therefore be amended;

that Annex

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organisation of the market
in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regula-
tion (EC) No 1587/96 (2), and in particular Articles 13(3)
and 16(1) and (4) thereof,

(4) Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 is a recasting
of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1600/95 (7);
whereas in the course of this recasting some of the
references made in the Annex were incorrect;
whereas the necessary corrections should be made;

(5) Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula-
tion are in accordance with the opinion of the
Management Committee for Milk and Milk Prod-
ucts,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1095/96 of
18 June 1996 on the implementation of the concessions
set out in Schedule CXL drawn up in the wake of the
conclusion of the GATT XXIV.6 negotiations (3), and in
particular Article 1(1) thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

(1) Whereas the tariff quotas for milk product listed in
the GATT/WTO agreement, not
specified by
country of origin, are increased every year from 1
July; whereas Annex II to Commission Regulation
(EC) No 1374/98 (4) must be adjusted accordingly;

(2) Whereas Council Regulation (EC) No 70/97 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2863/98 (6),
relating to the unilateral preferential arrangements
applicable to certain countries formerly part of the
the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia
excludes
from any preferential
Republic of Yugoslavia
arrangements; whereas
to this
country in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1374/
98 should therefore be removed;

references

the

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1374/98 is hereby amended as
follows:

1. Annex II is replaced by Annex I to this Regulation;

2. in Annex IV,

the information relating to order
numbers 8 and 9 is replaced by the information in
Annex II to this Regulation;

3. Annex VII is replaced by Annex III to this Regulation;

4. Annex VIII is replaced by Annex IV to this Regula-

tion.

(3) Whereas Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 1374/
98 lists the names and locations of the agencies
issuing IMA 1 certificates; whereas some of the
information relating to these agencies is incom-

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

(1) OJ L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 206, 16.8.1996, p. 21.
(3) OJ L 146, 20.6.1996, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 185, 30.6.1998, p. 21.
(5) OJ L 16, 18.1.1997, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 358, 31.12.1998, p. 85.

It shall apply from 1 July 1999.

(7) OJ L 151, 1.7.1995, p. 12.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.

Done at Brussels, 24 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

‘ANNEX II

TARIFF QUOTAS PURSUANT TO GATT/WTO AGREEMENTS, NOT SPECIFIED BY
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

(GATT/WTO year)

Order number
in Annex 7 to
the Combined
Nomenclature
(TARIC
order number)

36
(09.4590)

37
(09.4599)

CN code

Description

Country of origin

0402 10 19

Skimmed milk powder

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk

0405 10 11
0405 10 19
0405 10 30
0405 10 50
0405 10 90
0405 90 10 (*)
0405 90 90 (*)

all third
countries

all third
countries

39
(09.4591)

ex 0406 10 20
ex 0406 10 80

frozen, cut

Pizza cheese,
into pieces each
weighing not more than 1 gram, in containers of
a net content of 5 kg or more, of a water
content, by weight, of 52 % or more, and of a fat
content by weight in the dry matter of 38 % or
more

all third
countries

Quota quantity
(tonnes)

Annual

Quarterly

Import
duty
(EUR/100 kg
net weight)

62 480

15 620

47,50

8 000

2 000

94,80

in butter
equivalent

4 462

1 115,5

13,00

40
(09.4592)

ex 0406 30 10
0406 90 13

Processed Emmentaler
Emmentaler

41
(09.4593)

ex 0406 30 10
0406 90 15

Processed Gruy(cid:138)re
Gruy(cid:138)re, Sbrinz

42
(09.4594)

44
(09.4595)

0406 90 01

Cheese for processing (1)

0406 90 21

Cheddar

all third
countries

all third
countries

all third
countries

all third
countries

15 307

3 826,75

4 307

1 076,75

71,90
85,80

71,90
85,80

16 800

4 200

83,50

12 600

3 150

21,00

47
(09.4596)

ex 0406 10 20

ex 0406 10 80

Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including
whey cheese, and curd, other than pizza cheese
of order No 40

all third
countries

16 299

4 074,75

0406 20 90

Other grated or powdered cheese

Other processed cheese

0406 30 31
0406 30 39
0406 30 90

92,60

106,40

94,10

69,00
71,90
102,90

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Order number
in Annex 7 to
the Combined
Nomenclature
(TARIC
order number)

CN code

Description

Country of origin

Quota quantity
(tonnes)

Annual

Quarterly

Import
duty
(EUR/100 kg
net weight)

Blue-veined cheese

0406 40 10
0406 40 50
0406 40 90

0406 90 17

Bergk(cid:132)se and Appenzell

0406 90 18

0406 90 23
0406 90 25
0406 90 27
0406 90 29
0406 90 31
0406 90 33
0406 90 35
0406 90 37
0406 90 39
0406 90 50

ex 0406 90 63
0406 90 69

0406 90 73
ex 0406 90 75
ex 0406 90 76
0406 90 78
ex 0406 90 79
ex 0406 90 81

0406 90 82
0406 90 84
0406 90 86
0406 90 87
0406 90 88

Fromage fribourgeois, Vacherin Mont d’Or and
T(cid:136)te de Moine
Edam
Tilsit
Butterk(cid:132)se
Kashkaval
Feta, of sheep’s milk or buffalo milk
Feta, other
Kefalo-Tyri
Finlandia
Jarlsberg
Cheese of sheep’s milk or buffalo milk

Pecorino
Other

Provolone
Caciocavallo
Danbo, Fontal, Fynbo, Havarti, Maribo, Samsø
Gouda
Esrom, Italico, Kernhem, Saint-Paulin
Cheshire, Wensleydale, Lancashire, Double
Gloucester, Blarney, Colby, Monterey
Camembert
Brie
Exceeding 47 % but not exceeding 52 %
Exceeding 52 % but not exceeding 62 %
Exceeding 62 % but not exceeding 72 %

0406 90 93

Exceeding 72 %

0406 90 99

Other

(*) 1 kg product = 1,22 kg butter.
(1) Utilisation for this particular purpose will be monitored by applying the Community provisions laid down on the subject.'

70,40

85,80

75,50

94,10

75,50

92,60

106,40

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ANNEX II

Order
No

‘8

CN code

Description

Country of origin

ex 0406 90 29 Kashkaval, made

exclusively from sheep’s milk,
matured for at least two months, of a minimum fat
content of 45 % in the dry matter and a minimum dry
matter content of 58 %,
in whole cheeses not
exceeding 10 kg, whether wrapped in plastic or not

Cyprus

Hungary

Israel

Romania

Import duty
(EUR/100 kg
net weight)

Rules
for completing
IMA 1 certificates

67,19

See Annex VI (F)

9

ex 0406 90 31
ex 0406 90 50

Cheeses made exclusively from sheep’s milk or buffalo
milk, in containers containing brine, or in sheep or
goatskin bottles

Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Croatia, Slovenia
and the former Yugo-
slav Republic of
Macedonia

Turkey

Cyprus

Hungary

Israel

Romania

Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Croatia, Slovenia
and the former Yugo-
slav Republic of
Macedonia

Turkey

(cid:190)

67,19

See Annex VI (G)

(cid:190)'

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ANNEX III

‘ANNEX VII

ISSUING AGENCIES

CN code
and description

Issuing agency

Name

Location

0406 90 01

0406 90 21

Cheddar and other cheese for
processing
Cheddar

Australian Quarantine
Service
Department of Agriculture, Fish-
eries and Forestry

Inspection

Third country

Australia

Cyprus

Hungary

Israel

Norway

PO Box 60 World Trade
Centre
Melbourne, VIC 3005
Australia
Tel.: (61 3) 92 46 67 10
Fax: (61 3) 92 46 68 00

Ottawa
1525 Carling Avenue
Suite 300
Tel.: (1 613) 998 44 92
Fax: (1 613) 998 44 92

1421 Nicosia
Cyprus
Tel.: (02) 86 71 00
Fax: (02) 37 51 20

Canada

0406 90 21

Cheddar

Canadian Dairy Commission
Commission canadienne du lait

ex 0406 90 29
0406 90 31
ex 0406 90 50
ex 0406 90 86
ex 0406 90 87
ex 0406 90 88

Kashkaval
Cheeses of sheep’s milk or
buffalo milk
Halloumi

Ministry of Commerce, Industry and
Tourism

ex 0406 90 29
0406 90 31
0406 90 50

Kashkaval
Cheeses of sheep’s milk or
buffalo milk

Tejterm(cid:130)kek Magyar Allam(cid:146)
Elen(cid:148)rz(cid:148) Allomasa

Budapest

ex 0406 90 29
0406 90 31
0406 90 50

Kashkaval
Cheeses of sheep’s milk or
buffalo milk

Ministry of
Food Division

Industry and Trade,

Jerusalem

Whey cheese
Processed cheese
Jarlsberg
Ridder

ex 0406 10 20
ex 0406 10 80
0406 30
ex 0406 90 39
ex 0406 90 86
ex 0406 90 87
ex 0406 90 88

New Zealand

Romania

Yugoslavia

0405 10 11
0405 10 19
0406 90 01

0406 90 21

Butter
Butter
Cheddar and other cheese for
processing
Cheddar

0406 90 25
ex 0406 90 29
0406 90 31
0406 90 50

Tilsit
Kashkaval
Cheeses of sheep’s milk or
buffalo milk

ex 0406 90 29
0406 90 31
0406 90 50

Kashkaval
Cheeses of sheep’s milk or
buffalo milk

Tine Norwegian Dairies BA

O. Kavli AS

New Zealand Dairy Board

PO Box 9051 Grønland
0133 Oslo
Tel.: 22 93 88 00
Fax: 22 17 23 75
Postboks 338
N (cid:190) 5051 Nesttun
Tel.: 55 10 00 00
Fax: 55 10 15 00

PO Box 417
Wellington
New Zealand
Tel.: (4) 471 83 00
Fax: (4) 41 78 600

Organisatia de control al marfurilor
“Romcontrol”

Bucharest'

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ANNEX IV

‘ANNEX VIII

APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 14

(Page

/

)

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
DG VI/D/1 (cid:190) MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS

APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES AT REDUCED DUTIES

. . . THREE-MONTH PERIOD

Member State:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1374/98

Date:

Consigner:

Contact:

Telephone:

Fax:

Order number
in Annex 7 to
the Combined
Nomenclature

Part I: Summary

CN code

Quantity applied for per CN code

Subtotal

Part II: Applications per order number

Serial numbers of applications:

Total quantity applied for (tonnes):

Number of pages:'