OF THE PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET ;
WHEREAS THE MOST USUAL INGREDIENTS OF COMPOUND FEEDING-STUFFS AND THOSE HAVING MOST EFFECT ON PRICE FORMATION ARE CEREAL PRODUCTS AND MILK PRODUCTS ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE FOR CALCULATING THE LEVY ON THESE FOODSTUFFS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR STARCH AND MILK PRODUCT CONTENT ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , A STARCH CONTENT OF NOT MORE THAN 10 % NEED NOT BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ; WHEREAS , WITH THIS METHOD OF CALCULATION , FEEDING-STUFFS MUST BE GROUPED UNDER TARIFF HEADINGS ACCORDING TO THE CONTENTS REFERRED TO ABOVE AND A STANDARD STARCH AND MILK PRODUCT CONTENT MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR EACH TARIFF HEADING ; WHEREAS THE LOWEST POSSIBLE STARCH CONTENT AND THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE MILK PRODUCT CONTENT SHOULD BE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE ; WHEREAS IN FACT MILK INGREDIENTS HAVE A MUCH GREATER EFFECT ON PRICE FORMATION THAN CEREAL INGREDIENTS ; WHEREAS THE CEREAL COMPONENT OF THE LEVY MAY BE DERIVED , ON THE BASIS OF THE STARCH CONTENT ASSUMED , FROM THE AVERAGE LEVY ON MAIZE , THAT BEING THE PRODUCT MOST COMMONLY USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COMPOUND FEEDING-STUFFS ; WHEREAS THE MOST USUAL MILK INGREDIENT OF COMPOUND FEEDING-STUFFS IS SKIMMED MILK POWDER ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , THE LEVY ON THAT PRODUCT SHOULD BE USED TO CALCULATE THE MILK COMPONENT OF THE LEVY ; WHEREAS THE LEVY ON COMPOUND FEEDING-STUFFS MUST INCLUDE A FIXED COMPONENT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PROCESSING INDUSTRY AND WHEREAS THAT COMPONENT IS LIKELY TO OFFSET THE DISPARITY BETWEEN COMMUNITY PRICES AND WORLD MARKET PRICES FOR PRODUCTS OTHER THAN CEREALS AND MILK PRODUCTS WHICH MAY BE USED IN COMPOUND FEEDING-STUFFS ;
WHEREAS , FOR PROCESSED CHEESES OTHER THAN THOSE DERIVED FROM EMMENTHALER , GRUYERE OR APPENZELL AND FOR THE SAME REASONS AS LED TO THE ADOPTION OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM , A SYSTEM FOR DERIVING THE LEVY SHOULD BE ADOPTED WHICH IS IDENTICAL TO THAT USED FOR THOSE PRODUCTS UP TO THE PRESENT TIME ; WHEREAS A CENTRAL FEATURE OF THIS SYSTEM IS THE USE AS CALCULATION FACTORS OF THE LEVIES ON BUTTER AND ON THE PILOT PRODUCT OF GROUP 11 ; WHEREAS A CHANGE IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF THESE PRODUCTS AND A GROWTH IN DEMAND FOR A PRODUCT WITH A HIGHER FAT CONTENT HAVE SHOWN THAT THE PERCENTAGES USED UP TILL NOW FOR SUCH DERIVATION DO NOT IN ALL CASES ALLOW THE OBJECTIVES OF THE LEVY SYSTEM TO BE ATTAINED ; WHEREAS THEREFORE THEY MUST BE FIXED AT MORE SUITABLE LEVELS ;
WHEREAS THE QUANTITY OF PRIMARY MILK PRODUCTS REQUIRED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF FRESH CHEESES AND CURDS IS LESS THAN THAT REQUIRED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE PILOT PRODUCT OF THE GROUP ; WHEREAS , THEREFORE , A LEVY DERIVED FROM THE LEVY ON THE PILOT PRODUCT SHOULD BE APPLIED TO THESE PRIMARY PRODUCTS , THAT LEVY BEING ADJUSTED BY A COEFFICIENT EXPRESSING THE OVERALL RATIO OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED QUANTITIES ;
WHEREAS FOR CERTAIN KINDS OF FRESH ,