CELEX: 31992R0364
Language: en
Date: 1992-02-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 364/92 of 14 February 1992 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

No L 39/ 18                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15 . 2. 92
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 364/92
                                                       of 14 February 1992
                                    fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
                                                                    be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                    is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                    No 1767/82 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community,
                                                                    No 1502/90 0 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­           into the Community the price of an assimilated product
tion (EEC) No 1630/91 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)          for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
thereof,                                                            product is considerably lower than the price which would
                                                                    obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
                                                                    components :
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products             — one component equal to the amount resulting from
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these                   the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                        No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product                question,
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council          — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                          composition and quality of the assimilated product
determining the groups of products and the special provi­               being taken into account, makes it possible to
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),              re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/91 (4);                      Community ;
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less          Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices         provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
were fixed for the 1991 / 1992 milk year by Council Regu­           customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
lation (EEC) No 1633/91 0 ;                                         limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain         Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (8),
assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed            as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (9), provides
and the method of calculating the levy on them described            that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation              the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
respectively ;                                                      No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
                                                                    for products of good marketable quality ;
Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC)
No 2915/79, the component of the levy established using             Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on
a factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the           the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities
milk components contained in the product on the one                 in international trade for the products listed in
hand and the product itself on the other is, for products           Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­
containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­          milated products for which the levy is not equal to the
plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk                     levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­
components contained in the product ;                               ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission
                                                                    must take account of all information obtained direct or
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79                   through the Member States concerning prices for delivery
provides that for certain products originating in or                of third-country products free-at-Community-frontier and
                                                                    prices on third-country markets ;
(') OJ No  L   148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
O   OJ No  L   150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 19 .                           (6) OJ  No  L  196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ No  L   329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .                            0   OJ  No  L  141 , 2. 6. 1990, p. 5.
0   OJ No  L   357, 28. 12. 1991 , p. 3 .                           (8) OJ  No  L  180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25,
0   OJ No  L   150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 25.                            0   OJ  No  L  28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 ('), as            Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (2), speci­         provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses      they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
imported from and originating in Switzerland ;                   sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
                                                                 becomes applicable ;
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­
                                                                 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other        29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended
information available to it lead the Commission to believe       by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­
                                                                 ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real       CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and
trend of the market :
                                                                 by the provisions adopted for the application of that
                                                                 Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup
                                                                 falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are          quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do           code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;               CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated              sion in question is properly applied these products and
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot      the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in           list of levies :
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,
quality and presentation between the assimilated product
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying        Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (4), as last
the difference between the milk component content of             amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (% lays down
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in         the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­
question by the value attributed in international trade to       nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;           the overseas countries and territories ;
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,
the difference between      the value    attributed  on  the
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that            Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­       91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
lated product in question must be taken into account ;           overseas countries and territories with the European
                                                                 Economic Community (<■), no levies shall apply on
                                                                 products originating in the overseas countries and territo­
                                                                 ries ; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­
                                                                 abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials       charged on imports of certain products originating in the
                                                                 overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on
the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices        products originating from these countries and territories
are available), average processing costs and average yields ;    from receiving more favourable treatment than similar
                                                                 products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
                                                                 Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier
price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific     Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­      refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to
enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
the Commission considers that the prices which are               — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
available could lead to sudden and considerable changes               tion to each other at any given moment within a band
in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­           of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
ently representative of real market trends ;                          rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
                                                                      last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
                                                                      tion (EEC) No 1 676/85 0, last amended by Regula­
Whereas, in accordance with Article 19(1 ) of Regulation              tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (8),
(EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this
Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­                (') OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
clature :                                                        0   OJ   No L  84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
                                                                 0   OJ   No L  58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
                                                                 (6) OJ   No L  263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                              0   OJ   No L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                                0   OJ   No L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
    average of the ecu rates published in the Official
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over                                 Article 1
    a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
    cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                 The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
                                                                                        Article 2
Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out       This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 February
in the Annex hereto,                                            1992.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 14 February 1992.
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                    Member of the Commission
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                                                  ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 14 February 1992 fixing the import levies on milk and
                                               milk products
                                                             (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
                      CN code                        Note                                Import levy
                  0401 10 10                                                                 17,83
                  0401 10 90                                                                 16,62
                  0401 20 11                                                                 24,45
                  0401 20 19                                                                 23,24
                  0401 20 91                                                                29,71
                  0401 20 99                                                                28,50
                  0401 30 11                                                                75,74
                  0401 30 19                                                                74,53
                  0401 30 31                                                               145,24
                  0401 30 39                                                               144,03
                  0401 30 91                                                               243,21
                  0401 30 99                                                               242,00
                  0402 10 11                           (4)                                 126,87
                  040210 19                            (4)                                 119,62
                  0402 10 91                         C)(4)                        1,1962 / kg +    30,26
                  040210 99                          0)(4)                        1,1962 / kg +    23,01
                  0402 21 11                           (4)                                 174,66
                  0402 21 17                           (4)                                 167,41
                  0402 21 19                           (4)                                 167,41
                  0402 21 91                           (4)                                 211,13
                  0402 21 99                           (4)                                 203,88
                  0402 29 1 1                      (') (3) (4)                    1 ,6741 / kg +   30,26
                  0402 29 1 5                        (') (4)                      1 ,6741 / kg +   30,26
                  0402 29 1 9                        (') (4)                      1 ,6741 / kg +   23,0 1
                  0402 29 91                         (') (4)                     2,0388 / kg +     30,26
                  0402 29 99                         (')(4)                      2,0388 / kg +     23,01
                  0402 91 11                           (4)                                  30,28
                  0402 91 19                           (4)                                  30,28
                  0402 91 31                           (4)                                  37,85
                  0402 91 39                           (4)                                  37,85
                  0402 91 51                           (4)                                 145,24
                  0402 91 59                           (4)                                 144,03
                  0402 91 91                           (4)                                 243,21
                  0402 91 99                           (4)                                 242,00
                  0402 99 11                           (4)                                  49,85
                  0402 99 19                           (4)                                  49,85
                  0402 99 31                         (')(4)                       1 ,41 61 / kg +  26,64
                  0402 99 39                         (') (4)                      1 ,41 61 / kg + 25,43
                  0402 99 91                         (') (4)                     2,3958 / kg + 26,64
                  0402 99 99                         (') (4)                     2,3958 / kg + 25,43
                  0403 10 02                                                               126,87
                  0403 10 04                                                               174,66
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                                                          (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                              Note                              Import levy
           0403 10 06                                                                  211,13
           0403 10 12                               (')                        1,1962 / kg + 30,26
           0403 10 14                               (')                        1,6741 / kg + 30,26
           0403 10 16                               (')                        2,0388 / kg + 30,26
           0403 10 22                                                                    26,86
           0403 10 24                                                                    32,12
           0403 10 26                                                                    78,15
           0403 10 32                               (')                        0,2082 / kg + 29,05
           0403 10 34                               (')                        0,2608 / kg + 29,05
           0403 10 36                               (>)                        0,721 1 / kg + 29,05
           0403 90 11                                                                  126,87
           0403 90 13                                                                  174,66
           0403 90 19                                                                  211,13
           0403 90 31                               (')                        1,1962 / kg + 30,26
           0403 90 33                               (')                        1,6741 / kg + 30,26
           0403 90 39                               (')                       2,0388 / kg + 30,26
           0403 90 51                                                                   26,86
           0403 90 53                                                                   32,12
           0403 90 59                                                                   78,15
           0403 90 61                               (')                       0,2082 / kg + 29,05
           0403 90 63                               (')                       0,2608 / kg + 29,05
           0403 90 69                               (')                       0,721 1 / kg + 29,05
           0404 10  11  * 11                                                            23,91
           0404 10  11  * 14                                                           174,66
           0404 10  11  * 17                                                           211,13
           040410   11  * 21                                                           126,87
           0404 10  11  * 24                                                           174,66
           0404 10  11  * 27                                                           211,13
           0404 10 19 * 11                          (')                       0,2391 / kg    + 23,01
           0404 10 19 * 14                          (')                        1,6741 / kg   + 30,26
           0404 10 19 * 17                          (')                       2,0388 / kg    + 30,26
           0404 10 19 * 21                          (')                        1,1962 / kg   + 30,26
           0404 10 19 * 24                          (')                        1,6741 / kg   + 30,26
           0404 1 0 1 9 * 27                        (')                       2,0388 / kg    + 30,26
           0404 10 91 * 11                          (2)                       0,2391 / kg
           0404 10 91 * 14                          (2)                        1,6741 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 17                          (2)                       2,0388 / kg    +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 21                        . (2)                        1,1962 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 24                          (2)                        1,6741 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 27                          (2)                       2,0388 / kg    +   6,04
           0404 1 0 99 * 1 1                        (2)                       0,239 1 / kg   + 23,0 1
           0404 1 0 99 * 1 4                        (2)                        1 ,6741 / kg  + 29,05
           0404 10 99 * 17                          (2)                       2,0388 / kg    + 29,05
           0404 10 99*21                            (2)                        1,1962 / kg   + 29,05
           0404 1 0 99 * 24                         (2)                        1 ,6741 / kg  + 29,05
           0404 10 99 * 27                          (2)                       2,0388 / kg    + 29,05
           0404 90  11                                                                 126,87
           0404 90  13                                                                 174,66
           0404 90  19                                                                 211,13
           0404 90  31                                                                 126,87
           0404 90  33                                                                 174,66
           0404 90  39                                                                 211,13
           0404 90 51                               (')                        1,1962 / kg   + 30,26
           0404 90 53                             (') (')                      1 ,6741 / kg  + 30,26
           0404 90 59                               (')                       2,0388 / kg    + 30,26
           0404 90 91                               (')                        1,1962 / kg   + 30,26
           0404 90 93                             (') (')                      1 ,6741 / kg  + 30,26
           0404 90 99                               (')                       2,0388 / kg    + 30,26
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                                                    (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
             CN code                        Note                              Import levy
          0405 00 10                                                             250,76
          0405 00 90                                                            305,93
          0406 10 20                          (4)                               244,79
          0406 10 80                          (4)                               296,37
          0406 20 10                        (3) (4)                             400,63
          0406 20 90                          (4)                               400,63
          0406 30 10                        (3) («)                              192,06
          0406 30 31                        0 (4)                                184,35
          0406 30 39                        00                                   192,06
          0406 30 90                        OO                                  288,78
          0406 40 00                        OO                                   1 48,1 4
          0406 90 1 1                       00                                  225,91
          0406 90 13                        OO                                   173'37
          0406 90 15                        OO                                   173,37
          0406 90 17                        OO                                   1A37
          0406 90 19                        OO                                  400,63
          0406 90 21                        OO                                  225,91
          0406 90 23                        OO                                   199,65
          0406 90 25                        OO                                  199,65
          0406 90 27                        OO                                   199,65
          0406 90 29                        OO                                   199,65
          0406 90 31                        OO                                   199,65
          0406 90 33                          O                                  1".65
          0406 90 35                        OO                                  199,65
          0406 90 37                        OO                                  199,65
          0406 90 39                        OO                                   199,65
          0406 90 50                        OO                                  199,65
          0406 90 61                          O                                 400»63
          0406 90 63                          O                                 400,63
          0406 90 69                         O                                  400,63
          0406 90 73                          O                                  199,65
          0406 90 75                          O                                  l "'65
          0406 90 77                          O                                 1 ">65
          0406 90 79                          O                                 199,65
          0406 90 81                         O                                  1 "»65
          0406 90 85                          O                                  1 ">65
          0406 9089                         OO                                  I "-65
          0406 90 93                          O                                 244,79
          0406 90 99                          O                                 296,37
          170210 10                                                                24,98
          1702 10 90                                                               24,98
          2106 90 51                                                               24,98
          2309 10 15                                                               92,14
          2309 10 19                                                            119,65
          2309 10 39                                                            112,24
          2309 10 59                                                               92,91
          2309 10 70                                                             119,65
          2309 90 35                                                               92,14
          2309 90 39                                                            119,65
          2309 90 49                                                            112,24
          2309 90 59                                                               92,91
          2309 90 70                                                            119,65
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           (') The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this code is equal to the sum of the following :
               (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of milk and milk cream contained in 100 kg of
                   product ; and
               (b) the other amount indicated.
           (2) The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this code is equal to :
               (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of the dried milk contained in 100 kg of product
                   plus, where appropriate,
               (b) the other amount indicated.
           (3) Products falling within this code imported from a third country under special arrangements concluded between
               that country and the Community for which an IMA 1 certificate issued under the conditions provided for in
               Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 is issued are subject to the levies in Annex I to that Regulation.
           (4) The levy applicable is limited under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
           (*) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.