CELEX: 31990R0803
Language: en
Date: 1990-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 803/90 of 30 March 1990 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

31 . 3 . 90                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 85/33
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 803/90
                                                        of 30 March 1990
                                   fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION ' OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
                                                                    provides that for certain products originating in or
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
Economic Community,                                                 be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                    is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1767/82 f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  107/90 (*) ;
Portugal,
Having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of the                  Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
Council of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of               into the Community the price of an assimilated product
the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended           for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
by Regulation (EEC) No 3879/89 (2), and in particular               product is considerably lower than the price which would
Article 14(8) thereof,                                              obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
                                                                    normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
                                                                    components :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                    — one component equal to the amount resulting from
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products                   the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these                    No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                         question,
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product           — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council                composition and quality of the assimilated product
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                           being taken into account, makes it possible to
determining the groups of products and the special provi­                 re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),               Community ;
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3884/89 (4) ;
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must              Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less           provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices          customs duty has been bound within GAIT must be
were fixed for the 1989/90 milk year by Council Regula­              limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
tion (EEC) No 111 4/89 ; whereas Council Regulation
(EEC) No 788/90 (*) has extended the 1989/90 marketing
year for milk until 29 April 1990 ;                                  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 ('),
                                                                     as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (10), provides
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays                   that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain          the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed             No 291 5/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
and the method of calculating the levy on them described             for products of good marketable quality ;
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation
respectively ;
                                                                     Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on
Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No                      the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities
2915/79, the component of the levy established using a               in international trade for the products listed in Article
factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the              1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assimilated
milk components contained in the product on the one                  products for which the levy is not equal to the levy on the
hand and the product itself on the other is, for products            related pilot products ; whereas, when recording these
containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­           purchasing opportunities, the Commission must take
plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk                      account of all information obtained direct or through the
components contained in the product ;                                Member States concerning prices for delivery of third­
                                                                     country products free-at-Community-frontier and prices
                                                                     on third-country markets ;
(') OJ   No L  148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ   No L  378, 27.  12. 1989, p. 1 .
(3) OJ   No L  329, 24.  12. 1979, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L  378, 27.  12. 1989, p. 9.                             («) OJ No L 13, 17. 1 . 1990, p. 13.
Is) OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 37.                                 0 OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.
(6) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                             (10) OJ No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (% as             sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2431 /88 (^. speci­         becomes applicable ;
fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses
imported from and originating in Switzerland ;                  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29
                                                                October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended by
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treatment
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­          provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within CN
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­        code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and by
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­      the provisions adopted for the application of that Regula­
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other       tion is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup falling
information available to it lead the Commission to believe      within CN code 170210 10 ; whereas consequently the
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real      levy fixed for products falling within CN code 1702 10 90
trend of the market ;                                           also applies to products falling within CN code
                                                                1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provision in ques­
                                                                tion is properly applied these products and the levy
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are         thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do          levies ;
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (4) lays
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot     down the arrangements applicable to agricultural products
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in          originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,           in the overseas countries and territories ;
quality and presentation between the assimilated product
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments             Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying       refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
the difference between the milk component content of
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in        — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
question by the value attributed in international trade to           tion to each other at any given moment within a band
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;               of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,              rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
the difference between       the value attributed on the             last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics             tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that                tion (EEC) No 1 636/87 («),
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­      — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
lated product in question must be taken into account ;               arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                     these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                     tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­         previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials
                                                                Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on        the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices        in the Annex hereto,
are available), average processing costs and average yields ;
Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific
origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­
at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to                                       Article 1
enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
the Commission considers that the prices which are               1 . The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regu­
available could lead to sudden and considerable changes          lation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex
in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­      hereto.
ently representative of real market trends ;
                                                                 2. There shall be no levy for imports from Portugal,
                                                                 including the Azores and Madeira, for milk and milk
Whereas, in accordance with Article 19(1 ) of Regulation         products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
(EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this           804/68 .
Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­
clature ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1990.
provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
                                                                 0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
                                                                 (4) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(') OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20 .                             Is) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 210, 3. 8. 1988, p. 6.                               0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 30 March 1990.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                    ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1990 fixing the import levies on milk and milk
                                                    products
                                                           (ECU/WO kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
                     CN code                          Note                          Import levy
                    0401 10 10                                                          18,42
                    0401 10 90                                                          17,21
                    0401 20 1 1                                                         25,21
                    0401 20 19            \                                             24,00
                    0401 20 91                                                          30,51
                    0401 20 99            \                                             29,30
                    0401 30 1 1                                                         77,67
                    0401 30 19            II                                            76,46
                    0401 30 31            ll                                           148,77
                    0401 30 39            \                                            147,56
                    0401 30 91            I                                            248,92
                    0401 30 99
                                          l                                            247,71
                    040210 11                          0                               132,37
                    0402 10 19                         (4)                             125,12
                    0402 10 91                        cm                        1,2512 / kg + 23,90
                    0402 10 99                        00                        1,2512/ kg + 16,65
                    0402 21 1 1                        0                               187,21
                    0402 21 17                         0                               179,96
                    0402 21 19                         0                               179,96
                    0402 21 91                         0                               226,28
                    0402 21 99                         0                               219,03
                    0402 29 1 1                      000                        1,7996/ kg + 23,90
                    0402 2915                         00                        1,7996 / kg + 23,90
                    0402 29 19                        00                        1,7996 / kg + 16,65
                    0402 29 91                        00                       2,1 903 / kg + 23,90
                    0402 29 99                        00                       2,1 903 / kg + 16,65
                    0402 91 11                         0                                31,00
                    0402 91 19                         0                                31,00
                    0402 91 31                         0                                38,75
                    0402 91 39                         0                                38,75
                    0402 91 51                         0                               148,77
                    0402 91 59                         0                               147,56
                    0402 91 91                         0                               248,92
                    0402 91 99                         0                               247,71
                    0402 99 1 1                        0                                52,87
                    0402 99 19                         0                                52,87
                    0402 99 31                        00                        1,4514 / kg + 20,28
                    0402 99 39                        00                        1,4514 / kg + 49,07
                    0402 99 91                        00                       2,4529 / kg + 20,28
                    0402 99 99                        00                       2,4529 / kg + 19,07
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                                                    (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
             CN code                         Note                              Import levy
            0403 10 11                                                             27,62
            0403 10 13                                                             32,92
            0403 10 19           I                                                 80,08
            0403 10 31                        0                          0,21 58 / kg + 22,69
            0403 10 33                        C)                         0,2688 / kg + 22,69
            0403 10 39                        0                          0,7404 / kg + 22,69
            0403 90 11                                                           132,37
            0403 90 13                                                           187,21
            0403 90 19                                                           226,28
            0403 90 31                        0                          1,251 2 / kg + 23,90
            0403 90 33                        (')                        1,7996 /kg + 23,90
            0403 90 39                         0                         2,1 903 / kg + 23,90
            0403 90 51                                                             27,62
            0403 90 53                                                             32,92
            0403 90 59                                                             80,08
            0403 90 61                         0                         0,21 58 / kg + 22,69
            0403 90 63                         0                         0,2688 / kg + 22,69
            0403 90 69                         (')                       0,7404 / kg + 22,69
            0404 10 11                                                             32,13
            0404 10 19                         (')                       0,3213 / kg + 16,65
            0404 10 91                         0                         0321 3 / kg
            0404 10 99                         0                         0,321 3 / kg + 16,65
            0404 90 11                                                           132,37
            0404 90 13           II                                              187,21
            0404 90 19           ||                                              226,28
            0404 90 31                                                           132,37
            040490 33            II                                              187,21
            0404 90 39                                                           226,28
            0404 90 51                         0                          1,2512 / kg + 23,90
            0404 90 53                       (l)(3)                      1,7996 / kg + 23,90
            0404 90 59                         (')                       2,1 903 / kg + 23,90
            0404 90 91                         (')                        1,2512 / kg + 23,90
            0404 90 93                       00                           1 ,7996 / kg + 23,90
            0404 90 99                         (')                       2,1 903 / kg + 23,90
            0405 00 10           Il                                              256,74
            0405 00 90           ||                                              313,22
            0406 10 10                         0                                 233,62
            0406 10 90                         O                                 284,13
            0406 20 10                       00                                  400,79
            0406 20 90                         0                                 400,79
            0406 30 10                       00                                   186,15
            0406 30 31                       00                                   174,85
            0406 30 39                       00                                   186,15
            0406 30 90                       00                                  282,87
            0406 40 00                       00                                   158,11
            0406 90 11                       00                                  223,59
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                                                 (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
            CN code                         Note                           Import levy
           0406 90 13                       oo                                198,52
           0406 90 15                       00                                198,52
           0406 90 17                       (3)0                              198,52
           0406 90 19                       00                                400,79
           0406 90 21                       00                                223,59
           0406 90 23                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 25                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 27                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 29                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 31                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 33                         0                               187,41
           0406 90 35                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 37                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 39                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 50                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 61                         0                               400,79
           0406 90 63                         0                               400,79
           0406 90 69                         0                               400,79
           0406 90 71                         0                               233,62
           0406 90 73                         0                               187,41
           0406 90 75                         0                               187,41
           0406 90 77                         0                               187,41
           0406 90 79                         0                               187,41
           0406 90 81                         0                               187,41
           0406 90 83                         0                               187,41
           0406 90 85                         0                               187,41
           0406 90 89                       00                                187,41
           0406 90 91                         0                               233,62
           0406 90 93                         0                               233,62
           0406 90 97                         0                               284,13
           0406 90 99                         0                               284,13
           1702 10 10           ||                                              3634
           1702 10 90                                                           36,34
                                I.._I
           2106 90 51                                                           36,34
           2309 10 15           \                                               96,26
           2309 10 19           ||                                            125,04
           2309 10 39                                                         117,21
           2309 10 59           ||                                              96,81
           2309 10 70           \\                                             125,04
           2309 90 35           \                                               96,26
           2309 90 39           I                                              125,04
           2309 90 49                                                          117,21
           2309 90 59                                                           96,81
           2309 90 70                                                          125,04
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            (') The levy pn 100 kg of product falling within this subheading 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 subheading 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.
            (J) Products falling within this subheading 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.