CELEX: 31991R1370
Language: en
Date: 1991-05-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1370/91 of 24 May 1991 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

25. 5 . 91                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 130/41
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1370/91
                                                           of 24 May 1991
                                     fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk
                                                                     components contained in the product ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                 Whereas Article 12 of. Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
                                                                     provides that for certain products originating in or
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of              coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
 in milk and milk products (l), as last amended by Regula­           is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
 tion (EEC) No 3641 /90 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)          1767/82 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
 thereof,                                                             1502/90 (9);
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,             Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
                                                                     into the Community the price of an assimilated product
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                     for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products             product is considerably lower than the price which would
 listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these              obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
 products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                   normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
 product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product           components :
 for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council
 Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                     — one cqmponent equal to the amount resulting from
 determining the groups of products and the special provi­                the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
 sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (J),              No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 311 6/90 (4) ;                    question,
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must               — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
 be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less               composition and quality of the assimilated product
 the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices              being taken into account, makes it possible to
were fixed for the 1990/ 1991 milk year by Council Regu­                  re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
 lation (EEC) No 1 1 82/90 (5) ; whereas Council Regulation               Community ;
(EEC) N° 1 353/91 (6) has extended the 1990/91 marketing
year for milk until 16 June 1991 ;                                   Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
                                                                     provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
Whereas the threshold price fixed by the Council is to be            customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
 reduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1552/90 of                limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
 8 June 1990 determining the reduced ecu values of milk
 sector prices and amounts consequent on the monetary                Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (10),
 realignment of 5 January 1990 Q                                     as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (n), provides
                                                                     that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays                   the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
 down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain         No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
 assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed            for products of good marketable quality ;
and the method of calculating the levy on them described
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation
respectively ;                                                       Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on
                                                                     the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities
                                                                     in international trade for the products listed in Article
Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No                       1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assimilated
2915/79, the component of the levy established using a               products for which the levy is not equal to the levy on the
factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the              related pilot products ; whereas, when recording these
milk components contained in the product on the one                  purchasing opportunities, the Commission must take
hand and the product itself on the other is, for products            account of all information obtained direct or through the
containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­           Member States concerning prices for delivery of third­
                                                                     country products free-at-Community-frontier and prices
(') OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13.                            on third-country markets ;
0   OJ   No L 362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 5.
(') OJ   No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
(4) OJ   No L 303, 31 . 10. 1990, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L      196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
(<) OJ   No L 119, 11 . 5. 1990, p. 26.                              O OJ No L      141 , 2. 6. 1990, p. 5.
(6) See  page 1 of this Official Journal.                            H OJ No L       180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.
0   OJ   No L 146, 9 . 6. 1990, p. 14.                               (") OJ No L     28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 ('), as             they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (2), speci­          sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses       becomes applicable ;
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
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­            Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 , stipulates that the treatment
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­          provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within CN
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­        code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and by
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other         the provisions adopted for the application of that Regula­
information available to it lead the Commission to believe        tion is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup falling
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real        within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas consequently the
trend of the market :                                             levy fixed for products falling within CN code 1 702 1 0 90
                                                                  also applies to products falling within CN code
                                                                  1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provision in ques­
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are           tion is properly applied these products and the levy
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do            thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;                levies ;
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot       Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (4), as last
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in            amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (*), lays down
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,             the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­
quality and presentation between the assimilated product          nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments               the overseas countries and territories ;
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying
the difference between the milk component content of
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in          Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
question by the value attributed in international trade to        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;            — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,                tion to each other at any given moment within a band
the   difference   between    the  value  attributed  on  the
                                                                       of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics               rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that                  last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Council Regula­
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­             tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (6), as last amended by Regula­
lated product in question must be taken into account ;                 tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0,
                                                                  — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­           average of the ecu rates published in the Official
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be                        Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials             a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on              cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices
are available), average processing costs and average yields ;     Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
                                                                  the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
                                                                  in the Annex hereto,
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
origin, used as a basis, for establishing the previous free­
at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
the Commission considers that the prices which are
available could lead to sudden and considerable changes
                                                                                                 Article 1
in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­
ently representative of real market trends ;
                                                                  The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 19 (1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this
Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­                                                Article 2
clature ;
                                                                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 27 May 1991 .
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas      0   OJ   No L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
                                                                  0   OJ   No L  84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
                                                                  O   OJ   No L  58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 74, 19 . 3 . 1986, p. 20 .                            (6) OJ   No L  164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                                 O   OJ   No L  201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States .
           Done at Brussels, 24 May 1991 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                     ANNEX
            to the Commission Regulation of 24 May 1991 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                                                            18,27
                     0401 10 90                                                            17,06
                     0401 20 11                                                            25,03
                     0401 20 19                                                            23,82
                     0401 20 91                                                         . 30,37
                     0401 20 99                                                            29,16
                     0401 30 11            I                                               77,42
                     0401 30 19                                                            76,21
                     0401 30 31                                                          148,42
                     0401 30 39                                                          147,21
                     0401 30 91                                                          248,45
                     0401 30 99                                                          247,24
                     0402 10 11                         0                                130,78
                     0402 10 19                         0                                123,53
                     0402 10 91                        00                        1,2353 / kg + 28,91
                     0402 10 99                        00                        1,2353 / kg + 21,66
                     0402 21 1 1                        0                                182,14
                     0402 21 17                         0                                174,89
                     0402 21 19                         0                                174,89
                     0402 21 91                         0                                221,11
                     0402 21 99                         0                                213,86
                     0402 29 1 1                      000                        1,7489 / kg   +  28,91
                     0402 29 15                        00                        1,7489 / kg   +  28,91
                     0402 29 19                        00                        1,7489 / kg   +  21,66     •
                     0402 29 91                        00                        2,1 386 / kg  +  28,91
                     0402 29 99                        00                        2,1 386 / kg  4- 21,66
                     0402 91 11                         0                                 30,28
                     0402 91 19                         0                                 30,28
                     0402 91 31                         0                                 37,85
                     0402 91 39                         0                                 37,85
                     0402 91 51                         0                                148,42
                     0402 91 59                         0                                147,21
                     0402 91 91                         0                                248,45
                     0402 91 99                         0                                247,24
                     0402 99 1 1                        0                                 49,85
                     0402 99 19                         0                                 49,85
                     0402 99 31                        00                        1,4479 / kg   +  25,29
                     0402 99 39                        00                        1,4479 / kg   +  24,08
                     0402 99 91                        00                        2,448 2 / kg  +  25,29
                     0402 99 99                        00                        2,4482 / kg   +  24,08
                     0403 10 02                                                          130,78
                     0403 10 04                                                          182,14
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                                                      (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                          Note                             Import levy
             0403 10 06            I                                               221,11
             0403 10 12                          (')                       1,2353 / kg + 28,91
             0403 10 14                          0 '                       1,7489 / kg + 28,91
             0403 10 16                          (')•                      2,1 386 / kg + 28,91
             0403 10 22            l                                                 27,44
             0403 10 24            \                                                 32,78
             0403 10 26            \                                                 79,83
             0403 10 32                          0                         0,21 40 / kg + 27,70
             0403 10 34                          0                         0,2674 / kg + 27,70
             0403 10 36                          0                         0,7379 / kg + 27,70
             0403 90 1 1           l                                               130,78
             0403 90 13            \                                               182,14
             0403 90 19            \                                               221,11
             0403 90 31                          0                         1,2353 / kg + 28,91
             0403 90 33                          (')                       1,7489 / kg + 28,91
             0403 90 39                          (')                       2,1386 / kg + 28,91
             0403 90 51            l                                                27,44
             0403 90 53            \                                                32,78
             0403 90 59            \                                                79,83
            0403 90 61                          0                          0,2 140 / kg + 27,70
            0403 90 63                          0                          0,2674 / kg + 27,70
            0403 90 69                          0                          0,7379 / kg + 27,70
            0404 10 11             l                                                28,83
            0404 10 19                          0                          0,2883 / kg + 21,66
            0404 10 91                          0                          0,2883 / kg
            0404 10 99                          0                          0,2883 / kg + 21,66
            0404 90 1 1            l                                               130,78
            0404 90 13             \                                               182,14
            0404 90 19             Il                                             221,11
            0404 90 31             ll                                              130,78
            0404 90 33             ll                                              182,14
            0404 90 39             \                                              221,11
            0404 90 51                          (')                        1,2353 / kg   + 28,91
            0404 90 53                         00                          1,7489 / kg   + 28,91
            0404 90 59                          (')                        2,1386 / kg  +  28,91
            0404 90 91                          (')                        1,2353 / kg  +  28,91
            0404 90 93                         00                          1,7489 / kg  +  28,91
            0404 90 99                          0                         2,1386 / kg   +  28,91
            0405 00 10                                                            256,25
            0405 00 90                                                            312,63
            0406 10 10                          0                                 234,44
            0406 10 90                          0                                 285,03
            0406 20 10                         00                                 387,22
            0406 20 90                          0                                 387,22
            0406 30 10                         00                                 186,58
            0406 30 31                         00                                 175,55
            0406 30 39                         00                                 186,58
            0406 30 90                         00                                 283,30
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                                                   (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
             CN code                          Note                           Import levy
            0406 40 00                        00                                148,14
            0406 90 1 1                       00                                224,77
            0406 90 13                        00                                196,74
            0406 90 15                        00                                196,74
            0406 90 17                        00                                196,74
            0406 90 19                        00                                387,22
            0406 90 21                        00                                224,77
            0406 90 23                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 25                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 27                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 29                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 31                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 33                         0                                188,31
            0406 90 35                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 37                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 39                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 50                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 61                         0                                387,22
            0406 90 63                         0                                387,22
            0406 90 69                         o                                387,22
            0406 90 71                         0                                234,44
            0406 90 73                         0                                188,31
            0406 90 75                         0                                188,31
            0406 90 77                         0                                188,31
            0406 90 79                         0                                188,31
            0406 90 81                         0                                188,31
            0406 90 83                         0                                188,31
            0406 90 85                         0                                188,31
            0406 90 89                        00                                188,31
            0406 90 91                         0                                234,44
            0406 90 93                         0                                234,44
            0406 90 97                         0                                285,03
            0406 90 99                         0                                285,03
            1702 10 10            \                                              36,29
            1702 10 90
                                  \                                              36,29
            2106 90 51                                                           36,29
            2309 10 15            \                                              95,07
            2309 10 19            \                                             123,48
            2309 10 39            \                                             115,78
            2309 10 59            \                                              95,70
            2309 10 70            \                                             123,48
            2309 90 35            \                                              95,07
            2309 90 39            \                                             123,48
            2309 90 49            \                                             115,78
            2309 90 59            \                                              95,70
            2309 90 70
                                  I                                             123,48
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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.
           f) 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.