CELEX: 31993R0759
Language: en
Date: 1993-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 759/93 of 30 March 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

No L 77/48                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                31 . 3. 93
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 759/93
                                                        of 30 March 1993
                                    fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         a factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the
                                                                    milk components contained in the product on the one
                                                                    hand and the product itself on the other is, for products
                                                                    containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk
 Economic Community,                                                components contained in the product ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market               Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­           provides that for certain products originating in or
tion (EEC) No 2071 /92 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)         coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
thereof,
                                                                    be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                    is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 1 767/82 f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 3648/92 (8) ;
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products
listed in , Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council          Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                     into the Community the price of an assimilated product
determining the groups of products and the special provi­           for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),         product is considerably lower than the price which would
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/91 (4) ;                obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
                                                                    normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
                                                                    components :
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices
were fixed for the 1992/93 milk year by Council Regula­             — one component equal to the amount resulting from
tion (EEC) No 1375/92 0 ; whereas Council Regulation                     the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
(EEC) No 660/93 (6) has extended the 1992/93 marketing                   No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
year for milk until 30 June 1993 ;                                       question,
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain         — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed                 composition and quality of the assimilated product
and the method of calculating the levy on them described                 being taken into account, makes it possible to
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation                   re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
respectively ;                                '                          Community ;
Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC)
No 2915/79, the component of the levy established using             Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
                                                                    provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
C) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.                                 customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
M OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 64.                                  limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
(3) OJ No   L  329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
0   OJ No   L  357, 28. 12. 1991 , p. 3.
0   OJ No   L  147, 29. 5. 1992, p. 4.                              0 OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
(«) OJ No   L  71 , 24. 3. 1993, p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 369, 18 . 12. 1992, p. 15.
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 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 ('),                established on the basis of the value of the raw materials
 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (2), provides             contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on
 that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of      the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices
 the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)          are available), average processing costs and average yields ;
 No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
 for products of good marketable quality ;
                                                                   Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier
                                                                    price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on         the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific
 the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities         origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­
 in international trade for the products listed in                 at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­           enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
 milated products for which the levy is not equal to the           the Commission considers that the prices which are
 levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­         available could lead to sudden and considerable changes
 ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission               in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­
 must take account of all information obtained direct or           ently representative of real market trends ;
through the Member States concerning prices for delivery
of third-country products free-at-Community-frontier and
prices on third-country markets ;                                  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
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (3), as              clature ;
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (4), speci­
fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses
                                                                   Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
imported from and originating in Switzerland ;
                                                                   provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
                                                                   they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­             sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­           becomes applicable ;
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of
information available to it lead the Commission to believe
                                                                   29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (5), as amended
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real         by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­
trend of the market ;                                              ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within
                                                                   CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and
                                                                   by the provisions adopted for the application of that
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are            Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do             falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;                 quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated                code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot        CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in             sion in question is properly applied these products and
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,              the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the
quality and presentation between the assimilated product           list of levies ;
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying
the difference between the milk component content of               Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (6), (EEC)
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in           No 519/92 Q and (EEC) No 520/92 (8) of 27 February
question by the value attributed in international trade to         1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;             Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,            the European Economic Community and the European
the difference between the value attributed on            the      Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics           Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that              Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­         other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
lated product in question must be taken into account ;             levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
                                                                   tion (EEC) No 584/92 f) lays down detailed rules for
                                                                   applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­       ments as regards milk and milk products ;
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be
                                                                   0   OJ  No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
(') OJ   No  L 180, 26. 7. 1968 , p. 25.                           (6) OJ  No  L  56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 3.
(2) OJ   No  L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                             0   OJ  No  L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(3) OJ   No  L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                             0   OJ  No  L  56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
0   OJ   No  L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                             O   OJ  No  L  62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
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 Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 ('), as                cies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and deter­
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (2), lays down              mination of these conversions were set by Commission
 the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­       Regulation (EEC) No 3819/92 (*) ;
 nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in
 the overseas countries and territories ;                          Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
                                                                   the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision          in the Annex hereto,
 91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
 overseas countries and territories with the European              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on
 products originating in the overseas countries and territo­                                Article 1
 ries ;
                                                                   The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
Whereas the representative market rates defined in                 (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (4) are
used to convert amounts expressed in third country                                          Article 2
 currencies and are used as the basis for determining the
agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' curren­        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1993.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 30 March 1993.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No L  84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ  No L  36, 8. 2. 1991 , p. 9.
0   OJ  No L  263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 17.
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                                                               ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and milk
                                                               products
                                         (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
        CN code            Note (*)              Import                      CN code         Note 0            Import
                                                   levy                                                          levy
     0401 10 10                                    15,62                   0403 10 16          (')    2,0226 / kg + 29,27
     0401 10 90                                    14,41                   0403 10 22                           24,22
     0401 20 11                                   21,81                    0403 10 24                           29,69
     0401 20 19                                   20,60                    0403 10 26                           73,17
     0401 20 91                                   27,28                    0403 10 32          (')    0,1 81 8 / kg -I- 28,06
     0401 20 99                                   26,07                    0403 10 34          (')    0,2365 / kg + 28,06
     0401 30 11                                   70,76                    0403 10 36          (')    0,671 3 / kg + 28,06
     0401 30 19                                   69,55                    0403 90 11                          104,95
     0401 30 31                                  136,92                    0403 90 13                          171,18
     0401 30 39                                  135,71                    0403 90 19                         209,51
     0401 30 91                                 230,64                     0403 90 31         (')     0,9770 / kg + 29,27
     0401 30 99                                 229,43                     0403 90 33         (')     1,6393 / kg + 29,27
                                                                           0403 90 39         (')     2,0226 / kg + 29,27
     0402 10 11               (4)                104,95
                                                                           0403 90 51                           24,22
     040210 19              (4)(6)                97,70
                                                                           0403 90 53                           29,69
     0402 10 91             (') (4)     0,9770 / kg +    29,27
                                                                           0403 90 59                           73,17
     0402 1 0 99            (') (4)     0,9770 / kg +    22,02
     0402 21 11               (4)                171,18                    0403 90 61         (')     0,1 81 8 / kg + 28,06
     0402 21 17               (4)                163,93                    0403 90 63         (')     0,2365 / kg + 28,06
     0402 21 19             (4)(6)               163,93                    0403 90 69         (')     0,671 3 / kg + 28,06
     0402 21 91             (4)(6)              209,51                     0404 10 02                           21,45
     0402 21 99             (4)(6)              202,26                     0404 10 04                         171,18
     0402 29 1 1          (') (3) (4)    1 ,6393 / kg +  29,27             0404 10 06                         209,51
     0402 29 1 5            (') (4)      1 ,6393 / kg +  29,27             0404 10 12                          104,95
     0402 29 1 9            (') (4)      1 ,6393 / kg +  22,02             0404 10 14                          171,18
     0402 29 91             (') (4)     2,0226 / kg +    29,27             0404 10 16                         209,51
     0402 29 99             (>)(4)      2,0226 / kg +    22,02             0404  10 26        (')     0,2 145 / kg   +   22,02
     0402 91 11               (4)                 35,73                    0404  10 28        (')     1,6393 / kg    +   29,27
     0402 91 1 9              (4)                 35,73                    0404  10 32        (')     2,0226 / kg    +   29,27
     0402 91 31               (4)                 44,66                    0404  10 34        (')     0,9770 / kg    +.  29,27
     0402 91 39               (4)                 44,66                    0404  10 36        (')     1,6393 / kg    +   29,27
     0402 91 51               (4)               136,92                     0404  10 38        (')     2,0226 / kg    +   29,27
     0402 91 59               (4)               135,71                     0404  10 48        (2)     0,21 45 / kg
     0402 91 91               (4)               230,64                     0404  10 52        (2)     1 ,6393 / kg   +    6,04
     0402 91 99               (4)               229,43                     0404  10 54        (2)     2,0226 / kg    +    6,04
     0402 99 11               (4)                 49,23                    0404  10 56        O       0,9770 / kg    +    6,04
     0402 99 19               (4)                 49,23                    0404  10 58        (2)     1,6393 / kg    +    6,04
     0402 99 3 1            (') (4)     1 ,3329 / kg +   25,65             0404  10 62        (2)     2,0226 / kg    +    6,04
     0402 99 39             (') (4)     1 ,3329 / kg +   24,44             0404  10 72        (2)     0,21 45 / kg   +   22,02
     0402 99 91             (») (4)     2,2701 / kg +    25,65             0404  10 74        (2)     1 ,6393 / kg   +   28,06
     0402 99 99             (') (4)     2,2701 / kg +    24,44             0404  10 76        (2)     2,0226 / kg    +   28,06
     0403 10 02                                 104,95                     0404  10 78        (2)     0,9770 / kg    -I- 28,06
     0403 10 04                                 171,18                     0404  10 82        (2)     1,6393 / kg    +   28,06
     0403 10 06                                 209,51                     0404  10 84        (2)     2,0226 / kg    +   28,06
     0403 10 12               (»)       0,9770 / kg + 29,27                0404 90 11                         104,95
     0403 10 14               (')       1,6393 / kg + 29,27                0404 90 13                         171,18
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          CN code                   Note (*)                Import                        CN code                  Note Q                     Import
                                                              levy                                                                             levy
        0404 90   19                                       209,51                        0406 90 31                OOO                        185,08
        0404 90   31                                        104,95                       0406 90 33                 OO                        185,08
        0404 90   33                                        171,18                       0406 90 35                OOO                        185,08
        0404 90   39                                       209,51                        0406 90 37                OOO                        185,08
        0404 90 51                     (')          0,9770 / kg +   29,27                0406 90 39                OOO                        185,08
        0404 90 53                   (')O           1 ,6393 / kg +  29,27                0406 90 50,               OOO                        185,08
        0404 90 59                     (■)          2,0226 / kg +   29,27                0406 90 61                 OO                        393,93
        0404 90 91                     (')          0,9770 / kg +   29,27                0406 90 63                 OO                        393,93
        0404 90 93                   (')O           1,6393 / kg +   29,27                0406 90 69                 OO                        393,93
        0404 90 99                     (')          2,0226 / kg +   29,27                0406 90 73                 OO                        185,08
        0405 00 11                     (6)                 237,61                        0406 90 75                 OO                        185,08
        0405 00 19                     (6)                 237,61                        0406 90 77                 OO                        185,08
        0405 00 90                                         289,88                        0406 90 79                 OO                        185,08
        0406 10 20                   (4)0                  227,85                        0406 90 81                 OO                        185,08
        0406 10 80                   O (6)                 281,80                        0406 90 85                 OO                        185,08
        0406 20 10                 (3)(4)0                 393,93                        0406 90 89                OOO                        185,08
        0406 20 90                   00                    393,93                        0406 90 93                 OO                        227,85
        0406 30 10                 (3)(4)0                 1 80,1 6                      0406 90 99                 OO                        281.80
        0406 30 31                 000                     172,03                        1702 10 10                         '                  26,86
        0406 30 39                 000                     180,16                        1702 10 90                                            26,86
        0406 30 90                 OOO                     276,88
                                                                                         2106 90 51                                            26,86
        0406 40 00                 OOO                     150,96
        0406 90 11                 OOO                     225,35                        2309 10 15                                            75,70
        0406 90 13                 OOO                     171,25                        2309 10 19                                            98,17
        0406 90 15                 OOO                     171,25                        2309 10 39                                            92,54
        0406 90 17                 OOO                     171,25                        2309 10 59                                            77,64
        0406 90 19                 OOO                     393,93                        2309 10 70                                            98,17
        0406 90 21                 OOO                     225,35                        2309 90 35                                            75,70
        0406 90 23                 OOO                     185,08                        2309 90 39                                            98,17
        0406 90 25                 OOO                     185,08                        2309 90 49                                            92,54
        0406 90 27                 OOO                     185,08                       2309  90 59                                            77,64
        0406 90 29                 OOO                     185,08                        2309 90 70                                            98,17
(') 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 lactic matter contained in 100 kg of product ; and
    (b) the other amount indicated.
(2) The levy on 1 00 kg of product falling within this code is equal to :
    (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of the dry lactic matter 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.
O No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
(6) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agreements concluded between those countries
    and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 have been presented, are subject to
    the levies set out in the Annex to that Regulation.