CELEX: 51973PC0497
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Date: 1973-04-04
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL amending Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 823/68 as regards the conditions for importation of certain cheeses (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                 COM(73)497 final
                                                 Brussels , 4 April 1973
                                 Proposal for a
                         REGULATION ( EEC ) OP THE COUNCIL
             amending Annex II to Regulation ( EEC ) No 823/68 as regards
             the conditions for importation of certain cheeses
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   COF(73 ) 497 final
 ---pagebreak---                                    Ecplanatorv Mémorandum
1 . Annex II to Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 823/68 imposes certain conditions
     on imports into the Community of Emmentaler , Grayere , Sbrinz , Bergkase and
    Appefizell cheeses . These conditions include an obligation to observe the
     free-at-Community frontier values .
    Those values , however , are too high as regards the British market vrhere
    price levels are generally lower than in the other Member States , and
    exporting third countries could thus not penetrate the United Kingdom market .
    These values must therefore be adjusted , especially as under Article 55 ( 5 )
    of the Act of Accession , no compensatory amount is fixed which could be
    deducted from the import levy .
2 . Packaging techniques are changing and sliced processed cheeses , which hitherto
    were packed in aluminium foil , are now also packed in plastic wrappings .
3 . Wider the most favoured nation clause , Austria was granted a concession in
    respect of "Austrian Esrom" cheese falling within subheading No 04 . 04 E I b ) 2 .
    Following the Accession of Denmark to the Community , the main beneficiary
    of the autonomous concession in respect of "Esrom", this designation can be
    applied , under the Streza Convention , only to cheese of Danish origin . This
    designation has been deleted from the description of goods . To enable Austria
    to continue exporting the term "Austrian Esrom" can be replaced by "Butterkase".
4. In view of these requirements , Annex II to Regulation (EEC) NO 823/68 must
    be amended and the amendments must be incorporated in the Common Customs
    Tariff .
 ---pagebreak---                          . REGULATION ( 3TJC ) OF TH3 COUNCIL .
amending Annex II to Regulation (EEC ) No 823/68 as regards the conditions for
importation of certain chesses .            '          •          '            : •
THE COUNCIL 0? THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Communityj
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 804/68 ( l ) of 27 June 1968 on
the common organization of the market in milk and milk products , as last
amended by the Act ( 2 ) annexed to the Treaty ( 3 ) concerning the Accession of
new Member States to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic
3iergy Community , and in particular Article 14 (7 ) thereof |
 Hwing regard to the above–mentioned Aclj and in particular Article 62 ( l) thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from tho Commission^
Whereas Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) NO 823/68 ( 4) of 28 June 1968
determining the groups of products and the special provisions for calculating
levies on milk and milk products , as last amended by the Act aforesaid ,
specifies certain conditions for importation into the Community of Elamentaler ,
Gruyere , Sbrinz , Berglcase and Appenzell cheeses falling within subheading No
O4.O4 A I of the Common Customs Tariff ; whereas these conditions include free-
at-frontier value ., corresponding to those bound within GATTj
Whereas on the United Kingdom market the level of prices resulting from the
consolidation within GATT is higher than the level of prices for these products
coming from the Community ! whereas the difference of the prices during the
first years of the transitional period is of such importance as to create ,
difficulties for the sale of cheeses under the conditions of the consolidation !
whereas , consequently , the free-at-frontier values applicable to imports irto
the United Kingdom should .be adjusted by fixing them at levels such that the
relevant products can be imported into that new Member State , since no
compensatory amount , which could be deducted from the levy on those products ,
is to be fixed under Article 55 ( 5) of "the Acts
( 1 ) OJ No L I48 , 28 . 6 » 1968 , p. 13 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14.
( 3 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 5 .
( 4) OJ No L 151 , 30. 6 . 19Ó8 , p . 3 .                              2/-
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 2 -
Whereas new techniques for packing processed cheese falling within subheading
No 04.04 D I have been introduced 5 whereas these cheeses axe now presented in
slices packed, separately not only aluminium foil but also plastic wrappings !
whereas footnote 7 ( c ) to Annex II to Regulation (EEC ) Ho 823/68 should be
rephrased to include this form of packing ;
Whereas under the most favoured nation clause Austria was granted a concession
in respect of "Austrian Esrom" cheese falling wiflriin subheading No O4.O4 EI b ) 2 5
whereas , following the Accession to the Community of Denmark , the main beneficiary
of the autonomous concession in respect of "Esrom", this designation can be
applied only to cheese of Danish origin ; whereas this designation has been
deleted from the description of goods ; whereas to enable Austria to continue
to export its products the term "Austrian Esrom" can be replaced by "Butterkase";
Whereas the tariff nomenclature set out in Annex II to Regulation (EEC ) NO
823/68 is incorporated in the Common Customs Tariff ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :     .
                                      Article 1
1 . The description of goods falling within subheadings Nos O4.O4 A I and
    04.04 EI b ) 2 of the Common Custums tariff , set out in Annex II to Regu -
    lation (EEC ) NO 823/68 , is replaced by that given in Annex I to this
    Regulation .
2 . .footnote 7 ( c ) to Annex II to Regulation (EEC ) NO 823/68 i3 replaced by
    the following:
    "( c ) in the form of slices wrapped separately in aluminium foil or in
           plastic wrappings , the net weight of each slice not exceeding 30 g."
                                      Article 2
The Annex " Common Customs Tariff" to Regulation (EEC) No 950/63 is amended
in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation .
                                                                             3/-
 ---pagebreak---                                   Article 3
The nomenclative amendments provided for in Article 1 shall not apply in
respect of import and export licences issued before the date of entry into
force of this Regulation .
                                  Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third, day following its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 June 1973 *
This  Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable
in all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                          For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                Annex I
Headmg
                                           Description of goods
Wumber
 04.04   Cheese and curd :
         A. Bnmentaler , Gruyere , Sbrinz , Ber^case and Appenzel , not grated or
            powdered :
              I. Of a minimum fat content of 45 $ °y weight , referred to dry matter ,
               '   matured for at least 3 months :
                   a) wholo cheeses ( 4) of a free-at-frontier value ( 5 ) per 100 kg net
                        weight of :
                      , 1 . 142.58 UA /ir^more , "but less than 162. 58 UA ( a)
                        2 . 162.58 UA or more ( a)
                   b ) Pieces packed in vacuum or in inert gas :
                        1 . With rind on at least one side, of a net weight :       (
                            aa) Of not less than 1 kg but less than- 5 kg and of a free-
                                 at-frontier value ( 5 ) of not less than 162 . 58 UA   ( a)
                                 but      less than 190.58 UA     ( a) per 100 kg net weight
                            bb ) Of not less than 450 S       of a free-at-frontier value ( 5 )
                                 of not less than 190.58 UA ( a) per 100 kg net weight
                        2 . Other , of a net weight of not less than 75 g "but not more than
                            250 g ( 6 ) and of a free-at-frontier value ( 5 ) of not less than
                            210,58 UA . ( a) per 100 kg net weight
            II . unchanged
         B. unchanged
         C. unchanged
         D. unchanged        '
         E. unchanged
            I. unchanged
                 ( a) unchanged
                 ( b ) unchanged
                        1 . unchanged
                        2 . Tilsit and Butterkase , of a fat content by weight , referred to
                            dry matter ( 2 ):
                            aa) unchanged
                 ,          bb) unchanged
                        3 . unchanged
                        4* unchanged                     ^
                        5 . unchanged
                   ( c)unchanged
           II . unchanged
 (a) For imports into the United Kingdom , this free-at-frontier value shall be
     reduced by 16.21 UA . per 100 kg net .
 ---pagebreak---                                                   Annex  .II
   Chapter 4 of the Common Customs Tariff is amended as follows :
   1 . Additional Note 6 ( c ) is replaced by the following:
       "( c ) in the form of slices wrapped separately in alumiun foil or plastic
              wrappings , the weight of each slice not exceeding 30 g".
   2 . Subheadings Nos 04.04 A I and O4.O4 E I are amended xto read as follows :
Heading!
                          Description of gooas                            [            Rate of duty |
number !                                                                  i autonomoua j conventiali
                                                                          ifor Levy j
                                                                          I /w v x              %
                                                                          i'     (l)
                                                                                   3
 04.04 , Cheese and curd :
        | A. Etamentaler , Gruyere , Sbrins , Bergkass and Appenzell ,
        j     not grated or powdered :
              I. Of a minimum fat content of 45            by weight ,
                  referred to dry matter , matured for at least 3
                  months (b ):
                  a) Whole cheeses of a free- at-frontier-value
                      per 100 kg net weight of :
                      1 . 142.58 UA        * or more , but less than
                          162.58 UA        *
                                           *
                                                                              23 ( L)         ( a)
                      2 . l62o8 UA         * or more                          23 ( L )        ( a)
                  b ) Pieces packed in       vacuum or in     inert gas :
                      1 . With rind on at least one side , of a net
                          weight :
                          aa) Of not less than 1 kg but less than
                               5 kg and of a free- at- frontier value
                               of not less than 162 . 58 UA       * but
                               less than I9O.58 UA         * per 100 kg
                               net weight                                     23 ( L )        ( a)
                          bb ) Of not less than 450 g stnd. of a free-
                               at-frontier value of not less than
                               190 . 58 UA *per 100 kg net weight             23 ( L)         ( a)
                      2 . Other , of a net weight of not less than
                          75 g but not more than 25O g and of not
                          less than 210 . 58 UA       * per 100 kg net
                          weight                                            | 23 (L)          ( a)
              II . unchanged                                                  23 ( L)
          B. unchanged                                                        23 ( L )        12
          C. unchanged                                                        23 ( L )
          D. unchanged                                                         23 ( L)
          E. unchanged
              I. unchanged
                  a) unchanged                                               i23 L )
  * for imports into the United Kingdom , this free-at-frontier value shall be
       reduced by 16.21 UA            P e^ 100 kg net .
 ---pagebreak---                                        - 2 -                         Annex II ( contd .)
Headmg                                                        ;             Rate of Duty
Number
             Description of goods
                                                              Autonomous        Conventional
                                                                  or Levy       ,   0,
                                                              :    ( L)
                                                              ;                 I
                                                              i                 1
  O4.O4    b ) unchanged
( contd. )     1 . unchanged                                      23 ( L )
               2 . Tilsit and Butterkiise , of a fat content
                   by v/eight referred to dry matter (l ) :
                   aa) unchanged                                  23   (L )
                   bb ) unchanged                                 23   (L)
               3 . unchanged                                    " 23   (L)
               4 . unchanged                                      23   (L )
               5 . unchanged                                   j 23    (L)
           c ) unchanged                                    • j 23    ( L)