CELEX: 31990R3803
Language: en
Date: 1990-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3803/90 of 27 December 1990 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

28 . 12. 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 365/47
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3803/90
                                                       of 27 December 1990
                                     fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           plying the basic amount by the quantity of muk
                                                                      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
                                                                      coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of                be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                 is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­             1 767/82 f), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
tion (EEC) No 3641 /90 (2), and in particular Article 14 (8)          1502/90 (8);
thereof,
                                                                      Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              into the Community the price of an assimilated product
                                                                      for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                      product is considerably lower than the price which would
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products               obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these                normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
 products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                    components :
 product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product
 for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council           — one component equal to the amount resulting from
 Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                           the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
 determining the groups of products and the special provi­                 No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),                question,
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31 16/90 (4);                 — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
                                                                           composition and quality of the assimilated product
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must                     being taken into account, makes it possible to
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less                 re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
 the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices               Community ;
were fixed for the 1990/ 1991 milk year by Council Regu­
 lation (EEC) No 1 182/90 0 ;                                         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 1 552/90 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 (s),
 realignment of 5 January 1990 (^) ;                                  as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (10), 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               Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on
 respectively ;                                                       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 fcqual 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
                                                                      on third-country markets ;
 (•) OJ No  L   148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13.
 (2) OJ No  L   362, 27. 12. 1990, p. 5.
 (3) OJ No  L   329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .                             0 OJ    No  L  196,   5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No  L   303, 31 . 10. 1990, p. 1 .                            (8) OJ  No  L  141 ,  2. 6. 1990, p. 5.
 (*) OJ No  L   119, 11 . 5. 1990, p. 26.                             0 OJ    No  L  180,   26. 7. 1968, p. 25.
 («) OJ No  L   146, 9. 6. 1990, p. 14.                               (,0) 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 1525/90 (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 f), 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 1702 10 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 7 1 5/90 (4) lays
 product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in            down the arrangements applicable to agricultural products
 particular, for differences in composition, maturity,             originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or
quality and presentation between the assimilated product           in the overseas countries and territories ;
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying
the difference between the milk component content of               Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
 the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in           refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
 question by the value attributed in international trade to
 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 (*), as last amended by Regula­
 lated product in question must be taken into account ;                  tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (*),
                                                                   — 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
 in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­                                   Article 1
 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
 clature :                                                                                     Article 2
                                                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1991 .
 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
 provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
                                                                    (3) 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 .                             O OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 V) OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                                 («) 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, 27 December 1990 .
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                       ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 27 December 1990 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                                                              19,32
                      0401 10 90                                                              18,11
                      0401 20 11                                                              26,48
                      0401 20 19                                                              25,27
                      0401 20 91             l                                                32,04
                      0401 20 99             l                                                30,83
                      0401 30 11                                                              81,79
                      0401 30 19                                                              80,58
                      0401 30 31                                                            156,77
                      0401 30 39                                                            155,56
                      0401 30 91                                                            262,34
                      0401 30 99                                                            261,13
                       0402 10 11                          0                                140,17
                       0402 10 19                          0                                132,92
                       0402 10 91                         CM4)                       1,3292 / kg + 29,75
                       0402 10 99                         00                         1,3292 / kg + 22,50
                       0402 21 11                          0                                205,53
                       0402 21 17                          0                                198,28
                       0402 21 19                          0                                198,28
                       0402 21 91                          0                                240,11
                       0402 21 99                          0                                232,86
                       0402 29 1 1                       000                         1 ,9828 / kg +  29,75
                       0402 29 15                         00                         1,9828 / kg  +  29,75
                       0402 29 19                         00                         1,9828 / kg  +  22,50
                       0402 29 91                         00                         2,3286 / kg  +  29,75
                       0402 29 99                         00                         2,3286 / kg  +  22,50
                       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                                 156,77
                       0402 91 59                          0                                 155,56
                       0402 91 91                          0                                262,34
                       0402 91 99                          0                                261,13
                       0402 99 1 1                         0                                  49,85
                       0402 99 19                          0                                  49,85
                       0402 99 31                         00                         1,53 14 / kg +  26,13
                       0402 99 39                         00                         1,5314 / kg  +  24,92
                       0402 99 91                                                    2,5871 / kg  +  26,13
                       0402 99 99                         00                         2,5871 / kg  +  24,92
                       0403 10 02                                                            140,17
                       0403 10 04            \                                              205,53
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                                                      (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                          Note                             Import levy
            0403 10 06             ll                                              240,11
            0403 10 12                           0                          1,3292 / kg + 29,75
            0403 10 14                           (')                        1,9828 / kg + 29,75
            0403 10 16                           0                         2,3286 / kg + 29,75
            0403 10 22             Il                                                28,89
             0403 10 24            Il                                                34,45
             0403 10 26            Il                                                84,20
            0403 10 32                           (')                        0,2285 / kg + 28,54
             0403 10 34                          0                          0,2841 / kg + 28,54
             0403 10 36                          C)                         0,781 6 / kg + 28,54
             0403 90 1 1           ll                                               140,17
             0403 90 13            ll                                              205,53
             0403 90 19            ll                                              240,11
            0403 90 31                           0                          1,3292 / kg + 29,75
            0403 90 33                           0                        1,9828/kg / kg + 29,75
            0403 90 39                           (')                        2,3286 / kg + 29,75
            0403 90 51             ll                                                28,89
            0403 90 53             ll                                                34,45
            0403 90 59             Il                                                84,20
            0403 90 61                           (')                       0,2285 / kg + 28,54
            0403 90 63                           (')                       0,2841 / kg + 28,54
            0403 90 69                           0                         0,781 6 / kg + 28,54
            0404 10 11             Il                                                30,94
            0404 10 19                           (')                       0,3094 / kg + 22,50
            0404 10 91                           (2)                       0,3094 / kg
            0404 10 99                           (2)                       0,3094 / kg + 22,50
            0404 90 11             l                                               140,17
            0404 90 13             \                                               205,53
            0404 90 19             \                                               240,11
            0404 90 31             ll                                              140,17
            0404 90 33             \                                               205,53
            0404 90 39             \                                               240,1 1
            0404 90 51                           (')                       1,3292 / kg   + 29,75
            0404 90 53                         (l)(3)                      1,9828 / kg   + 29,75
            0404 90 59                           0)                        2,3286 / kg   + 29,75
            0404 90 91                           0)                        1,3292 / kg   + 29,75
            0404 90 93                         00                          1,9828 / kg   + 29,75
            0404 90 99                           0                         2,3286 / kg   + 29,75
            0405 00 10             l                                               270,79
            0405 00 90
                                   l                                               330,36
            0406 10 10                           0                                 238,55
            0406 10 90                           0                                 286,53
            0406 20 10                         00                                  410,77
            0406 20 90                           0                                 410,77
            0406 30 10                         00                                  190,97
            0406 30 31                         00                                  177,48
            0406 30 39                         00                                  190,97
            0406 30 90                         00                                 287,69
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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                                241,77
            0406 90 13                        00                                196,74
            0406 90 15                        00                                196,74
            0406 90 17                        00                                196,74
            0406 90 19                        00                                410,77
            0406 90 21                        00                                241,77 .
            0406 90 23                        00                                189,81
            0406 90 25                        00                                189,81
            0406 90 27            (S(1                                          189,81
            0406 90 29                        00                                189,81
            0406 90 31                        00                                189,81
            0406 90 33                         0                                189,81
            0406 90 35                        00                                189,81
            0406 90 37                        00                                189,81
            0406 90 39                        00                                189,81
            0406 90 50                        00                                189,81
            0406 90 61                         0                                410,77
            0406 90 63                         0                                410,77
            0406 90 69                         0                                410,77
            0406 90 71                         0                                238,55
            0406 90 73                         0                                189,81
            0406 90 75                         0                                189,81
            0406 90 77                         0                                189,81
            0406 90 79                         0                                189,81
            0406 90 81                         0                                189,81
            0406 90 83                         0                                189,81
            0406 90 85                         0                                189,81
            0406 90 89                        00                                189,81
            0406 90 91                         0                                238,55
            0406 90 93                         0                                238,55
            0406 90 97                         0                                286,53
            0406 90 99                         0                                286,53
            1702 10 10                                                           36,29
            1702 10 90                                                           36,29
            2106 90 51                                                           36,29
            2309 10 15                                                          102,11
            2309 10 19                                                          132,68
            2309 10 39                                                          124,34
            2309 10 59            l                                             102,63
            2309 10 70                                                          132,68
            2309 90 35                                                          102,11
            2309 90 39                                                          132,68
            2309 90 49                                                          124,34
            2309 90 59                                                          102,63
            2309 90 70                                                          132,68
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            (') The levy on 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.
            (*) 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.
            (3) 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.