CELEX: 31990R1062
Language: en
Date: 1990-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1062/90 of 27 April 1990 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

No L 108/20                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                  28 . 4. 90
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1062/90
                                                        of 27 April 1990
                                  fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
                                                                   provides that for certain products originating in of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
Economic Community,                                                be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                   is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                   1767/82 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                 107/90 (8);
Portugal,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of             Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market              into the Community the price of an assimilated product
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­          for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
tion (EEC) No 3879/89 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)         product is considerably lower than the price which would
thereof,                                                           obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
                                                                   normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
                                                                   components :
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                   — one component equal to the amount resulting from
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products                   the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these                    No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                         question,
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product          — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council                composition and quality of the assimilated product
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                           being taken into account, makes it possible to
determining the groups of products and the special provi­                 re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),               Community ;
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3884/89 (4) ;
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must             Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less          provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices         customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
were fixed for the 1989/90 milk year by Council Regula­             limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
tion (EEC) No 1 1 14/89 (^ ; whereas Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1055/90 (*) has extended the 1989/90 marke­
ting year for milk ;                                                Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (s),
                                                                    as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (10), provides
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays                  that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain         the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed            No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
and the method of calculating the levy on them described            for products of good marketable quality ;
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation
respectively ;
                                                                    Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on
Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No                     the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities
2915/79, the component of the levy established using a              in international trade for the products listed in Article
factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the              1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assimilated
milk components contained in the product on the one                 products for which the levy is not equal to the levy on the
hand and the product itself on the other is, for products           related pilot products ; whereas, when recording these
containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­          purchasing opportunities, the Commission must take
plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk                     account of all information obtained direct or through the
components contained in the product ;                               Member States concerning prices for delivery of third-
                                                                     country products free-at-Community-frontier and prices
                                                                     on third-country markets ;
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
O OJ No L 378, 27. 12. 1989, p. 1 .
(3) OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
 b) OJ No L 378, 27. 12. 1989, p. 9.                                (") OJ No L 13, 17. 1 . 1990, p. 13.
0 OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 37.                                  0 OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.
(«) See page 9 of this Official Journal,                              10) OJ No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .
 ---pagebreak--- 28 . 4. 90                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 108/21
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 0, as              sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2431 /88 (2), speci­         becomes applicable ;
fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses
imported from and originating in Switzerland ;                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29
                                                                 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended by
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treatment
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­           provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within CN
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­         code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and by
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­       the provisions adopted for the application of that Regula­
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other        tion is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup falling
information available to it lead the Commission to believe       within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas consequently the
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real       levy fixed for products falling within CN code 1702 10 90
trend of the market ;                                            also applies to products falling within CN code
                                                                  1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provision in ques­
                                                                 tion is properly applied these products and the levy
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are          thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do           levies ;
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated              Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (4) lays
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot       down the arrangements applicable to agricultural products
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in            originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,             in the overseas countries and territories ;
quality and presentation between the assimilated product
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments              Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying         refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
the difference between the milk component content of
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in          — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
question by the value attributed in international trade to             tion to each other at any given moment within a band
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;                 of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
whereas, when die other adjustments are being effected,                rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
the difference between the value attributed on the                     last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*),- as last amended by Regula­
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that                  tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (*),
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­        — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
lated product in question must be taken into account ;                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
                                                                       these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
                                                                       tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­           previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials
                                                                  Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
 contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on        the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
 the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices        in the Annex hereto,
 are available), average processing costs and average yields ;
Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
 the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific
 origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­
                                                                                              Article 1
 at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to
 enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
 the Commission considers that the prices which are                1 . The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regu­
 available could lead to sudden and considerable changes           lation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex
 in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­       hereto.
 ently representative of real market trends ;
                                                                   2. There shall be no levy for imports from Portugal,
                                                                   including the Azores and Madeira, for milk and milk
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 19 (1 ) of Regulation         products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
 (EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this            804/68 .
 Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­
 clature ;
                                                                                              Article 2
 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68                  This Regulation shall enter into force on 30 April 1990.
 provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
 they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
                                                                   (3) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20 .
                                                                   (4) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
  (l) OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                              (j OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (4 OJ No L 210, 3. 8. 1988, p. 6.                                 fó OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 27 April 1990.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                    ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 27 April 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                                                             18,51
                    0401 10 90                                                             17,30
                    0401 20 11                                                            25,33
                    0401 20 19                                                            24,12
                    0401 20 91                                                            30,64
                    0401 20 99                                                            29,43
                    0401 30 11                                                             77,98
                    0401 30 19                                                             76,77
                    0401 30 31                                                           149,35
                    0401 30 39                                                           148,14
                    0401 30 91                                                           249,87
                    0401 30 99                                                           248,66
                     0402 10 11                         0                                133,22
                     0402 10 19                         0                                125,97
                     0402 10 91                        00                        1 ,2597 / kg + 23,60
                     0402 10 99                        00                        1,2597 / kg + 16,35
                     0402 21 11                         0                                188,33
                     0402 21 17                         0                                181,08
                     0402 21 19                         0                                181,08
                     0402 21 91                         0                                226,96
                     0402 21 99                         0                                219,71
                     0402 29 11                       000                        1,8 108/ kg + 23,60
                     0402 29 15                        00                        1,81 08 / kg + 23,60
                     0402 29 19                        00                        1,8108 / kg + 16,35
                     0402 29 91                        00                        2,1971 / kg + 23,60
                     0402 29 99                        00                        2,1971 / kg + 16,35
                     0402 91 11                         0                                  31,00
                     0402 9119                          o                                  31,00
                     0402 91 31                         0                                  38,75
                     0402 91 39                         0                                  38,75
                     0402 91 51                         0                                149,35
                     0402 91 59                         0                                148,14
                     0402 91 91                         0                                249,87
                     040291 99                          0                                248,66
                     0402 99 11                         0                                  52,87
                     0402 99 19                         0                                  52,87
                     0402 99 31                        00                         1 ,4572 / kg + 19,98
                     0402 99 39                        00                         1,4572 / kg + 18,77
                     0402 99 91                        00                        2,4624 / kg + 19,98
                     0402 99 99                        00                        2,4624 / kg + 18,77
 ---pagebreak--- No L 108/24             Official Journal of the European Communities                                   28 . 4. 90
                                                   (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                         Note                            Import levy
            0403 10 11                                                           27,74
            0403 10 13                                                           33,05
            0403 10 19                                                           80,39
            0403 10 31                         (')                      0,21 70 / kg + 22,39
            0403 10 33                         (>)                      0,2701 / kg + 22,39
            0403 10 39                         0                        0,7435 / kg + 22,39
            0403 90 11                                                          133,22
            0403 90 13                                                          188,33
            0403 90 19                                                          226,96
            0403 90 31                         0                         1,2597 / kg + 23,60
            0403 90 33                         0                         1,8108 / kg + 23,60
            0403 90 39                         0)                       2,1971 / kg + 23,60
            0403 90 51                                                            27,74
            0403 90 53            l                                               33,05
            0403 90 59                                                            80,39
            0403 90 61                          0                       0,21 70 / kg + 22,39
            0403 90 63                          0                        0,2701 / kg + 22,39
            0403 90 69                          w                        0,7435 / kg + 22,39
            040410 11                                                             32,42
            0404 10 19                          C)                       0,3242 / kg + 16,35
            0404 10 91                          0                        0,3242 / kg
            0404 10 99                          0                        0,3242 / kg + 16,35
            0404 90 1 1                                                          133,22
            0404 90 13                                                           188,33
            0404 90 19            \                                             226,96
            0404 90 31                                                           133,22
             0404 90 33           ||                                             188,33
             0404 90 39           Il                                             226,96
             0404 90 51                         0                         1,2597 / kg + 23,60
             040490 53                         00                         1,8108 / kg + 23,60
             0404 90 59                         0                         2,1971 / kg + 23,60
             0404 90 91                         0                         1,2597 / kg + 23,60
             0404 90 93                        00                         1,8108 / kg + 23,60
             0404 90 99                         0                         2,1971 / kg + 23,60
             0405 00 10                                                          257,73
             0405 00 90                                                          314,43
             0406 10 10                         0                                245,17
             0406 10 90                         0                                295,50
             0406 20 10                        00                                403,18
             0406 20 90                          0                               403,18
             0406 30 10                        00                                193,21
             0406 30 31                        00                                184,00
             0406 30 39                        00                                 193,21
             0406 30 90                        00                                289,93
             0406 40 00                        00                                 158,11
             0406 90 11                        00                                225,10
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                                                    (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated.)
             CN code                         Note                             Import levy
           0406 90 13                        (3)(4)                              200,66
           0406 90 15                        oo                                  200,66
           0406 90 17                        oo                                  200,66
           040690 19                         00                                  403,18
           0406 90 21                        00                                  225,10
           0406 90 23                        00                                  198,78
           0406 90 25                        00                                  198,78
           0406 90 27                        00                                  198,78
           0406 90 29                        00                                  198,78
           0406 90 31                        00                                  198,78
           0406 90 33                          0                                 198,78
           0406 90 35                        00                                  198,78
           0406 90 37                         00                                 198,78
           0406 90 39                         00                                 198,78
           0406 90 50                         00                                 198,78
           0406 90 61                          0                                 403,18
           0406 90 63                          0                                 403,18
           0406 90 69                          0                                 403,18
           0406 90 71                          0                                 245,17
           040690 73                            0                                 198,78
           0406 90 75                           0                                 198,78
           0406 90 77                           0                                 198,78
           0406 90 79                           0                                 198,78
           0406 90 81                           0                                 198,78
           0406 90 83                           0                                 198,78
           0406 90 85                           0                                 198,78
           0406 90 89                         00                                  198,78
           0406 90 91                           0                                 245,17
           0406 90 93                           0                                 245,17
           0406 90 97                           0                                 295,50
           0406 90 99                           0                                 295,50
            1702 10 10                                                             36,34
            1702 10 90                                                             36,34
            2106 90 51                                                             36,34
            2309 10 15                                                             96,90
            2309 10 19                                                            125,87
            2309 10 39                                                            117,92
            2309 10 59                                                             97,23
            2309 10 70                                                            125,87
            2309 90 35                                                             96,90
            2309 90 39                                                            125,87
            2309 90 49                                                            117,92
            2309 90 59                                                             97,23
            2309 90 70                                                            125,87
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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.
            (2) The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this subheading is equal to :
                (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of the dried milk contained in 100 kg of product
                    plus, where appropriate,
                (b) the other amount indicated.
            (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 71 5/90.