CELEX: 31995R0563
Language: en
Date: 1995-03-14 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 563/95 of 14 March 1995 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

15 . 3 . 95          EN                Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 57/61
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 563/95
                                                     of 14 March 1995
                                 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
                                                                 plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            components contained in the product ;
Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of           Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market            provides that for certain products originating in or
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by the Act        coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in parti­       be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
cular Article 14(8) thereof,                                     is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                 No 1767/82 0, as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                 No 527/95 (6) ;
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                Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product        into the Community the price of an assimilated product
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council       for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                  product is considerably lower than the price which would
determining the groups of products and the special provi­        obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (2),      normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3326/94 (3) ;              components :
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less       — one component equal to the amount resulting from
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas the threshold price for          the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
the 1994/95 milk year was fixed by Council Regulation                 No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
(EC) No 1882/94 (4);                                                  question,
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays               — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain           composition and quality of the assimilated product
assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed              being taken into account, makes it possible to
and the method of calculating the levy on them described              re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation                Community ;
respectively ;
Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC)                     Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
No 2915/79, the component of the levy established using          provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
                                                                 customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
                                                                 limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
(') OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
(j OJ No L 350, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 41 .                           O OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 197, 30 . 7. 1994, p. 24.                            (é) OJ No L 54, 10. 3 . 1995, p. 4.
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   Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 ('),               Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier .
   as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (2), provides            price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
   that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of     the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific
   the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)         origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­
   No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined              at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to
   for products of good marketable quality ;                         enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
                                                                     the Commission considers that the prices which are
   Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on        available could lead to sudden and considerable changes
   the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities         in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­
   in international trade for the products listed in                 ently representative of real market trends ;
  Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­
  milated products for which the levy is not equal to the            Whereas, in accordance with Article 19(1 ) of Regulation
  levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­         (EEC) No 804/68 , the nomenclature provided for in this
  ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission                Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­
  must take account of all information obtained direct or            clature ;
  through the Member States concerning prices for delivery
  of third-country products free-at-Community-frontier and
  prices on third-country markets ;                                 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
                                                                     provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
                                                                     they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (3), as             sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (4), 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
  Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­            29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose ^, as amended
  mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­          by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­
  sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­        ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within
  ties in respect of which price trends in general or other         CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and
  information available to it lead the Commission to believe        by the provisions adopted for the application of that
  that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real        Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup
  trend of the market ;                                             falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­
                                                                    quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN
                                                                    code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within
 Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are            CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­
  not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do            sion in question is properly applied these products and
  not apply to products of good marketable quality ;                the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the
 whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated                list of levies ;
 product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot,
 product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in
 particular, for differences in composition, maturity,              Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (6) and
 quality and presentation between the assimilated product           (EC) No 3492/93 Q, on certain procedures for applying
 and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments                the Europe Agreement establishing an association
 relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying          between the European Communities and their Member
 the difference between the milk component content of               States, of. the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
 the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in           Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
 question by the value attributed in international trade to         No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
 one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;            applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
 whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,            related matters between the European Economic Commu­
 the difference between the value attributed on             the     nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 Community market to each of the relevant characteristics          one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
 of the pilot product and the value attributed on that             the other part (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­         No 2235/93 (9), and in particular Article 1 thereof intro­
 lated product in question must be taken into, account ;           duce arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
                                                                   products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­       No 584/92 (l0), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be                     No 3337/94 ("), lays down detailed rules for applying the
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials         arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on          milk and milk products ;
the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices
are available), average processing costs and average yields ;      O OJ     No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
                                                                   (6) OJ   No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
                                                                   0 OJ     No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
(') OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.                               (8) OJ   No L 56, 29, 2. 1992, p. 9.
O ÓJ No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                  0 OJ     No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5.
(3) OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                                H OJ     No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
(4) OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                                (") OJ   No L 350, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 66.
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Whereas, in addition, account must be taken of Council              products originating in the overseas countries and
and Commission Decision 94/ 1 /ECSC, EC (') concerning              territories ;
the conclusion of the Agreements on the European
Economic Area, between the European Community, the                  Whereas the representative market rates defined in
European Coal and Steel Community and their Member                  Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as
States, on the one hand, and Austria, Finland, Iceland,             last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1 50/95 (9), are used
Norway, Sweden and Liechtenstein, on the other hand,                to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
hereafter referred to as the 'EEA Agreement' ;                      and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                    conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (2) and                whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
(EC) No 3642/93 (3) on certain rules for applying the               tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters                lation (EEC) No 1 068/93 (,0), as last amended by Regula­
between the European Economic Community and the                     tion (EC) No 157/95 (") ;
European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,
and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other              Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
part ;      whereas        Commission      Regulation      (EC)     the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
No 1588 /94 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EC)                 in the Annex hereto,
No 3337/94, lays down detailed rules for applying the
arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
milk and milk products ;                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS . REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 O, as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 (6) ; lays down                                         Article 1
the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­
nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in           The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
the overseas countries and territories ;                            (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the                                         Article 2
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community f), no levies shall apply on                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 March 1995.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels, 14 March 1995.
                                                                               For the Commission
                                                                                  Franz FISCHLER
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(■) OJ   No  L 1 , 3. 1 . 1994, p. 1 .
(2) OJ   No  L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.
(3) OJ   No  L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.
(4) OJ   No  L 167, 1 . 7.. 1994, p. 8.                             (8) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.                              H OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p . 1 .
O   OJ   No  L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.                             (,0) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
n   OJ   No  L 263, 19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                           (") OJ No L 24, 1 . 2. 1995, p. 1 .
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                                                              ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 14 March 1995 fixing the import levies on milk and milk
                                                              products
                                       (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
      CN code           Note (*)                 Import                    CN code           Note O              Import
                                                  levy                                                             levy
                  \                                                                        I
    0401 10 10                                    18,24                  0403 10 16            0       2,5332 / kg + 31,52
    0401 10 90                                    16,78                  0403 10 22                                27,07
    0401 20 11                                    24,16                  0403 10 24                                31,28
    0401 20 19                                    22,70                  0403 10 26                               72,10
    0401 20 91                                    28,37                  0403 10 32           0        0,1 978 / kg + 30,06
    0401 20 99                                    26,91                  0403 10 34           0        0,2399 / kg + 30,06
    0401 30 11                                    69,19                  0403 10 36           0        0,648 1 / kg + 30,06
    0401 30 19                                    67,73                  0403 90 1 1                             128,37
    0401 30 31                                  130,34                   0403 90 13                              219,96
    0401 30 39    I                             128,88                   0403 90 19                             262,07
    0401 30 91                                  216,13                   0403 90 31           0        1 , 1 962 / kg + 31,52
    0401 30 99
                  l                             214,67                   0403 90 33           0        2,1 1 21 / kg + 31,52
    0402 10 11            0                     128,37
                                                                         0403 90 39           0        2,5332 / kg + 31,52
                                                                         0403 90 51                               27,07
   0402 10 19            00 .                   119,62
                                                                         0403 90 53                               31,28
   0402 10 91            00           1 , 1 962 / kg + 31,52
   0402 10 99
                                                                         0403 90 59                               72,10
                         00           1 , 1 962 / kg + 22,77
   0402 21 11             0                    219,96
                                                                         0403 90 61           0        0,1 978 / kg + 30,06
   0402 21 17             0                    211,21
                                                                        0403 90 63            0       0,2399 / kg + 30,06
   0402 21 19            00                    211,21
                                                                        0403 90 69            0       0,648 1 / kg + 30,06
   0402 21 91            00                    262,07                   0404 10 02                                31,76
   0402 21 99            00                    253,32                   0404 10 04                              219,96
   0402 29 1 1          000          2,1 1 21 / kg    + 31,52           0404 10 06                              262,07
   0402 29 15            00          2,1 121 / kg     + 31,52           0404 10 12                              128,37
   0402 29 19            00          2,1 121 / kg     + 22,77           0404 10 14                              219,96
   0402 29 91           00           2,5332 / kg     +  31,52           0404 10 16                              262,07
   0402 29 99           00           2,5332 / kg     +  22,77           0404 10 26            0       0,3 1 76 / kg +     22,77
   0402 91 11             0                      46,88                  0404 10 28            0       2,1 121 / kg +      31,52
   0402 91 19             0                      46,88                  0404 10 32            0       2,5332 / kg +       31,52
   0402 91 31            0                       58,60                  0404 10 34            0       1,1962 / kg +       31,52
   0402 91 39            0                       58,60                  0404 10 36            O       2,1 121 / kg +      31,52
   0402 91 51            0                '    130,34                   0404 10 38            0       2,5332 / kg +       31,52
   0402 91 59            o       ,             128,88                   0404 10 48            0       0,3 1 76 / kg
   0402 91 91            0                     216,13                   0404 10 52            0       2,1 1 21 / kg +      7,29
   0402 91 99            0                     214,67 '                 0404 10 54            0       2,5332 / kg +        7,29
  0402 99 1 1            0                       67,45                  0404 10 56            0       1,1962 / kg +        7,29
  0402 99 19             0                       67,45                  0404 10 58            o     . 2,1 1 21 / kg +      7,29
  0402 99 31            00           1,2596 / kg     +  27,15           0404 10 62            0       2,5332 / kg +        7,29
  0402 99 39            00           1 ,2596 / kg    +  25,69           0404 10 72            o       0,3 1 76 / kg +    22,77
  0402 99 91            00          2,1 1 75 / kg    +  27,15           0404 10 74            0       2,1 121 / kg    +  30,06
  0402 99 99            00          2,1 1 75 / kg    +  25,69           0404 10 76            0       2,5332 / kg     +  30,06
  0403 10 02      l                            128,37                   0404 10 78            0       1,1962 / kg     +  30,06
  0403 10 04                                  219,96                    0404 10 82            0       2,1 121 / kg    +  30,06
  0403 10 06      \                           262,07                    0404 10 84            0       2,5332 / kg     +  30,06
  0403 10 12             0          1 ,1 962 / kg + 31,52               0404 90 1 1                             128,37
  0403 10 14             0          2,1 1 21 / kg + 31,52               0404 90 13                             219,96
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          CN code                  Note (0                    Import                    CN code                   Note i3)                 Import
                                                                levy                                                                        levy
                           I                                                                              I
        0404 90 19         l                                  262,07                   0406 90 23                  00                      194,27
        0404 90 31
                           I                                  128,37                   0406 90 25                  00                      194,27
        0404 90 33                                           219,96                    0406 90 27                  00                      194,27
        0404 90 39                                           262,07                    0406 90 29                  00                      194,27
        0404 90 51               '     O             1,1 962 / kg    + 31,52           0406 90 31                  00                      194,27
        0404 90 53                    00             2,1 121 / kg    + 31,52           0406 90 33                  00                      194,27
        0404 90 59                     O             2,5332 / kg     + 31,52           0406 90 35                  00      ·               194,27
        0404 90 91                     O             1,1 962 / kg    + 31,52           0406 90 37              ,   00                      194,27
        0404 90 93                    OK3)           2,1 1 21 / kg   + 31,52           0406 90 39                  00                      194,27
        0404 90 99                     C)            2,5332 / kg     + 31,52           0406 90 50                  00                      194,27
                                                                                       0406 90 61                  00                     459,53
        0405 00 1 1                    (3)                   221,63
                                                                                       0406 90 63                  00                     459,53
        0405 00 19                     (3)                   221,63                    0406 90 69                  00                     459,53
        0405 00 90                                           270,39                    0406 90 73                  00                      194,27
        0406 10 20                    OO                     234,16                    0406 90 75                  00                      194,27
        0406 10 80                    00                     311,06                    0406 90 76                  00                      194,27
        0406 20 10                    00                     459,53                    0406 90 78                  00                      194,27
        0406 20 90                    00                     459,53                    0406 90 79                  00                      194,27
                                                                                       0406 90 81                  00                      194,27
        0406 30 10                    00                      184,35
        0406 3031                     00                      181,10
                                                                                       0406 90 82                  00 "                    194,27
                                                                                       0406 90 84                  00                      194,27
        0406 30 39                    00                      184,35
                                                                                       0406 90 85                  00                      194,27
        0406 30 90                    00                     301,14
                                                                                       0406 90 86                  00                      194,27
        0406 40 10                    00                      183,19
                                                                                       0406 90 87                  00                      194,27
        0406 40 50                    00                      183,19
                                                                                       0406 90 88                  00                      194,27
        0406 40 90                    00                      183,19
                                                                                       0406 90 93                  00                     234,16
        0406 90 01                    00                     255,78
                                                                                                                                          311,06
                                                                                       0406 90 99                  00
        0406 90 02                    00                      195,42
                                                                                       1702 10 10                                           75,09
        0406 90 03                    00                      195,42
                                                                                       1702 10 90                                           75,09
        0406 90 04                  . 00                      195,42
        0406 90 05                    00                      195,42                   2106 90 51                                           75,09
        0406 90 06                    00                      195,42                   2309 10 15                                           92,64
        0406 90 07                    00                      195,42                   2309 10 19                                          120,15
        0406 90 08                    00                      195,42                   2309 10 39                                          112,29
        0406 90 09                    00                      195,42                   2309 10 59                                           92,00
        0406 90 12                    00                      195,42                   2309 10 70                                          120,15
        0406 90 14                    00                      195,42                   2309 90 35                                           92,64
        0406 90 16                    00                      195,42                   2309 90 39                                          120,15
        0406 90 18                    00                      195,42                   2309 90 49         I                                112,29
        0406 90 19                    00                     459,53 ,                  2309 90 59                                           92,00
        0406 90 21                    00                     255,78                    2309 90 70
                                                                                                          l                                120,15
(') 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.
(a) The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this code is equal to :
    (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of the dry lactic matter contained in 100 kg of product plus, where appropriate,
    (b) the other amount indicated.
(3) Products falling within this code and imported from a third country
    — for which an IMA 1 certificate, issued in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 (OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 ), is
         presented,
    — for which an EUR 1 certificate, issued in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 (OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34) for
        Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics and Hungary and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1588/94 (OJ No L 167, 1 . 7. 1994, p. 8) for Bulgaria and
        Romania, is presented,
    shall be subject to the levies defined in the said Regulations, respectively.
(4) The levy applicable is limited under the conditions laid down in amended Council Regulation (EEC). No 715/90 (OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85).
O No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.