CELEX: 31993R1327
Language: en
Date: 1993-05-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1327/93 of 28 May 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

No L 132/ 104                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                29 . 5 . 93
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1327/93
                                                           of 28 May 1993
                                    fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          a factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the
                                                                     milk components contained in the product on the one
                                                                     hand and the product itself on the other is, for products
                                                                     containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk
Economic Community,                                                  components contained in the product ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­            provides that for certain products originating in or
tion (EEC) No 2071 /92 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)          coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
thereof,
                                                                     be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                     is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1 767/82 0, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1317/93 (8);
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council           Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                      into the Community the price of an assimilated product
determining the groups of products and the special provi­            for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),          product is considerably lower than the price which would
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/91 (4);                  obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
                                                                     normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
                                                                     components :
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices
were fixed for the 1992/93 milk year by Council Regula­              — one component equal to the amount resulting from
tion (EEC) No 1375/92 0 ; whereas Council Regulation                      the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
(EEC) No 660/93 (6) has extended the 1992/93 marketing                    No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
year for milk until 30 June 1 993 ;                                       question,
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain          — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed                  composition and quality of the assimilated product
and the method of calculating the levy on them described                  being taken into account, makes it possible to
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation                    re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
respectively ;                                                            Community ;
Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC)
No 2915/79, the component of the levy established using              Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
                                                                     provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
(') OJ No  L   148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.                             customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
(2) OJ No  L   215, 30.  7. 1992, p. 64.                             limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
(3) OJ No  L   329, 24.  12. 1979, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L   357, 28 . 12. 1991 , p. 3 .
0   OJ No  L   147, 29.  5. 1992, p. 4.                              0 OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
(6) OJ No L 71 , 24. 3. 1993, p. 1 .                                 (8) See page 78 of this Official Journal.
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 ('),               established on the basis of the value of the raw materials
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (2), provides            contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on
that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of     the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices
the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)         are available), average processing costs and average yields ;
No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
for products of good marketable quality ;
                                                                  Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier
                                                                  price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on        the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific
the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities         origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­
in international trade for the products listed in                 at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­          enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
milated products for which the levy is not equal to the           the Commission considers that the prices which are
levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­         available could lead to sudden and considerable changes
ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission               in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­
must take account of all information obtained direct or           ently representative of real market trends ;
through the Member States concerning prices for delivery
of third-country products free-at-Community-frontier and
prices on third-country markets ;                                 Whereas, in accordance with Article 19(1 ) of Regulation
                                                                  (EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this
                                                                  Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (3), as             clature ;
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (4), speci­
fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses
                                                                  Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
imported from and originating in Switzerland ;                    provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
                                                                  they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­            sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
                                                                  becomes applicable ;
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of
information available to it lead the Commission to believe
                                                                   29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose Q, as amended
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real        by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­
trend of the market ;                                              ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within
                                                                   CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and
                                                                  by the provisions adopted for the application of that
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are            Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do             falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;                 quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated                code 170210 90 also applies to products falling within
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot        CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in             sion in question is properly applied these products and
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,              the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the
quality and presentation between the assimilated product           list of levies ;
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying
the difference between the milk component content of              Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 51 8/92 («), (EEC)
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in           No 519/92 0 and (EEC) No 520/92 (8) of 27 February
question by the value attributed in international trade to         1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;            Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,            the European Economic Community and the European
the difference between         the value  attributed on   the      Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics           Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that              Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­         other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
lated product in question must be taken into account ;             levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
                                                                   tion (EEC) No 584/92 (') lays down detailed rules for
                                                                   applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­       ments as regards milk and milk products ;
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be
                                                                   (5) OJ No   L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
(') OJ   No L  180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.                            (6) OJ No   L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
(2) OJ   No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                              0   OJ No   L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(3) OJ   No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                              (8) OJ No   L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(4) OJ   No L  144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                             0   OJ No   L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
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Whereas, in addition, account must be taken of Council            currencies and are used as the basis for determining the
Decision 93/239/EEC of 15 March 1993 concerning the               agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' curren­
conclusion of the Agreements in the form of exchanges             cies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and deter­
of letters between the European Economic Community,               mination of these conversions were set by Commission
of the one part, and the Republic of Austria, the Republic        Regulation (EEC) No 1068 /93 0 ;
of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of
Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part,              Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
on the provisional application of the Agreements on               the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
certain arrangements in the field of agriculture, signed by       in the Annex hereto,
the said parties in Oporto on 2 May 1992 ('); whereas
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1316/93 (2) lays down
detailed rules for the application of the import arrange­
ments for these products originating in Sweden ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (3), as                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (4), lays down
the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­
nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in
the overseas countries and territories ;                                                    Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the             The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
overseas countries and territories with the European              (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
 Economic Community (*), no levies shall apply on
products originating in the overseas countries and territo­
ries ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the representative market rates defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 381 3/92 (6) are
used to convert amounts expressed in third country                This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 June 1993.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 28 May 1993 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                        Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No L 109, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 1 .
(2) See page 73 of this Official Journal.
0   OJ  No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0   OJ  No L 36, 8. 2. 1991 , p. 9.
0   OJ  No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(6) OJ  No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                           0 OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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                                                                ANNEX
                 to the Commission Regulation of 28 May 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and milk
                                                               products
                                         (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
      CN code             Note «                 ^                           CN code         Note «         Ir"P°rt
                                                   levy                                                       levy
     0401 10 10                                    14,97                   0403 10 16          (')  2,0270 / kg + 29,04
     0401 10 90                                    13,76                   0403 10 22                         23,57
     0401 20 11                                    21,16                   0403 10 24                         29,31
     0401 20 19                                    19,95                   0403 10 26                         72,97
     0401 20 91                                    26,90                   0403 10 32          (')  0, 1753 / kg + 27,83
     0401 20 99                                    25,69                   0403 10 34          (')  0,2327 / kg + 27,83
     0401 3011                                     70,56                   0403 10 36          (')  0,6693 / kg + 27,83
     0401 30 19                                    69,35                   0403 90 11                         97,86
     0401 30 31                                  137,28                    0403 90 13                       172,82
     0401 30 39                                  136,07                    0403 90 19                       2?09,95
     0401 30 91                                  232,00                    0403 90 31          (')  0,9061 / kg + 29,04
     0401 30 99                                  230,79                    0403 90 33          (')  1 ,6557 / kg + 29,04
                                                                           0403 90 39          (')  2,0270 / kg + 29,04
     0402 10 11               (4)                  97,86
                                                                           0403 90 51                         23,57
     0402 10 19             (3)(4)                 90,61
                                                                           0403 90 53                         29,31
     0402 10 91             (■) 0        0,906 1 / kg +  29,04
                                                                           0403 90 59                         72,97
     0402 10 99             (') (4)      0,9061 / kg +   21,79
     0402 21 11               (4)                172,82                    0403 90 61          (')  0,1753 / kg + 27,83
     0402 21 17               (4)                165,57                    0403 90 63          (')  0,2327 / kg + 27,83
     0402 21 19             (3)(4)               165,57                    0403 90 69          (')  0,6693 / kg + 27,83
     0402 21 91             (3)(4)               209,95                    0404 10 02                         28,73
     0402 21 99             (3) (4)              202,70                    0404 10 04                       172,82
     0402 29 1 1          (') (3) (4)    1 ,6557 / kg +  29,04             0404 10 06                       209,95
     0402 29 1 5            (') (4)      1 ,6557 / kg +  29,04             0404 10 12                         97,86
     0402 29 1 9            (l) (4)      1 ,6557 / kg +  21 ,79            0404 10 14                       172,82
     0402 29 91             C)(4)        2,0270 / kg +   29,04             0404 10 16                       209,95
     0402 29 99             (')(*)       2,0270 / kg +   21,79             0404 10 26          (')  0,2873 / kg    + 21,79
     0402 91 11               (4)                  41,40                   0404 10 28          (')  1 ,6557 / kg   + 29,04
     0402 91 19               (4)                  41,40                   0404 10 32          (')  2,0270 / kg    + 29,04
     0402 91 31               (4)                  51,75                   0404 10 34          (')  0,9061 / kg    + 29,04
     0402 91 39               (4)                  51,75                   0404 10 36          O     1,6557 / kg   + 29,04
     0402 91 51               (4)                137,28                     0404 10 38         (')  2,0270 / kg    + 29,04
     0402 91 59               (4)                136,07                    0404 10 48          (2)  0,2873 / kg
     0402 91 91               (4)                232,00                     0404 10 52         (2)   1 ,6557 / kg  +   6,04
     0402 91 99               (4)                230,79                    0404 10 54          (2)  2,0270 / kg    +   6,04
     0402 99 1 1              (4)                  49,39                   0404 10 56          (2)  0,9061 / kg    +   6,04
     0402 99 1 9              (4)                  49,39                   0404 10 58          (2)   1 ,6557 / kg  +  6,04
     0402 99 3 1            (') (4)       1 ,3365 / kg + 25,42              0404 10 62         (2)  2,0270 / kg    +   6,04
     0402 99 39             (') (4)       1,3365 / kg +  24,21              0404 1 0 72        (2)  0,2873 / kg    + 2 1 ,79
     0402 99 91             0)(4)        2,2837 / kg +   25,42              0404 10 74         (2)   1 ,6557 / kg  + 27,83
     0402 99 99             (') (4)      2,2837 / kg +   24,21              0404 10 76         (2)  2,0270 / kg    + 27,83
     0403 10 02                                    97,86                    0404 10 78         (2)  0,9061 / kg    + 27,83
     0403 10 04                                  172,82                     0404 10 82         (2)   1,6557 / kg   + 27,83
     0403 10 06                                  209,95                     0404 10 84         (2)  2,0270 / kg    + 27,83
     0403 10 12               (')        0,9061 / kg + 29,04                0404 90 1 1                       97,86
     0403 10 14               (')         1,6557 / kg + 29,04               0404 90 13                       172,82
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          CN code                  Note O                   ^                           CN code                Note «                 Ir"P°rt
                                                              levy                                                                      levy
         0404 90 19                                         209,95                    0406 90 31                OO                    175,43
         0404 90 31                                           97,86                   0406 90 33                OO                    175,43
         0404 90 33                                         172,82                    0406 90 35                OO                    175,43
         0404 90 39                                         209,95                    0406 90 37                OO                    175,43
         0404 90 51                   0             0,906 1 / kg   +  29,04           0406 90 39                OO                    175,43
         0404 90 53                 (') (3)         1 ,6557 / kg   +  29,04           0406 90 50                OO                    175,43
         0404 90 5$                   (')           2,0270 / kg    +  29,04           0406 90 61                OO                    399,13
         040490 91                    (')           0,9061 / kg    4- 29,04           0406 90 63                OO                    399,13
         0404 90 93                 00              1 ,6557 / kg   +  29,04           0406 90 69                OO                    399,13
         0404 90 99                   0             2,0270 / kg    +  29,04           0406 90 73                OO                    175,43
         0405 00 11                   0                     239,03                    0406 90 75                OO                    175,43
         0405 00 19                   O                     239,03                    0406 90 77                OO                    175,43
         0405 00 90                                         291,62                    0406 90 79                OO                    175,43
                                                                                      0406 90 81                OO                    175,43
         0406 10 20                 00                      218,46
                                                                                      0406 90 85                OO                    175,43
         0406 10 80                 00                      272,15
                                                                                      0406 90 89                OO                    175,43
         0406 20 10                 00                      399,13
         0406 20 90                 OO                      399,13                    0406 90 93                OO                    218,46
         0406 30 10                 00                      174,72                    0406 90 99                OO                    272,15
         0406 30 31                 00                      164,39                    1702 10 10                                        30,63
         0406 30 39                 OO                      174,72                    1702 10 90                                        30,63
         0406 30 90                 OO                      271,44
                                                                                      2106 90 51                                        30,63
         0406 40 00                 OO                      153,42
         0406 90 1 1                OO                      228,92                    2309  10  15                                      70,38
         0406 90 13                 OO                      165,40                    2309  10  19                                      91,22
         0406 90 15                 OO                      1 65,40                   2309  10  39                                      86,22
         0406 90 17                 OO                      165,40                    2309  10  59                                      72,88
         0406 90 19                 OO                      399,13                    2309  10  70                                      91,22
         0406 90 21                 OO                     228,92                     2309  90  35                                      70,38
         0406 90 23                 OO                      1 75.43                   2309  90  39                                      91,22
         0406 90 25                 OO                      1 75,43                   2309  90  49                                      86,22
         0406 90 27                 OO                      175,43                    2309  90  59                                      72,88
         0406 90 29                 OO                      175,43                    2309  90  70                                      91,22
(') The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this code is equal to the sum of the following :
     (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of lactic matter contained in 100 kg of product ; and
     (b) the other amount indicated.
(2) The levy on 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.
(') Products falling within this code and imported from a third country
     — for which an IMA 1 certificate, issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82, is presented,
     — for which an EUR 1 certificate, issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1316/93 for Sweden and Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 for Poland, the
         Czech and Slovak Republics and Hungary, 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 Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 .
( 5) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.