CELEX: 31990R1593
Language: en
Date: 1990-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1593/90 of 14 June 1990 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

15. 6 . 90                                Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 151 / 15
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1593/90
                                                         of 14 June 1990
                                    fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk
                                                                    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
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                   coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
Portugal,                                                           be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                     is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of               1767/82 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                107/90 f);
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 3879/89 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)
thereof,                                                             Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
                                                                     into the Community the price of an assimilated product
                                                                     for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              product is considerably lower than the price which would
                                                                     obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                     normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products              components :
listed in Article 1( of that Regulation ; whereas these
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                    — one component equal to the amount resulting from
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product                  the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council                 No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                            question,
determining the groups of products and the special provi­
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),          — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3884/89 (4) ;                       composition and quality of the assimilated product
                                                                           being taken into account, makes it possible to
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must                     re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less                 Community ;
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices
were fixed for the 1990/ 1991 milk year by Council Regu­             Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
lation (EEC) No 1182/90 0 ;                                          provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
                                                                     customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
Whereas the threshold price fixed by the Council is to be             limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
reduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1552/90 of
8 June 1990 determining the reduced ecu values of milk               Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 ('),
sector prices and amounts consequent on the monetary                 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (10), provides
 realignment of 5 January 1990 (*) ;                                  that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of
                                                                      the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays                    No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain           for products of good marketable quality ;
assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed
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 equal 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   378, 27. 12. 1989, p. 1 .
 (3) OJ No  L   329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .                             f) OJ No L      196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
 (4) OJ No  L   378, 27. 12. 1989, p. 9.                              (8) OJ No L     13, 17. 1 . 1990, p. 13 .
 0   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.                               (10) OJ No L     28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 ('), as            sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1525/90 (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 the 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 16 June 1990.
 provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
 they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
                                                                  0 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.                              0 OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                              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, 14 June 1990.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                  Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                             Member of the Commission
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                                                         ANNEX
              to the Commission Regulation of 14 June 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                                                                 19,46
                       0401 10 90                                                                18,25
                       0401 20 11                                                                26,48
                       0401 20 19                                                                25;27
                       0401 20 91                                                                31,73
                       0401 20 99 :                                                              30,52
                       0401 30 1 1                                                                80,32
                       0401 30 19                                                                79,11
                       0401 30 31                                                               153,36
                       0401 30 39                                                               152,15
                       0401 30 91                                                               256,05
                       0401 30 99                                                               254,84
                       0402 10 11                            0                                  142,49
                       0402 10 19                            0                                  135,24
                        0402 10 91                          em                           1,3524 / kg + 23,63
                        0402 10 99                          CM4)                         1,3524 / kg + 16,38
                        0402 21 11                           o                                  191,75
                        0402 21 17                            o                                 184,50
                        0402 21 19                           o                                  184,50
                        0402 21 91                            (4)                               230,29
                        04G2 21 99                            (4)                               223,04
                        0402 29 1 1                        0 (3)(4)                       1,8450/ kg + 23,63
                        0402 2915                           C)(4)                        1,8450 / kg + 23,63
                        0402 29 19                          em                            1,8450 / kg + 16,38
                        0402 29 91                          C)(4)                        2,2304 / kg + 23,63
                        0402 29 99                          0 (4)                        2,2304 / kg + 16,38
                        0402 91 11                            o                                   28,57
                        0402 91 19                            o                                    28,57
                        0402 91 31                            o                                    35,71
                        0402 91 39                            o                                    35,71
                        0402 91 51                             o                                 153,36
                        0402 91 59 *                           (4)                               152,15
                        0402 91 91                             (4)                               256,05
                        0402 91 99                             (4)                               254,84
                         0402 99 1 1                           n                                   49,40
                         0402 99 19                            n                                   49,40
                         0402 99 31                          enr                          1,4973 / kg + 20,01
                         0402 99 39                          0(T                          1,4973 / kg + 18,80
                         040299 91                           m                            2,5242 / kg + 20,01
                         0402 99 99                          C)(4)                        2,5242 / kg + 18,80
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                                                   (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
             GN code                          Note                           Import levy
            0403 10 11                                                           28,89
            0403 10 13                                                           34,14
            0403 10 19                                                           82,73
            0403 10 31                         C)                       0,228 5 / kg + 22,42
            0403 10 33                         (')                      0,28 10 / kg + 22,42
            0403 10 39                         0                        0,7669 / kg + 22,42
            0403 90 1 1           I                                             142,49
            0403 90 13            \                                             191,75
            0403 90 19            ||                                            230,29
            0403 90 31                         C)                       1,3524 / kg + 23,63
            0403 90 33                         0                        1,8450 / kg + 23,63
            0403 90 39                         0                        2,2304 / kg + 23,63
            0403 90 51                                                           28,89
            0403 90 53                                                           34,14
            0403 90 59                                                           82,73
            0403 90 61                         0                        0,2285 / kg + 22,42
            0403 90 63                         0)                       0,2810 / kg + 22,42
            0403 90 69                         0                        0,7669 / kg + 22,42
            0404 10 11            I                                              27,23
            0404 10 19                         C)                       0,2723 / kg + 16,38
            0404 10 91                         (2)                      0,2723 / kg
            040410 99                          0                        0,2723 / kg + 16,38
            0404 90 11            II                                            142,49
            040490 13                                                           191,75
            0404 90 19            \                                             230,29
            040490 31                                                           142,49
            0404 90 33                                                          191,75
            0404 90 39            II                                            230,29
            0404 90 51                         0                        1,3524 / kg + 23,63
            0404 90 53                        00                        1,8450 / kg + 23,63
            0404 90 59                         0                        2,2304 / kg + 23,63
            0404 90 91                         0                        1,3524 / kg + 23,63
            0404 90 93                        00                        1,8450 / kg + 23,63
            0404 90 99                         (!)                      2,2304 / kg + 23,63
            0405 00 10            ||                                            264,20
            040500 90                                                           322,32
            0406 10 10                         0                                243,51
            0406 10 90                         0                                292,67
            0406 20 10                        00                                389,56
            0406 20 90                         0                                389,56
            0406 30 10                        00                                193,07
            0406 30 31                        00                                182,06
            0406 30 39                        00                                193,07
            0406 30 90                        00                                289,79
            040640 00                         00                                148,14
            0406 90 1 1                       00                                213,86
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                                                   (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                         Note                           Import levy
             0406 90 13                       00                                190,56
             0406 90 15                       00                                190,56
             0406 90 17                       00                                190,56
             0406 90 19                       00                                389,56
             0406 90 21                       00                                213,86
             0406 90 23                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 25                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 27                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 29                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 31                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 33                        0                                195,95
             0406 90 35                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 37                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 39                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 50                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 61                        0                                389,56
             0406 90 63                        0                                389,56
             0406 90 69                        0                                389,56
             0406 90 71                        0                                243,51
             0406 90 73                        0                                195,95
             0406 90 75                        0                                195,95
             0406 90 77                        0                                195,95
             0406 90 79                        0                                195,95
             0406 90 81                        0                                195,95
             0406 90 83                        0                                195,95
             0406 90 85                        0                                195,95
             0406 90 89                       00                                195,95
             0406 90 91                        0                                243,51
             0406 90 93                        0                                243,51
             0406 90 97                        0                                292,67
             0406 90 99                        0                                292,67
             1702 10 10                                                           35,96
             1702 10 90
                                  \                                               35,96
             2106 90 51                                                           35,96
             2309 10 15           li                                            103,85
             2309 10 19                                                         134,96
             2309 10 39           ||                                            126,25
             2309 10 59           li                                            103,71
             2309 10 70           ||                                            134,96
             2309 90 35                                                          103,85
             2309 90 39                                                          134,96
             2309 90 49                                                         126,25
                                         \
             2309 90 59                                                          103,71
             2309 90 70                                                          134,96
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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 715/90.