CELEX: 51989PC0486
Language: en
Date: 1989-10-30
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2915/79 DETERMINING THE GROUPS OF PRODUCTS AND THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CALCULATING LEVIES ON MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS ( DOC. COM ( 89 ) 212 FINAL OF 3 MAY 1989 ) PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 ( 3 ) OF THE EEC TREATY

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   COM(89) 486 final
                                                  Brussels, 30   October 1989
                      Amendment to the proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION
  amending Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 determining the groups of products
       and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and
     milk products (Doc. COM(89) 212 final of 3 Hay 1989) pursuant to
                     Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty
   (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149, paragraph 3
                            of the EEC Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
This amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation in Document C0M(89)212
final of 3 May 1989 aims to supplement the original proposal as regards the
fixing of the minimum import prices on cheeses in Group IL and accordingly on
Halloumi cheese.
The adjustment upwards in the minimum price is a consequence of the fact that
the threshold price for that group of cheeses was increased for the 1989/90
milk year and the specific levies applicable on import have remained unaltered,
 ---pagebreak---                           Amendment to the proposal for a
                                 COUNCIL REGULATION
     amending Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 determining the groups of products
          and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and
        milk products (Doc. C0M(89) 212 final of 3 May 1989) pursuant to
                         Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty
1.  The recitals in the proposal for a Regulation are replaced by the
    following:
    "Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 (3), as last
    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3609/88 (4), fixes the amounts which must
    be deducted from the threshold price for the calculation of levies
    applicable to imports of Tilsit, Kashkaval and Tulum Peyniri cheeses and
    to cheeses manufactured from sheep's milk or buffalo milk provided the
    prices on import are not less than those amounts;
    Whereas the specific import levies applicable to the abovementioned
    cheeses have been maintained unaltered for the 1989/90 milk year; whereas,
    in view of the fact that the threshold price for cheeses in Group 11
    referred to in Article 1(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1114/89 (5) has
    been increased for that milk year, the amounts in Article 8 of Regulation
    (EEC) No 2915/79 should be increased in line with the increase in the
    threshold price;
    Whereas, in the framework of the special relations existing between the
    European Economic Community and the Republic of Cyprus, the import levy
    for Halloumi cheese, traditionally produced in Cyprus, covered by CN codes
    ex 0406 90 50 and ex 0406 90 89 should be reduced and the components on
    which basis that levy is fixed and in particular the minimum import price
    should be adjusted; whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
    should be supplemented to that end,".
(1) 0J No L 329, 24.12.1979, p. 1.
(2) 0J No L 315, 22.11.1988, p. 1.
(3) 0J No L 118, 29.4.1989, p. 6.
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Article 1 of the proposal for a Regulation is replaced by the following:
                               "Article 1
Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 is hereby replaced by the
following:
"Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 12, the levy on 100
kilograms of a product in Group 11 shall be equal to the threshold price
minus :
(a) ECU 249,73 per 100 kilograms, if it is a product falling within
    subheading 0406 90 25 or 0406 90 27 of the Combined Nomenclature, with
    a fat content by weight of dry matter of not more than 48 %,
(b) ECU 249,73 per 100 kilograms plus a component equal to ECU 24,18, if
    it is a product falling within subheading 0406 90 25 or 0406 90 27 of
    the Combined Nomenclature, with a fat content by weight of dry matter
    of more than 48 %,
(c) ECU 261,82 per 100 kilograms, if it is a product falling within
    subheading 0406 90 29, 0406 90 31 or 0406 90 50 or Tulum Peyniri
    cheese covered by subheading ex 0406 90 89 of the Combined
    Nomenclature, excluding the products in (d),
(d) ECU 294,63 per 100 kilograms, if it is Halloumi cheese falling within
    subheading ex 0406 90 50 or ex 0406 90 89 of the Combined Nomenclature,
on condition that the price on importation is not lower than the amount
which is deducted from the threshold price. However, the price on
importation of the products referred to in (c) and (d) above may not be
lower than ECU 243,69 per 100 kilograms."
 ---pagebreak---                FINANCIAL            STATEMENT
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i . BUDGET HEAOING :    Receipts    - Art.    100                          AFPtoeiATioMS :   1.419,2       MioEGU
              Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation amending
2. TITLE
              Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 determining the groups of products
  md    special provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk products
 3. LEGAL BASIS : Article        14S6 of Regulation          (EEC) No         804/68
 4. AIMS OF PROJECT s j0      complete the initial proposal (Doc. (89)212 Final of
3 May 1989) concerning the calculation of special import levies for
 certain cheeses taking into account increases in threshold prices for
 the 1989/90 marketing year
 5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS             PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS  CURRENTr FINANCIAL
                                                                     FINANC     YEAR  F0LL0WIN
                                                                                            INCLFI NANCIAL TEAR
                                                                              J                        2
 5.0 EXPENDITURE
     - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET
        (RE FUNDS/INTERVENTIONS)
     - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
     - OTHER
 5.1 RECEIPTS
      - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
        (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
      - NATIONAL
 5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
 5.1.1 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
 5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION
 OBSERVATIONS:      The    measure does not involve any changes in the levels of
the import levies already foreseen.                        The slight increase in minimum
import prices will not result in a reduction in the quantities imported
Consequent ly, the measure should not have any financial consequences.
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