CELEX: 51991PC0319
Language: en
Date: 1991-09-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2658/87 ON THE TARIFF STATISTICAL NOMENCLATURE AND THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF AND REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2915/79 DETERMINING THE GROUPS OF PRODUCTS AND THE SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR CALCULATING LEVIES ON MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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                                                                C0M(91) 319 final
                                                                Brussels, 6  September 1991
                                                   Proposal for a
                                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                          amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff statistical
                    monenclature and the Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) No
                    2915/7? determining the groups of products and the special provisions re
                                   calculating levies on milk and milk products
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 ---pagebreak---                             EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Customs Cooperation Council has decided to group all fresh cheeses,
fermented and unfermented, in CN code 0406 10 with effect from
1 January 1992.
As a result codes 0406 90 71, 0406 90 91 and 0406 90 97 will have to be
deleted from the combined nomenclature and from Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
(milk product levies).
DG XXI proposes to use the opportunity to revise the classification of
salted ricotta, which is also a fresh cheese, by grouping it in the same
heading, 0406 10, and deleting CN code 0406 90 83 (current ricotta
heading).   In view of the negligible amount of trade in this cheese (2% of
exported fresh cheeses and 0% imported) it has been decided not to mention
it in the combined nomenclature.    This does not prevent DG VI from
specifying it in the refund nomenclature.
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposal for
                     COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No     /91
                                      Of
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and the Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
determining the groups of products and the special provisions for
calculating levies on mil* and milk products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the
common organization of the market in milk and milk products,1 as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1630/91,2 and in particular Article 14(6)
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas the distinction between fresh cheeses in CN code 0406 according to
whether they are fermented or not gives rise to monitoring problems;
whereas the Customs Cooperation Council has recommended that all fresh
cheeses be regrouped under CN code 0406 10; whereas, therefore, Regulation
(EEC) No 2915/79,5 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3116/90,*
should be amended and Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87,5 as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No      / ,6 should be adapted accordingly; whereas also
the opportunity should be used to review the classification of certain
products,
HAS ADOPTED TECS REGULATION:
                                  Article 1
The combined nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
1  OJ NO L 148,  28.6.1968, p. 13.
2  OJNoL   150,  15.6.1991, p. 19.
3  OJ No L 329,  24.12.1979, p. 1.
4  OJ No L 303,  31.10.1990, p. 1.
5 OJ No L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
6 OJ NO L      ,           , p.
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                                       Article 2
  Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 is hereby amended as follows:
  1) Article 7 is amended as follows:
            The first sentence of paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
            "1)       if it falls within subheadings 0406 10 20 and 0406 90 93 of
                      the combined nomenclature, to the sum of the following
                      components :"
            The first sentence of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
            "2)       if it falls within subheadings 0406 10 80 and 0406 90 99 of
                      the combined nomenclature, to the sum of the following
                      components :"
  2) In the Annex, the product groups in Group 11 are replaced by the
       following groups:
                   Groups of products
Number of           according to the       Pilot product for each group of products
  group          combined nomenclature
    11                 0406 10           Whole cheese, having matured for six to
                       0406 30            eight weeks, with a fat content of 45% by
                       0406 90 23        weight in the dry matter, without
                       0406 90 25        packaging
                       0406 90 27
                       0406 90 29
                       0406 90 31
                       0406 90 33
                       0406 90 35
                       0406 90 37
                       0406 90 39
                       0406 90 50
                       0406 90 73
                       0406 90 75
                       0406 90 77
                       0406 90 79
                       0406 90 81
                       0406 90 85
                       0406 90 89
                       0406 90 93
                       0406 90 99
 ---pagebreak---                                  Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Miember States.
Done at Brussels,                       For the Council
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                                                                                    Rate of duty
 CN Code                                  Descr ipt ion
0406       Cheese and curd :
0406 10    - Fresh cheese (unrefined) including whey cheese, and curd
0406 10 20 — - of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 4OX                   23 (AGR)
0406 10 80      other                                                          23 (AGR)
0406 20
    to                                     unchanged
0406 90 50
                      of o fat content, by weight, not exceeding 4OX ond
                      o water content, by weight, in the non-fatty matter
                         not exceeding 47X:
0406 90 61               - Crona padono, Parmigiono Reggiano                   23 (AGR)
0406 90 63               - Fiore «ordo. Pecorino                               23 (AGR)
0406 90 69               - other                                               23 (AGR)
                         exceeding 47X but not exceeding 72X:
0406 90 73               - Provolone                                           23 (AGR)
0406 90 75               - Asiago, Caciocavollo, Montasio. Ragusano            23 (AGR)
0406 90 77                 Oonbo, Fontal, Fontino, Fynbo, Coudo, Hovorti,
                           Mori bo, Samse'                                     23 (AGR)
0406 90 79                 Esrom, Italico, Kernhem. Soint-Nectoi re. Saint-
                           Paul in. ToI eggio                                  23 (AGR)
0406 90 81                 Contai, Cheshire, Wens leydo le. Lancashire, Double
                           Gloucester, Blarney. Colby, Monterey                23 (AGR)
0406 90 85 - - - - - - -   Kefalograviera, Kosseri                             23 (AGR)
0406 90 89                 other                                               23 (AGR)
0406 90 93              exceeding 72X :                                        23 (AGR)
0406 90 99 - - -      other :                                                  23 (AGR)
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