CELEX: 31993R2663
Language: en
Date: 1993-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2663/93 of 29 September 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

30. 9 . 93                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 244/ 17
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2663/93
                                                      of 29 September 1993
                                    fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 2915/79, the component of the levy established using
                                                                     a factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the
                                                                     milk components contained in the product on the one
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               hand and the product itself on the other is, for products
  Economic Community,                                                containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­
                                                                     plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk
                                                                     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
 in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­
 tion (EEC) No 2071 /92 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)         Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
 thereof,                                                            provides that for certain products originating in or
                                                                     coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
                                                                     be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                     is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                     No 1767/82 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
 Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                    No 1941 /93 (8);
 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
 Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                     Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
 determining the groups of products and the special provi­           into the Community the price of an assimilated product
 sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),         for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/91 (4) ;                product is considerably lower than the price which would
                                                                     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 1993/94 milk year by Council Regula­            — one component equal to the amount resulting from
 tion (EEC) No 1562/93                                                   the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                         No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1723/93 (6),                      question,
 determining the prices and amounts fixed in ecus in the
 milk and milk products sector which are reduced as a
 result of the monetary realignments of September
 and November 1992, January and May 1993 ;                          — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
                                                                         composition and quality of the assimilated product
                                                                         being taken into account, makes it possible to
                                                                         re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays                       Community ;
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain
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
respectively ;                                                      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 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
(«) OJ   No  L 159, 1 . 7. 1993, p. 123.                            (8) OJ No L 176, 20. 7. 1993, p. 21 .
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (l),                   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
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (3), as                 they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (4), speci­
                                                                      sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
                                                                      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
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are               code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do                CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;                    sion in question is properly applied these products and
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated                   the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot           list of levies ;
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,                 Whereas Council Regulations (EEC) No 518/92 (6), as
quality and presentation between the assimilated product              amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2233/93 Q, (EEC)
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments                   No 519/92 (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying             No 2234/93 (9), and (EEC) No 520/92 (10), as amended by
the difference between the milk component content of                  Regulation (EEC) No 2235/93 (n), of 27 February 1992 on
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in              certain procedures for applying the Interim Agreements
question by the value attributed in international trade to            on trade and trade-related matters between the European
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;                Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,               Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Poland,
the    difference   between     the    value  attributed  on  the     the Republic of Hungary and the Czech and Slovak
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics              Federal Republic respectively, of the other part, introduce
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that                 arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­            products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)
lated product in question must be taken into account ;                No 584/92 (12), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 2658/93 (13), lays down detailed rules for applying the
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­          arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be                        milk and milk products ;
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials
contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on             0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20 .
the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices             («) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
are available), average processing costs and average yields ;         0 OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993 , p. 3 .
                                                                      (8) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6 .
                                                                      (') OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 4.
(') OJ  No   L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.                               (10) OJ No L 56, 29 . 2. 1992, p. 9 .
(2) OJ  No   L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                                (") OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5.
0   OJ  No   L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                                (12) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
(4) OJ  No   L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                                (13) See page 8 of this Official Journal.
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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 Q ;
 of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of
 Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part,
 on the provisional application of the Agreements on             Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
 certain arrangements in the field of agriculture, signed by
                                                                 the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
                                                                 in the Annex hereto,
 the said parties in Oporto on 2 May 1992 0 ; 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 0, 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 0, 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 3813/92 0 are
 used to convert amounts expressed in third country              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 October 1993.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                  Done at Brussels, 29 September 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                             Rene STEICHEN
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 109, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 73.
(3) OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
if) OJ No L 36, 8. 2. 1991 , p. 9.
O 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 29 September 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and
                                                          milk products
                                       (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
     CN code             Note W                l™?0Tt                      CN code         Note «           ^P0"
                                                 levy                                                         levy
    0401 10 10                                   17,15                   0403 10 16          (')    2,0923 / kg + 28,79
    0401 10 90                                   15,94                   0403 10 22                          25,68
    0401 20 11                                  23,27                    0403 10 24                          30,39
    0401 20 19                                  22,06                    0403 10 26                          72,88
    0401 20 91                                  27,98                    0403 10 32          (')   0,1 964 / kg + 27,58
    0401 20 99                                  26,77                    0403 10 34          (')   0,2435 / kg + 27,58
    0401 30 11                                  70,47                    0403 10 36          (')   0,6684 / kg + 27,58
    0401 30 19                                  69,26                    0403 90 11                        122,04
    0401 30 31                                134,46                     0403 90 13                        178,97
    0401 30 39                                133,25                     0403 90 19                        216,48
    0401 30 91                                224,53                     0403 90 31          (')    1,1 479 / kg + 28,79
    0401 30 99                                223,32                     0403 90 33          (')    1,7172 / kg + 28,79
    0402 10 11                (4)             122,04                     0403 90 39          (>)   2,0923 / kg + 28,79
                                                                         0403 90 51                          25,68
    0402 10 19             (3)(4)             114,79
                                                                         0403 90 53                          30,39
    0402 10 91             0 )(4)      1,1479 / kg +   28,79
    0402 10 99             C)(4)       1,1479 / kg +   21,54             0403 90 59                          72,88
    0402 21 11                (4)             178,97                     0403 90 61          (')   0,1 964 / kg + 27,58
    0402 21 17                (4)             171,72                     0403 90 63          (')   0,2435 / kg + 27,58
    0402 21 19             (3)(4)             171,72                     0403 90 69          (')   0,6684 / kg + 27,58
   0402 21 91              (3)(4)             216,48                     0404  10 02                         31,82
   0402 21 99             (3) (4)             209,23                     0404  10 04                       178,97
   0402 29 1 1          (') (3) (4)    1,7172 / kg +   28,79             0404  10 06                       216,48
   0402 29 15             C)(4)        1,7172 / kg +   28,79             0404  10 12                       122,04
   0402 29 19             C)(4)       1,7172 / kg +    21,54             0404  10 14                       178,97
   0402 29 91             C)(4)       2,0923 / kg + 28,79                0404  10 16                       216,48
   0402 29 99             (') (4)     2,0923 / kg + 21,54                0404  10 26         (')   0,3182 / kg    +  21,54
   0402 91 11                (4)                38,74                    0404  10 28         (')   1,7172 / kg    +  28,79
   0402 91 19                (4)                38,74                    0404  10 32        (')    2,0923 / kg    +  28,79
   0402 91 31                (4)                48,43                    0404  10 34        (')    1,1479 / kg    +  28,79
   0402 91 39                (4)                48,43
                                                                         0404  10 36        (')    1,7172 / kg +     28,79
   0402 91 51                (4)              134,46
                                                                         0404  10 38        (')    2,0923 / kg +     28,79
   0402 91 59                (4)              133,25
                                                                         0404  10 48        (2)    0,3182 / kg
   0402 91 91                (4)              224,53
                                                                         0404  10 52        (2)    1,7172 / kg +      6,04
   0402 91 99                (4)             223,32
                                                                         0404  10 54        (2)    2,0923 / kg +      6,04
   0402 99 1 1               (4)               45,90
                                                                         0404  10 56        (2)    l,147S? / kg +     6,04
   0402 99 19                (4)               45,90
                                                                         0404 10 58         (2)    1,7172 / kg +      6,04
   040299 31              C)(4)       1 ,3083 / kg  +  25,17
                                                                         0404 10 62         (2)    2,0923 / kg +      6,04
   0402 99 39             (') (4)     1 ,3083 / kg  +  23,96
                                                                        0404 10 72          (2)    0,3182 / kg +     21,54
   0402 99 91             (') (4)     2,2090 / kg   +  25,17
                                                                        0404 10 74          (2)    1,7172 / kg +     27,58
   0402 99 99             (') (4)     2,2090 / kg   +  23,96
                                                                        0404 10 76          (2)    2,0923 / kg +     27,58
   0403 10 02                                122,04                     0404 10 78          (2)    1,1 479 / kg +    27,58
   0403 10 04                                178,97                     0404 10 82          (2)    1,7172 / kg +     27,58
   0403 10 06                                216,48                     0404 10 84          (2)    2,0923 / kg +     27,58
   0403 10 12               (')       1,1479 / kg + 28,79               0404 90 11                         122,04
   0403 10 14               (')       1,7172 / kg + 28,79               0404 90 13                         178,97
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          CN code                  Note «                   Ir"P°rt                    CN code               Note O                Ir"P°rt
                                                              levy                                                                   levy
         0404 90 19                                        216,48                    0406 90 31               (3)(4)               152,33
         0404 90 31                                         122,04                   0406 90 33               (3)(4)               152,33
        0404 90 33                                          178,97                   0406 90 35               (3)(4)               152,33
        0404 90 39                                         216,48                    0406 90 37               (3)(4)               152,33
        0404 90 51                    (')          1,1479 / kg     + 28,79           0406 90 39               (3)(4)               152,33
        0404 90 53                  0)(3)          1,71 72 / kg    + 28,79           0406 90 50               (3)(4)               152,33
        0404 90 59                    (')          2,0923 / kg     + 28,79           0406 90 61               (3) (4)              373,92
        0404 90 91                    (')          1,1479 / kg     + 28,79           0406 90 63               (3) (4)              373,92
        0404 90 93                  (') (3)        1 ,71 72 / kg   + 28,79           0406 90 69               (3) (4)              373,92
        0404 90 99                    (')          2,0923 / kg     + 28,79           0406 90 73               (3)(4)               152,33
        0405 00 11                    (3)                  231,21                    0406 90 75               (3)(4)               152,33
        0405 00 19                    (3)                  231,21                    0406 90 77               (3)(4)               152,33
        0405 00 90                                         282,08                    0406 90 79               (3)(4)               152,33
                                                                                     0406 90 81               (3)(4)               152,33
        0406 10 20                  (3)(4)                 193,95
                                                                                     0406 90 85               (3)(4)               152,33
        0406 10 80                  (3)(4)                 249,05
                                                                                     0406 90 89               (3)(4)               152,33
        0406 20 10                  (3)(4)                 373,92
        0406 20 90                  (3) (4)                373,92                    0406 90 93               (3)(4)               193,95
        0406 30 10                  (3)(4)                 158,98                    0406 90 99               (3)(4)               249,05
        0406 30 31                  (3)(4)                 145,51                     1702 10 10                                    27,82
        0406 30 39                  (3)(4)                 158,98                     1702 10 90                                    27,82
        0406 30 90                  (3) (4)                255,70
                                                                                     2106 90 51                                     27,82
        0406 40 00                  (3)(4)                 144,22
        0406 90 11                  (3)(4)                 217,16                    2309 10 15                                     88,51
        0406 90 13                 (3)(4)                  151,15                    2309   10  19                                 114,91
        0406 90 15                 (3)(4)                  151,15                    2309   10 39                                  107,29
        0406 90 17                 (3)(4)                  151,15                    2309   10 59                                   87,66
        0406 90 19                 (3)(4)                  373,92                    2309   10 70                                  114,91
        0406 90 21                 (3)(4)                  217,16                    2309  90  35                                   88,51
        0406 90 23                 (3)(4)                  152,33                    2309  90  39                                  114,91
        0406 90 25                 (3)(4)                  152,33                    2309  90  49                                  107,29
        0406 90 27                 (3)(4)                  152,33                    2309  90  59                                   87,66
        0406 90 29                 (3)(4)                  152,33                    2309  90  70                                  114,91
(') 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.
(*) 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 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 amended 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.
(*) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.