CELEX: 31974R0664
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 664/74 of the Council of 28 March 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 823/68 with regard to the conditions of admission for certain kinds of cheeses

No L 85/ 54                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                               29 . 3 . 74
                                  REGULATION (EEC) No 664/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                            of 28 March 1974
               amending Regulation (EEC) No 823/68 with regard to the conditions of admis­
                                                   sion for certain kinds of cheeses
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                                 'When products in Group 11 , originating in and
COMMUNITIES,                                                                coming from third countries, are imported into
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                       the Community at a price not less than :
Economic Community ;                                                        — 110 units of account per 100 kg for products
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                                      falling within subheading Nos 04.04 E I b) 2
804/68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                                and 04.04 E I b) 3, or
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                       — 95 units of account per 100 kg for products
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in                                 falling within subheading No 04.04 E I b) 4,
particular Article 14(6) thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                         the levy per 100 kg shall be equal :
Whereas Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                             1 . if the product falls within subheading Nos
823/68 (3) of 28 June 1968 determining the groups of                             04.04 E I b) 2 aa) 04.04 E I b) 3 or 04.04 E I b)
products and the special provisions for calculating                              4 to the threshold price less 110 units of
levies on milk and milk products, as last amended by                             account,
Regulation (EEC) No 1354/73 (4), determines, among
other things, the method of calculating levies for                          2. if the product falls within subheading No 04.04
cheeses falling within subheading Nos 04.04 E I b) 2,                            E I b) 2 bb) to the sum of the following
04.04 E I b) 3 , and 04.04 E I b) 4 of the Common                                components :
Customs Tariff in cases where, at the time of importa­
tion into the Community, their prices do not fall                                (a) a component equal to the levy calculated in
below certain minima ; whereas the marketing situa­                                   accordance with item 1 ,
tion of the said cheeses allows for an increase in these                         (b) a component equal to 20 units of account.'
minimum prices and a consequent decrease in the
levy ;
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 823/68
specifies certain conditions for the importation into
the Community of Emanentaler, Gruyere, Sbrinz,                          The description of goods falling within subheading
                                                                        No 04.04 A I of the Common Customs Tariff and set
Bergkase and Appenzell cheeses falling within
subheading No 04.04 A I of the Common Customs                           out in the Annex I to this Regulation shall be substi­
Tariff ; whereas, in particular, the free-at-frontier                   tuted for that contained in Annex II to Regulation
values corresponding to those bound within GATT                         (EEC) No 823/68 .
are included in these conditions ; whereas these values
must be aligned with the target prices fixed for                                                  Article 3
Community milk for the 1974/75 milk year ;
Whereas the tariff nomenclature set out in Annex II                     The Common Customs Tariff annexed to Regulation
to Regulation (EEC) No 823/68 is incorporated in the                    (EEC) No 950/68 shall be amended in accordance
Common Customs Tariff,                                                  with Annex II to this Regulation .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                  Article 4
                              Article 1
The following shall be substituted for the text of                      This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April
Article 8 of Regulation ( EEC) No 823/68 :                               1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 28 March 1974 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                           J. ERTL
(')  OJ  No L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .
(2 ) See p. 51 of this Official Journal .
(3 ) OJ  No L  151 , 30 . 6 . 1968 , p . 3 .
(•») OJ  No L  141 , 28 . 5 . 1973, p . 23 .
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                                                                  ANNEX I
                      CCT
                     heading                                                   Description
                       No
                     04.04               Cheese and curd :
                                         A. Emmentaler, Gruyere, Sbrinz, Bergkàse and Appenzell not grated
                                             or powdered :
                                             I. Of a minimum fat content <of 45 % by weight in the dry
                                                  matter, matured for at least 3 months (2) :
                                                  a ) Whole cheeses (4) of a free-at-frontier value (5 ) per 100 kg
                                                      net weight of :
                                                      1 . 165-54 u.a . (a) or . more, but less than 185-54 u.a . ( a)
                                                      2 . 185-54 u.a. ( a) or more
                                                ■ b ) Pieces packed .in vacuum or in inert gas :
                                                      1 . With mind on at least one side, of ,a net weight :
                                                          aa ) Of not less than 1 kg but less than 5 kg arid of a
                                                               free-at-frontier value (5) of not less than 185-54
                                                               u.a. ( a) but less than 213*54 u.a. ( a) .per 100 kg net
                                                               weight
                                                          bb) Of not less than 450 g and of a free-at-frontier
                                                               value (5) of not less than 213-54 u.a. (a) per 100 kg
                                                               net weight
                                                      2. Other, of a net weight of not less than 75 g but not
                                                          more than 250 g (6) and of a free-at-frontier value (5) of
                                                          not less than 233-54 u.a . ( a) 'per 100 kg net weight
                                                  II. ( unchanged)
            (a) For imports into the United Kingdom this free-at-frontier value is reduced by 11*80 u.a . per 100 kg net weight .
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                                                                     ANNEX 11
                 Subheading No 04.04 A I in Chapter 4 of the Common Customs Tariff is amended as follows :
                                                                                                                                Rate of Duty
          CCT
         heading                                                  Description                                     Autonomous            Conventional
           No                                                                                                         °/o or levy             •/»
                                                                                                                           ( L)
            1                                                         2                                                      3                 4
         04.04              Cheese and curd :
                            A. Emmentaler, Gruyère, Sbrinz, Bergkäse and Appenzell, not
                                grated or powdered :
                                 I. Of a minimum fat content of 45 % by weight, in the dry
                                      matter, matured for at least 3 months ( b ) :
                                      a) Whole cheeses of a free-at-frontier value per 100 kg net
                                          weight of :                                                             /
                                          1 . 165-54 u.a . (*) or more, but less than 185-54 u.a . (*)                  23 ( L)              (a)
                                          2 . 185-54 u.a . (*) or more                                                  23 ( L)              ( a)
                                      b ) Pieces packed in vacuum or in inert gas :
                                          1 . With rind on at least one side, of a net weight :
                                              (aa) Of not less than 1 kg but less than 5 kg and of a
                                                    free-at-frontier   value  of not   less   than    185-54
                                                    u.a. H but less than 213-54 u.a. (*) per 100 kg net
                                                    weight                                                             23 ( L)               (a)
                                              (bb) Of not less than 450 g and of a free-at-frontier
                                                    value of not less than 213-54 u.a. per 100 kg net
                                                    weight                                                             23 ( L)               ( a)
                                          2. Other, of a net weight of not less than 75 g but not
                                              more than 250 g and of a free-at-frontier value of not
                                              less than 233-54 u.a. (*) per 100 kg net weight                          23 ( L)               (a)
                                II . ( unchanged )
(*) For imports into the United Kingdom this free-at-frontier value is reduced by 11*80 u.a . per 100 kg net weight .