CELEX: 31992R0798
Language: en
Date: 1992-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 798/92 of 31 March 1992 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

No L 86/24                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                   1 . 4. 92
                                      COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 798/92
                                                        of 31 March 1992
                                   fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
                                                                    be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
 Economic Community,                                                No 1767/82 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 1502/90 (8);
 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          Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
 tion (EEC) No 81 6/92 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)         into the Community the price of an assimilated product
 thereof,                                                           for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
                                                                    product is considerably lower than the price which would
 Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            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 Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products
 listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these             — one component equal to the amount resulting from
 products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                       the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
 product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product               No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
 for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council              question,
 Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979
determining the groups of products and the special provi­           — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),              composition and quality of the assimilated product
 as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/91 (4);                     being taken into account, makes it possible to
                                                                         re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
                                                                         Community ;
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 1991 /1992 milk year by Council Regu­            Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
lation (EEC) No 1 633/91 (^ ; whereas Regulation (EEC)              provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
No 786/92 (*) has extended the 1991 /92 marketing year              customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
for milk until 31 May 1992 ;                                        limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain         Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (9),
assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed            as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (l0), provides
and the method of calculating the levy on them described            that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation              the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
respectively ;                                                      No 291 5/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
                                                                    for products of good marketable quality ;
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           Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on
milk components contained in the product on the one                 the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities
hand and the product itself on the other is, for products           in international trade for the products listed in
containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­          Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­
plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk                     milated products for which the levy is not equal to the
components contained in the product ;                               levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­
                                                                    ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission
                                                                    must take account of all information obtained direct or
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
provides that for certain products originating in or                through the 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) See page 83 of this Official Journal.
0   OJ  No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L      196,   5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
0   OJ  No L 357, 28 . 12. 1991 , p. 3.                             (8) OJ No L    141 ,  2. 6. 1990, p. 5.
0   OJ  No L 150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 25.                              (') OJ No L    180,   26. 7. 1968, p. 25.
(6) See page 1 of this Official Journal.                             10) OJ No L    28,  1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .
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  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 ('), as           they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
  last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (2), speci­        sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
  fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses     becomes applicable ;
  imported from and originating in Switzerland ;
 Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of
  mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­        29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended
  sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­      by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­
  ties in respect of which price trends in general or other       ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within
  information available to it lead the Commission to believe      CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and
  that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real      by the provisions adopted for the application of that
  trend of the market ;                                           Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup
                                                                  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,
 quality and presentation between the assimilated product         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 (4), (EEC)
 and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments
                                                                  No 519/92 0 and (EEC) No 520/92 (6) of 27 February
 relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying
                                                                  1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
 the difference between the milk component content of
 the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in         Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
 question by the value attributed in international trade to       the European Economic Community and the European
                                                                  Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
 one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;
 whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,          Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
 the difference between the value attributed on the               Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
 Community market to each of the relevant characteristics         other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
 of the pilot product and the value attributed on that            levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
 market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­
                                                                  tion (EEC) No 584/92 f) lays down detailed rules for
 lated product in question must be taken into account ;           applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
                                                                  ments as regards milk and milk products ;
 Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­
 at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be                  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (8), as last
 established on the basis of the value of the raw materials
                                                                  amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (*), lays down
 contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on        the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­
 the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices        nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in
 are available), average processing costs and average yields ;    the overseas countries and territories ;
 Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier
 price may remain unchanged for a limited period where           Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
 the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific     91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the
 origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­      overseas countries and territories with the European
 at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to             Economic Community (10), no levies shall apply on
 enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if    products originating in the overseas countries and territo­
 the Commission considers that the prices which are               ries ; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the
 available could lead to sudden and considerable changes          abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be
 in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­      charged on imports of certain products originating in the
 ently representative of real market trends ;                    overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
                                                                  products originating from these countries and territories
Whereas, in accordance with Article 19(1 ) of Regulation          from receiving more favourable treatment than similar
(EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this            products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­                 Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;
clature ;
                                                                 (3) OJ   No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20 .
                                                                 (4) OJ   No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68                 O OJ     No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas     0 OJ     No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
                                                                 0 OJ     No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
                                                                 (8) OJ   No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(■) OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                              0 OJ     No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
(2) OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                              H OJ     No L 263, 19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
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Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,              Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
refunds should be calculated on the following basis :            the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­        in the Annex hereto,
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
     last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 0, last amended by Regula­                                    Article 1
     tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (2),
                                                                 The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
— for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an         (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
     average of the ecu rates published in the Official
    Journal of the European Communities, C series, over                                  Article 2
     a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
     cient referred to in the preceding indent ;                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1992.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 31 March 1992.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                  ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 31 March 1992 fixing the import levies on milk and milk
                                                  products
                                                          (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
                     CN code                       Note Q                             Import levy
                  0401 10 10                                                               17,44
                  0401 10 90                                                               16,23
                  0401 20 11                                                               23,94
                  0401 20 19                                                               22,73
                  0401 20 91                                                               29,16
                  0401 20 99                                                               27,95
                  0401 30 11                                                               74,40
                  0401 30 19                                                               73,19
                  0401 30 31                                                             142,75
                  0401 30 39                                                             141,54
                  0401 30 91                                                             239,15
                  0401 30 99                                                            237,94
                  0402 10 11                          (4)                                123,22
                  0402 10 19                        00                                   115,97
                  0402 10 91                        (')O                       1,1 597 / kg + 29,69
                  0402 1 0 99                       00                         1 ,1 597 / kg + 22,44
                  0402 21 11                          0                                  169,12
                  0402 21 17                          0                                  161 >87
                  0402 21 19                        00                                   161 >87
                  0402 21 91                          0                                 207,59
                  0402 21 99                        0 (6)                               200,34
                  0402 29 1 1                      000                         1 ,61 87 / kg   +   29,69
                  0402 29 15                        00                         1,61 87 / kg    +   29,69
                  0402 29 19                        00                         1 ,61 87 / kg   +   22,44
                  0402 29 91                        (') 0                      2,0034 / kg     +   29,69
                  0402 29 99                        00                         2,0034 / kg     +   22,44
                  0402 91  11                         0                                   30>28
                  0402 91  19                         0                                   30,28
                  0402 91  31                         0                                   37,85
                  0402 91  39                         0                                   37,85
                  0402 91  51                         0                                  142'75
                  0402 91  59                         0                                  141 »54
                  0402 91  91                         0                                 239'15
                  0402 91  99                         0                                 237^4
                  0402 99  11                         0                                   49>85
                  0402 99  19                         0                                   49-85
                  0402 99 3 1                       00                         1 ,39 1 2 / kg  -I- 26,07
                  0402 99 39                        (') 0                      1 ,39 1 2 / kg  +   24,86
                  0402 99 91                        00                         2,3552 / kg     +   26,07
                  0402 99 99                        00                         2,3552 / kg     +   24,86
                  0403 10 02                                                            123,22
                  0403 10 04                                                            169,12
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                                                         (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                           Note (*)                            Import levy
           0403 10 06                                                                 207,59
           0403 10 12                              (')                        1,1 597 / kg + 29,69
           0403 10 14                              (')                        1,61 §7 / kg + 29,69
           0403 10 16                              (')                        2,0034 / kg + 29,69
           0403 10 22                                                                   26,35
           0403 10 24                                                                   31,57
           0403 10 26                                                                   76,81
           0403 10 32                              (')                        0,2031 / kg + 28,48
           0403 10 34                              (')                        0,2553 / kg + 28,48
           0403 10 36                              O                          0,7077 / kg + 28,48
           0403 90 11                                                                 123,22
           0403 90 13                                                                 169,12
           0403 90 19                                                                 207,59
           0403 90 31                              (')                        1,1 597 / kg + 29,69
           0403 90 33                              O                          1,6187 / kg + 29,69
           0403 90 39                              (■)                        2,0034 / kg + 29,69
           0403 90 51                                                                   26,35
           0403 90 53                                                                   31,57
           0403 90 59                                                                   76,81
           0403 90 61                              (')                        0,203 1 / kg + 28,48
           0403 90 63                              (')                        0,2553 / kg + 28,48
           0403 90 69                              (')                        0,7077 / kg + 28,48
           0404 10  11  * 11                                                            22,44
           0404 10  11  * 14                                                          169,12
           0404 10  11  * 17                                                          207,59
           0404 10  11  * 21                                                          123,22
           0404 10  11  * 24                                                          169,12
           0404 10  11  * 27                                                          207,59
           0404 10 19 * 1 1                        O                          0,2244 / kg   + 22,44
           0404 10 19*14                           O                          1,61 87 / kg  + 29,69
           0404 10 19*17                           (')                        2,0034 / kg   + 29,69
           0404 10 19 * 21                         O                          1,1 597 / kg  + 29,69
           0404 10 19 * 24                         (')                        1,61 87 / kg  + 29,69
           0404 1 0 1 9 * 27                       (')                        2,0034 / kg   + 29,69
           0404 10 91 * 11                         (2)                        0,2244 / kg
           0404 10 91 * 14                         (2)                        1,6187 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 17                         (2)                        2,0034 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 21                         (2)                        1,1 597 / kg  +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 24                         (2)                        1,6187 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 27                         (2)                        2,0034 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 99 * 1 1                        (2)                        0,2244 / kg   + 22,44
           0404 1 0 99 * 1 4                       (2)                        1 ,61 87 / kg + 28,48
           0404 1 0 99 * 1 7                       (2)                        2,0034 / kg   + 28,48
           0404 10 99 * 21                         (2)                        1 ,1 597 / kg + 28,48
           0404 1 0 99 * 24                        (2)                        1 ,61 87 / kg + 28,48
           0404 1 0 99 * 27                        (2)                        2,0034 / kg   + 28,48
           0404 90  11                                                                 123,22
           0404 90  13                                                                 169,12
           0404 90  19                                                                207,59
           0404 90  31                                                                 123,22
           0404 90 33                                                                  169,12
           0404 90 39                                                                 207,59
           0404 90 51                              0                          1,1 597 / kg  + 29,69
           0404 90 53                            (') O                        1,6187 / kg   + 29,69
           0404 90 59                              (')                        2,0034 / kg   + 29,69
           0404 90 91                              (')                        1 ,1597 / kg  + 29,69
           0404 90 93                            (') (3)                      1 ,61 87 / kg + 29,69
           0404 90 99                              (')                        2,0034 / kg + 29,69
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                                                     'ECU/100 kc net weieht. unless otherwise indicated)
             CN code                       Note (*)                            Import levy
          0405 00 10                          0                                   246,51
          0405 00 90                                                              300,74
          0406 10 20                        00                                    244,02
          0406 10 80                        (4) 0                                 296,37
          0406 20 10                      000                                     389,94
          0406 20 90                        00                                    389,94
          0406 30 10                      000                                     191,04
          0406 30 31                      000                                     184,14
          0406 30 39                      0 (4) 0                                 191,04
          040630 90                       (3)(4)(6)                              287,76
          0406 40 00                      000                                     148,14
          0406 90 11                      (3)(4)(6)                              219,45
          0406 90 13                      (3)(4)(6)                               174,22
          0406 90 15                      (3) (4) (6)                             174,22
          0406 90 17                      0 (4) 0                                 174,22
          0406 90 19                      000                                    389,94
          0406 90 21                      (3) (4) 0                              219,45
          0406 90 23                      000                                     199,65
          0406 90 25                      0 0 (6)                                 199,65
          0406 90 27                      (3)(4)(6)                               199,65
          0406 90 29                      (3)(4)0                                 199,65
          0406 90 31                      (3)(4)(6)                               199,65
          0406 90 33                        (4) (6)                               199,65
          0406 90 35                      (3)(4)0                                 199,65
          0406 90 37                      (3)(4)(6)                               199,65
          0406 90 39                      (3)(4)(6)                               199,65
          0406 90 50                      (3)(4)(6)                               199,65
          0406 90 61                        (4)0                                 389,94
          0406 90 63                        (4)0                                 389,94
          0406 90 69                        (4) (6)                              389,94
          0406 90 73                        00                                    199,65
          0406 90 75                        00                                    199,65
          0406 90 77                        00                                    199,65
          0406 90 79                        00                                    199,65
          0406 90 81                        00                                    199,65
          0406 90 85                        00                                    199,65
          0406 90 89                      (3)(4)(6)                               199,65
          0406 90 93                        00                                   244,02
          0406 90 99                        00                                   296,37
          1702 10 10                                                               24,98
          1702 10 90                                                               24,98
          2106 90 51                                                               24,98
          2309 10 15                                                               89,40
          2309 10 19                                                             116,07
          2309 10 39                                                             108,87
          2309 10 59                                                               90,09
          2309 1070                                                              116,07
          2309 90 35                                                               89,40
          2309 90 39                                                             116,07
          2309 90 49                                                             108,87
          2309 90 59                                                               90,09
          2309 90 70                                                             116,07
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           (') 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.
           (2) 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 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.
           (5) No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
           (6) Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­
               ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.l certificates issued
               in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the
               Annex to that Regulation.