CELEX: 31993R3626
Language: en
Date: 1993-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 3626/93 of 28 December 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

No L 328 /48                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               29 . 12. 93
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 3626/93
                                                  of 28 December 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
 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 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                No 3450/93 (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 (EC) No 3423/93 (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(0 ;                                           the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                    No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1 723/93 (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 ;
0 OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No L 312, 15. 12. 1993, p. 8 .
0 OJ No L 154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 34.                              0 OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
(Ó OJ No L 159, 1 . 7. 1993, p. 123.                            h) OJ No L 316, 17. 12. 1993, p. 4.
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 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 f),                Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier
 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 Q, 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
 fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses       becomes applicable ;
 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 1 702 1 0 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 (*), (EEC)
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments                No 519/92 (S), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying          No 2234/93 (9), and (EEC) No 520/92 (l0), as amended by
the difference between the milk component content of               Regulation (EEC) No 2235/93 ("), 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           Republics respectively, of the other part, introduce arran­
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that              gements for reducing import levies on certain products ;
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­         whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 (12), as
lated product in question must be taken into account ;             last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3550/93 (13), lays
                                                                   down detailed rules for applying the arrangements
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­       provided for in these agreements as regards milk and milk
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be                     products ;
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials
contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on          (5) OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices          (o) 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.
                                                                   0 OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 4.
(') OJ  No  L  180, 26 . 7. 1968, p. 25.                           H 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.                             H OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
(4) OJ  No  L  144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                             H OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 15.
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Whereas, in addition, account must be taken of Council          amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (*), are used to
Decision 93/239/EEC of 15 March 1993 concerning the             convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
conclusion of the Agreements in the form of exchanges           and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
of letters between the European Economic Community,             conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
of the one part, and the Republic of Austria, the Republic      whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of             tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
Norway and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part,            lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (9) ;
on the provisional application of the Agreements on
certain arrangements in the field of agriculture, signed by     Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
the said parties in Oporto on 2 May 1992 ('); whereas           the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1316/93 (2), as                  in the Annex hereto,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2762/93 (3), 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 (4), as last         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (*), 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 (6), 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 381 3/92 Q, as         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1994.
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 28 December 1993.
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                            Rene STEICHEN
                                                                      Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 109, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 1 ,
(2) OJ No L 132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 73.
(3) OJ No L 251 , 8. 10. 1993, p. 7.
0 OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
0 OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.
0 OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                             (8) OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
O OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                            (') OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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                                                                ANNEX .
                to the Commission Regulation of 28 December 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and
                                                           milk products
                                        (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
      CN code             Note (')               Import                     CN code         Note O         Import
                                                   levy                                                      levy
    0401 10 10                                     17,44                   0403 10 16         (')  2,0626 / kg -I- 28,21
    0401 10 90                                     16,23                   0403 10 22                        26,00
    0401 20 11                                     23,59                   0403 10 24                        30,64
    0401 20 19                                     22,38                   0403 10 26                        73,27
    0401 20 91                                     28,23                   0403 10 32         (')  0,1996 / kg + 27,00
    0401 20 99                                     27,02                   0403 10 34         (')  0,2460 / kg + 27,00
    0401 30 11                                     70,86                   0403 10 36         (')  0,6723 / kg 4- 27,00
    0401 30 19                                     69,65                   0403 90 11                      125,07
    0401 30 31                                   134,97                    0403 90 13                      173,88
    0401 30 39                                   133,76                    0403 90 19                      213,51
    0401 30 91                                   225,13                    0403 90 31         (')  1,1782 / kg + 28,21
    0401 30 99                                   223,92                    0403 90 33         (l)  1,6663 / kg + 28,21
    0402 10 11                (4)                125,07                    0403 90 39         (')  2,0626 / kg + 28,21
                                                                           0403 90 51                        26,00
    0402 10 19             (3)(4)                117,82
                                                                           0403 90 53                        30,64
    0402 1091              C)(4)        1,1782 / kg +    28,21
                                                                           0403 90 59                        73,27
    0402 10 99             C)(4)        1,1782 / kg +    20,96
    0402 21 11                (4)                173,88                    0403 90 61         (')  0,1996 / kg + 27,00
    0402 21 17                (4)                166,63                    0403 90 63         (')  0,2460 / kg + 27,00
    0402 21 19             (*)(4)                166,63                    0403 90 69         (')  0,6723 / kg + 27,00
    0402 21 91             ( ?)(4)              213,51                     0404 10 02                        30,45
    0402 21 99             (<) (4)              206,26                     0404 10 04                      173,88
    0402 29 1 1          (') (3) (4)   1 ,6663 / kg +    28,21             0404 10 06                     213,51
    0402 29 1 5            (') (4)      1 ,6663 / kg +   28,21             0404 10 12                      125,07
    0402 29 1 9            (') (4)     1 ,6663 / kg +    20,96             0404 10 14                      173,88
    0402 29 9 1            (') (4)     2,0626 / kg +     28,2 1            0404 10 16                     213,51
    0402 29 99             (') (4)     2,0626 / kg +     20,96             0404 10 26        (')   0,3045 / kg   + 20,96
    0402 91 11                (4)                 35,96                    0404 10 28         (')  1 ,6663 / kg  + 28,21
    0402 91 1 9               (4)                 35,96                    0404 10 32        (')   2,0626 / kg   + 28,21
    0402 91 31                (4)                 44,95                  . 0404 10 34        (')   1,1782 / kg   + 28,21
    0402 91 39                (4)                 44,95                    0404 10 36        0)    1 ,6663 / kg + 28,21
    0402 91 51                (4)                134,97                    0404 10 38        (')   2,0626 / kg   + 28,21
    0402 91 59                (4)                133,76                    0404 10 48        (2)   0,3045 / kg
    0402 91 91                (4)               225,13                     0404 10 52        (2)   1,6663 / kg   +  6,04
    0402 91 99                (4)               223,92                     0404 10 54        (2)   2,0626 / kg   +  6,04
    0402 99 11                (4)                 41,78                    0404 10 56        (2)   1,1782 / kg   +  6,04
    0402 99 19                (4)                 41,78                    0404 10 58        (2)   1 ,6663 / kg  +  6,04
    0402 99 3 1            (') (4)     1 ,3 1 34 / kg +  24,59             0404 10 62        (2)   2,0626 / kg   +  6,04
    0402 99 39             (')(4)      1 ,3 134 / kg +   23,38             0404 10 72        (2)   0,3045 / kg   + 20,96
    0402 99 91             (') (4)     2,21 50 / kg +    24,59
                                                                           0404 10 74        (2)   1,6663 / kg   + 27,00
    0402 99 99             (') (4)     2,21 50 / kg +    23,38
                                                                           0404 10 76        (2)   2,0626 / kg   + 27,00
    0403 10 02                                  125,07                     0404 10 78        (2)   1,1782 / kg   + 27,00
    0403 10 04                                  173,88                     0404 10 82        (2)   1,6663 / kg   + 27,00
    0403 10 06                                  213,51                     0404 10 84        (2)   2,0626 / kg   + 27,00
    0403 10 12               (')       1,1782 / kg + 28,21                 0404 90 11                     125,07
    0403 10 14                (')      1,6663 / kg + 28,21                 0404 90 13                     173,88
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          CN code                 Note 0                    Import                   CN code                Note 0                 Import
                                                              levy                                                                  levy
        0404 90 19                                         213,51                   0406 90 31               00                    156,83
        0404 90 31                                         125,07                   0406 90 33               00                    156,83
        0404 90 33                                         173,88                   0406 90 35               00                    156,83
        0404 90 39                                         213,51                   0406 90 37               00                    156,83
        0404 90 51                   (')           1 ,1782 / kg    +  28,21         0406 90 39               00                    156,83
        0404 90 53                 (■) (3)         1 ,6663 / kg    +  28,21         0406 90 50               00                    156,83
        0404 90 59                   (■)           2,0626 / kg     +  28,21         0406 90 61               00                    362,59
                                                                                    0406 90 63               00                    362,59
        0404 90 9 1                  (')           1 ,1 782 / kg   4- 28,21
                                                                                    0406 90 69               00                    362,59
        0404 90 93                 (') (3)         1 ,6663 / kg    +  28,21
                                                                                    0406 90 73               00                    156,83
        0404 90 99                   (')           2,0626 / kg     +  28,21
                                                                                    0406 90 75               00                    156,83
        0405 00 11                   (3)                   231,84                   0406 90 76               00                    156,83
        0405 00 19                   0                     231,84                   0406 90 78               00                    156,83
        0405 00 90                                         282,84                   0406 90 79               00                    156,83
                                                                                    0406 90 81               00                    156,83
        0406 10 20                 0 (4)                   198,56                   0406 90 82               00                    156,83
        0406 10 80                 (3)(4)                  253,55                   0406 90 84               00                    156,83
        0406 20 10                 (3)(4)                  362,59                   0406 90 85               00                    156,83
        0406 20 90                 0 (4)                   362,59                   0406 90 86               00                    156,83
        0406 30 10                 (3)(4)                  161,83                   0406 90 87               00                    156,83
        0406 30 31                 0 (4)                   149,15                   0406 90 88               00                    156,83
        0406 30 39                 (3)(4)                  161,83                   0406 90 93               00                    198,56
        0406 30 90                 0 (4)                   258,55                   0406 90 99               00                    253,55
        0406 40 10                 00                      135,40                   1702 10 10                                      35,59
        0406 40 50                 0 (4)                   135,40                   1702 10 90                                      35,59
        0406 40 90                 0 (4)                   135,40                   2106 90 51                                      35,59
        0406 90 11                 (3)(4)                  210,49
                                                                                    2309  10 15                                     90,79
        0406 90 13                 (3)(4)                  152,82
                                                                                    2309  10 19                                    117,88
        0406 90 15                 0 (4)                   152,82                   2309  10 39                                    109,78
        0406 90 17                 (3)(4)                  152,82                   2309  10 59                                     89,04
        0406 90 1 9                00                      362,59                   2309  10 70                                    117,88
        0406 90 21                 00                      210,49                   2309  90 35                                     90,79
        0406 90 23                 00                      156,83                   2309  90 39                                    117,88
        0406 90 25                 00                      156,83                   2309  90 49                                    109,78
        0406 90 27                 00                      156,83                   2309  90 59                                     89,04
        0406 90 29                 00                      156,83                   2309  90 70                                    117,88
(') 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 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.
0 No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 9 1 /482/EEC.