CELEX: 31977R0918
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 918/77 of 29 April 1977 fixing the accession compensatory amounts applicable to milk and milk products for the period 1 May to 31 December 1977

No L 108 /62                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            30 . 4 . 77
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 918 /77
                                                         of 29 April 1977
               fixing the accession compensatory amounts applicable to milk and milk
                                    products for the period 1 May to 31 December 1977
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas for the purposes of application of the new
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        compensatory amounts the detailed rules of applica­
                                                                     tion provided for by Commission Regulation (EEC)
 Having regard to the Treaty of Accession ( ! ),                     No 480/73 of 31 January 1973 on detailed rules for
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        the application of compensatory amounts for milk
 233/73 of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules                 and milk products (4), as last amended by Regulation
 for the system of compensatory amounts for milk and                 (EEC) No 2889/73 (5), will continue to apply ;
 milk products (2), and in particular Articles 2 (3) and 6
 thereof,                                                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 Whereas, in so far as under Article 52 of the Act of                ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
 Accession (3) the prices of butter valid in the new
 Member States during the period 1 May to 31
 December 1977 have been fixed at levels differing                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 from the common intervention price, these differ­
 ences must be offset in accordance with Article 55 (2)                                         Article 1
 of the abovementioned Act by the application of
 compensatory amounts ;                                              The compensatory amounts applicable during the
 Whereas in fixing the compensatory amounts appli­                   period 1 May to 31 December 1977 to the products
 cable to other dairy products with effect from the fifth            specified in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
 alignment, account is to be taken , in accordance with              in respect of trade between, on the one side, the orig­
 the second subparagraph of Article 86 ( 1 ) of the Act,             inal Community and Denmark and, on the other side,
 of the rules for the alignment of prices laid down in               the other new Member States, in respect of trade
 Article 52 of the Act ; whereas, however, for products              between those new Member States, and in respect of
 falling within CCT heading No 04.01 for which the                   trade between the latter and third countries, shall be
                                                                     as shown in the Annex hereto .
 compensatory amount applicable has been fixed in
 accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 87
( 1 ), this compensatory amount must be reduced in                                              Article 2
 accordance with paragraph 2 of the said Article in
order to avoid distortions of competition ;                         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 May 1977.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 April 1977.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(2 ) OJ No L 28 , 1 . 2 . 1973 , p . 37 .                           (4 ) OJ No L 53 , 26 . 2 . 1973, p . 74.
(3 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .                           (5 ) OJ No L 297, 25 . 10 . 1973 , p . 19 .
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                                                             ANNEX
                                            ACCESSION COMPENSATORY AMOUNTS
                                                           Compensatory amounts ( in u. a. / 100 kg net weight unless otherwise indicated)
                                                                                         To be applied by :
                                                           Original Community and                         Ireland
                                                                                                                                     United
    CCT                                                              Denmark                                                        Kingdom
  heading                Description of goods
     No
                                                                                             In trade with :
                                                                              United             United              Third            Third
                                                            Ireland
                                                                             Kingdom            Kingdom            countries        countries
                                                                        !
   04.01   Milk and cream , fresh , not cortcentra­
           ted or sweetened :
           A. Of a fat content , by weight , not
              exceeding 6 % :
                I. Yoghourt, kephir, curdled milk ,
                    whey, buttermilk and other
                    fermented or acidified milk :
                    — Whey                                     —                —                  —                   —                —
                    — Other, of a fat content , by
                         weight :
                         — Not exceeding 1 %                   —                —                   —                  —                —
                         — Exceeding 1 %                      018              115                 0-97               0-18             115
               II . Other :
                                                                                          To be applied bv :
                                                            Original
                                                          Community           Ireland                           United Kingdom
                                                         and   Denmark
                                                                                              In trade with :
                                                                               Third
                                                                                                 Original                             Third
                                                             Ireland         countries
                                                                                               Community             Ireland        countries
                                                                                             and Denmark
                    a ) In immediate packings of
                         a net capacity of two litres
                         or less                              0-18              0-18               0-29               0-47             0-29
                                                              Compensatory amounts ( in u a. / 100 kg net weight unless otherw ise indicated )
                                                                                          To be applied by :
                                                           Original Community and                                                     United
                                                                                                           Ireland
                                                                     Denmark                                                         Kingdom
                                                                                              In trade with :
                                                                               United             United              Third           Third
                                                             Ireland                                                                 countries
                                                                              Kindgom            Kingdom            countries
                     b ) Other , of a fat content ,
                         by weight :
                         — Not exceeding 1 %                    —                —                  —                 —                 —
                         — Exceeding 1 % but not
                             exceeding 2%                      0-07             0-47               0-40                0-07            0-47
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                                                             Compensatory amounts (in u.a./ 100 kg net weight unless otherwise indicated)
                                                                                        To be applied by :
    CCT
                                                           Original Community and                       Ireland                   United
                                                                    Denmark                                                      Kingdom
  heading               Description of goods
     No
                                                                                           In trade with :
                                                                              United           United              Third           Third
                                                            Ireland
                                                                             Kingdom          Kingdom            countries      countries
   04.01                — Exceeding 2% but not
( cont'd)                   exceeding 3 %                 012               0-78             0-66               0-12             0-78
                        — Exceeding 3 % but not
                           exceeding 4 %                  018               1-15             0-97               0-18            1-15
                        — Exceeding 4 % but not
                            exceeding 5 %                 0-22              1-40             118                0-22            1-40
                        — Exceeding 5 %                   0-27              1-71             1-44               0-27             1-71
          B. Other, of a fat content, by weight,
              exceeding 6% :
              —- In immediate packings of a net
                    capacity of two litres or less        0-0487 (9)        0-1825 C)        0-1338 (9)         0-0487 (')      0-1825 (9)
              — Other                                     0-0487 (9)       0*31 10 (»)       0-2623 (9)         0-0487 (')      0-3110 (9)
   04.02  Milk and cream , preserved , concen­
          trated or sweetened :
          A. Not containing added sugar :
                I. Whey                                        —               —                 —                  —               —
               II . Milk and cream , in powder or
                    granules, of a fat content, by
                    weight :
                    — Not exceeding 1-5%                       —               —                 —                  —               —
                    — Exceeding 1-5%           but not
                        exceeding 25 %                    0-0487 (»)        0 31 10 C)       0-2623 (9)         0-0487 (')      0-3110 (9)
                    — Exceeding 25 %          but not
                        exceeding 27 %                     1-27             8-09             6-82               1 -27           8-09
                    — Exceeding 27%                       0-0487 p)         0-31 10 (9)      0-2623 (»)         00487 (9)       0-31 10 o
              III . Milk and cream , other than
                    in powder or granules, of a
                    fat content , by weight :
                    — Not exceeding 7 %                   0-0487 (»)       0-3110 (9)        0-2623 (*)         0-0487 f)       0-3 1 1 0 H
                    — Exceeding 7%            but  not
                        exceeding 8 %                     0-36              2-33              1-97              0-36            2-33
                    — Exceeding 8%                        0-0487 (")        0-3110 n         0-2623 O           00487 (9)       0-3110 (9)
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                                                          Compensatory amounts (in u.a ./ 100 kg net weight unless otherwise indicated)
                                                                                       To be applied by :
                                                         Original Community and                                                  United
   CCT                                                                                                 Ireland
                                                                  Denmark                                                       Kingdom
 heading               Description of goods
    No
                                                                                         In trade with :
                                                                           United             United              Third           Third
                                                          Ireland
                                                                          Kingdom            Kingdora           countries       countries
  04.02    B. Containing added sugar :
1 cont'd)
                I. Milk and cream, in powder
                   or granules :
                    a) Special milk for infants (l),
                       in hermetically sealed cans
                       of a net capacity of 500 g
                       or less and of a fat content,
                       by weight , exceeding 10%
                       but not exceeding 27% (2)                                                                   0-85            5-44
                    b) Other :
                       — Whey                                —               —                 —                    —
                                                                                                                                   —
                       — Other, of a fat content,
                           by weight :
                           — Not exceeding 1-5%             _(10)            _(10)             -n                  _(10)           —(10)
                           — Exceeding 1-5% but
                                not exceeding 25%      0-0487 (»)       0-3110 (")         0-2623 (")         0-0487 (H )      0-3110(11 )
                           — Exceeding 25% but         0 0127 C 2 )     0-0809 (")         0-0682 C 2)        0-0127(12)       0 0809 (12)
                                not exceeding 27%         per kg           per kg            per kg              per kg          per kg
                           — Exceeding 27%             0-0487 (")       0-31 10 (")        0-2623 (' ')       0-0487 (1 »)     0-3110 (1 ')
               II . Milk and cream , other than
                    in powder or granules :
                    — Whey                                   —               —                  —
                                                                                                                   —
                                                                                                                                    —
                    — Other, of a fat content, by
                        weight :
                        — Not exceeding 8-5%            0-0487 (■')      0-31 10 ( n)      0-2623 (' ')        0-0487 (1 ')    03110 (11 )
                        — Exceeding 8-5 % but not
                            exceeding 9-5 %             0-44(13 )        2-80 C 3)         2-36 C 3)          0-44 C 3)        2-80 H
                        — Exceeding 9-5%                0-0487 (")       0-3110 (1 1 )      0-2623 (")         0-0487 (' i )   0-3110(11 )
    04.03   Butter, of a fat content, by weight, of :
            — Less than 80%                             0-0487 Q         0-31 10 (9)        0-2623 H           0-0487 (»)      0-31 10 (9)
            — 80% or more but less than 82%                                 24-88              20-99                3-89          24-88
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                                                              Compensatory amounts (in u. a. / 100 kg net weight unless otherwise indicated)
                                                                                          To be applied by :
    CCT
                                                            Original Community and                         Ireland
                                                                                                                                     United
                                                                      Denmark                                                       Kingdom
  heading                Description of goods
     No
                                                                                              In trade with :
                                                                               United             United             Third           Third
                                                             Ireland
                                                                              Kingdom           Kingdom             countries      countries
   04.03   — 82% or more but less than 84%                     3-99            25-50              21-51               3-99           25-50
 ( cont'd)
           — 84% or more                                   0-0487 (?)        0-3 11 0 (9)       0-2623 (9)         0-0487 H        0-31 10 (9)
   04.04   Cheese and curd :
           A. Emmentaler, Gruyere, Sbrinz,
              Bergkäse and Appenzell , not grated
              or powdered :
                I. Of a minimum fat content of
                    45 % by weight , referred to dry
                    matter , matured for at least
                    three months (2 ) (*)
               II . Other                                       1 ·39            8-86              7-47               1-39            8-86
           B. Glarus herb cheese ( known as
              Schabziger ) made from skimmed
              milk and mixed with finely-ground
              herbs (:)                                          _                .
           C. Blue-veined cheese , not grated or
              powdered                                         1-39              8-86              7-47               1-39            8-86
           D. Processed cheese , not grated or
              powdered :
                I. In the blending of which only
                    Emmentaler ,        Gruyère     and
                    Appenzell have been used and
                    which may contain , as an
                    addition , Glarus herb cheese
                     ( known as Schabziger) put up
                    for retail sale ( 7 ), of a free-at­
                    frontier value ( 6 ) of 150 u.a .
                    or more per 100 kg net weight
                    and of a fat content, by weight,
                    in the dry matter not exceeding
                    56% ( 2)                                                                                          1-05            6-72
               II . Other, of a fat content , by
                    weight referred to dry matter
                    of :
                    — Less than 19%
                    — 19% or more but less than
                         39%                                   0-6 1              3-92              3-31              0-61            3-92
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                                                          Compensatory amounts ( in u. a. / 100 kg net weight unless otherwise indicated )
                                                                                       To be applied by :
                                                         Original Community and                         Ireland
                                                                                                                                 United
   CCT                                                            Denmark                                                       Kingdom
 heading              Description of goods
    No
                                                                                        In trade with :
                                                                           United              United             Third           Third
                                                          Ireland                             Kingdom
                                                                          Kingdom                               countries       countries
  04.04           — 39% or more but less than
                                                           1-05             6-72                5-67                              6-72
(cont'd )             49%                                                                                         1 05
                  — 49% or more                            1-52             9-70                8-18              1-52            970
           E. Other :
               I. Not grated or powdered , of
                  a fat content, by weight, not
                  exceeding 40% and a water
                  content, calculated by weight,
                  of the non-fatty matter :
                  a) Not exceeding 47% and
                      of a fat content by weight
                      referred to dry matter of
                      19% or more :
                      — Pecorino                            1-39            8-86                7-47              1 *39            8-86
                      — Other                              1 04             6-65                 5-61             1-04            6-65
                  b) Exceeding 47% but            not
                      exceeding 72 % :
                       1 . Cheddar, including
                           Chester :
                           aa ) Whole        Cheddar
                                cheeses {*), made
                                from unpasteurized
                                milk , of a minimum
                                fat content of 50% ,
                                by weight, in the
                                dry matter, matured
                                for at least nine
                                months and of a
                                free-at-frontier
                                value of not less
                                than 202-00 u.a . per
                                100 kg net weight (2)                                                             1-39             8-86
                           bb) Other, of a fat
                                content by weight ,
                                referred     to   dry
                                matter of :
                                — Less than 19%
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                                                    Compensatory amounts (in u.a./ 100 kg net weight unless otherwise indicated)
                                                                               To be applied by :
                                                    Original Community and                     Ireland
                                                                                                                        United
  CCT                                                       Denmark                                                    Kingdom
 heading         Description of goods
   No
                                                                               In trade with :
                                                                     United           United            Third            Third
                                                    Ireland         Kingdom          Kingdom           countries       countries
  04.04                     — 19% or      more
(cont'd)                       but less    than
                               39%                    0-73             4-66            3-93              0-73             4-66
                           — 39% or more              1 39             8-86            747               1 -39            8-86
                 2 . Tilsit and Butterkäse (2)         —               —               —
                                                                                                         1-39             8-86
                 3 . Kashkaval (2 )                    —               —               —
                                                                                                          1 39            8-86
                 4. Cheese of sheep's milk
                     or buffalo milk , in con­
                     tainers holding brine,
                     or in sheep or goatskin
                     bottles (2)                                                                         1 -39            8-86
                 5.   Other , of a fat content
                      by weight referred to
                     dry matter of :
                     — Less than 19%                   _               —               —                   —              —
                     — 19% or more          but
                          less than 39%               0-73            4-66             3-93              0-73             4-66
                      — 39% or more                   1-39             8-86            7-47                1-39           8-86
              c) Exceeding 72% , of a fat
                  content by weight referred
                  to dry matter of :
                  — Less than 19%                      —               —
                                                                                       —                   —              —
                  — 19% or more but less
                     than 39 %                        0-44             2-80             2-36              0-44            2-80
                  -— 39% or more but less
                      than 59%                         0-92           5-91             4-99              0-92             5 91
                  — 59% or more                        1-27            8 09             6-82   -           1-27           8 09
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                                                            Compensatory amounts (in u a. / 1 00 kg net weight unless otherwise indicated)
                                                                                       To be applied by :
                                                           Original Community and                       Ireland
                                                                                                                                    United
    CCT                                                             Denmark
                        Description oí goods                                                                                      Kingdom
  heading
     No
                                                                                           In trade with :
                                                                             United              United          Third             Third
                                                            Ireland         Kingdom            Kingdom          countries        countries
  04.04         II. Other :
 (cont'd)
                    a) Grated or powdered, of a
                        fat content by weight :
                       — Not exceeding 20%                    —               —                   —                —                —
                       — Exceeding 20% but not
                            exceeding 27%                    0-97             6-22               5-25            0-97               6-22
                       — Exceeding 27% but not
                            exceeding 34%                     1-39            8-86                7-47            1 -39             8-86
                       — Exceeding 34% but not
                            exceeding 39%                    1-70            10-88                918             1-70            10-88
                       — Exceeding 39% but not
                            exceeding 44%                    1-95            1244               10-49             1-95            12-44
                       — Exceeding 44%                       2-19          13 -99               11-80             2-19            13-99
                    b) Other                                 2-00            12-75              10-75             2-00            1 2-75
  17.02    Other sugars, sugar syrups ; artificial
           honey (whether or not mixed with               «
           natural honey ); caramel :
           A. Lactose and lactose syrup :
                II. Other than that containing ,
                    on the dry state, 99 % or more
                    by weight of the pure product
  17.05    Flavoured or coloured sugars, syrups
           and molasses, but not including fruit
           juices containing added sugar in any
           proportion :
           A. Lactose and lactose syrup
                          I
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   CCT                                                   Compensatory amounts in respect of trade between the Community as originally
 heading               Description of goods              constituted and Denmark and between that Community and the other new Member
    No                                                   States, of trade between those new Member States and of trade between the latter
                                                                                        and third countries
  23.07    Sweetened forage, other preparations
           of a kind used in animal feeding :
           B. Other, containing starch or glucose
              or glucose syrup falling within
              subheadings 17.02 B and 17.05 B,
              or milk products ( 8):
                I. Containing starch, glucose or
                   glucose syrup :
                   a ) Containing no starch or
                       containing 10% or less by
                       weight of starch :
                       1
                       2
                       3 . Containing       50%   or
                           more but less than 75 %
                           by weight of milk pro­
                           ducts
                       4 . Containing       75 %  or
                           more by weight of milk
                           products
                   b) Containing more than 10%
                       but not more than 30 % by
                       weight of starch :
                       1.
                       2.
                       3 . Containing 50% or
                           more by weight of milk
                           products                                                            n
                   c) Containing more than 30%
                       by weight of starch :
                        1
                       2
                       3 . Containing 50% or
                           more by weight of milk
                           products                                                             ( 15)
               II. Containing no starch, glucose
                   or glucose syrup, but contain­
                   ing milk products
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                                                              Notes
              (*) Products falling within subheadings 04.04 A I a ) 1 and 2, 04.04 A I b ) 1 aa) and bb),
                   04.04 A I b ) 2 of the Common Customs Tariff fall within these subheadings .
              (') For the purposes of this subheading, 'special milk for infants' means products free from patho­
                   genic and toxicogenic germs and containing per gramme less than 10 000 revivifiable aerobic
                   bacteria and less than two coliform bacteria .
   L
               (2) Inclusion under this subheading is subject to conditions to be laid down by the competent
                    authorities .
              (4 ) 'Whole cheeses' means :
                   — whole cheeses of the conventional flat cylindrical shape of a net weight of not less
                         than 39 kg but not more than 44 kg,
                   — cubic blocks of cheese of a net weight of not less than 16 kg but not more than
                         21 kg.
              (6) 'Free-at-frontier value ' means the free-at-frontier price or fob price in the country of
                   exportation, plus a standard amount to be determined in respect of the expenses of deiiv-t
                   ery to the customs territory of the Community .
               (;) For the purposes of this subheading, 'cheese put up for retail sale' means cheese of the kind
                    classified under that subheading put up in immediate packings of a net weight not exceeding
                    1 kg containing portions or slices of a net weight not exceeding 100 g each .
              (8) For the purposes of subheading 2.3.07 B, ' milk products means the products falling within
                    heading Nos 04.01 , 04.02, 04.03, 04.04 and subheadings 17.02 A and 17.05 A.
              (#) The compensatory amount per 100 kg net weight of product falling within this sub­
                   heading is equal to the amount shown multiplied by the weight of milk fats contained
                   in 100 kg of finished product.
           (10) The compensatory amount per 100 kg net weight of products falling within this ! sub­
                   heading is equal , for each percentage point of the sucrose content of 100 kg net weight
                   of product, to the compensatory amount applicable to 1 kg of white sugar.
           ( u ) The compensatory amount per 100 kg net weight of products falling within this sub­
                   heading is equal to the sum of the following elements :
                   ( a ) the amount prescribed, multiplied by the weight of the milk fats contained in 100 kg
                         oi finished product ;
                   (b) for each percentage point of sucrose content of 100 kg net weight of product, an
                         additional amount equal to the compensatory amount applicable to 1 kg of white
                         sugar.
           ( lt) The compensatory amount per 100 kg net weight of product falling within this sub­
                   heading is equal to the sum of the following elements :
                   (a) the amount per kg prescribed , multiplied by the weight of milk and cream contained
                         in 100 kg of finished product ;
                   (b) for cach percentage point of sucrose content of 100 kg weight of product, an ad­
                         ditional amount equal to the compensatory amount applicable to 1 kg of white sugar,
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            ( u) The compensatory amount per 100 kg net weight of product falling within this sub­
                    heading is equal to the sum of the following elements:
                    (a) the amount prescribed ;
                    (b) for each percentage point of sucrose content of 100 kg net weight of product, an
                        additional amount equal to this compensatory amount applicable to 1 kg of white
                        sugar.
            ( u) The compensatory amount per 100 kg net weight of product falling within this sub­
                    heading is equal to tlve compensatory amount (or to the amount applicable as a compen­
                    satory amount) for 100 kg of maize multiplied by 0-16.
             ( 15 ) The compensatory amount per 100 kg net weight of product falling within this sub­
                    heading is equal to the compensatory amount (or to the amount applicable as a com­
                    pensatory amount) for 100 kg of maize multiplied by 0-50.
             N.B. Added lactose, the non-milk fat content by weight and other non-lactic substances
                      (sucrose, flour, etc.) are to be disregarded for the purpose of classifying products by fat
                      content .
                      The amounts shown in the columns headed 'Third countries' are deducted from the
                      levy and from the refund, except in the case of the compensatory amount for sub­
                      heading 04.01 A II a) to be applied by the United Kingdom ; this is added to the levy
                      and to the refund .