CELEX: 31995R0696
Language: en
Date: 1995-03-30 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 696/95 of 30 March 1995 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

31 . 3. 95         I EN I                Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 71 /63
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 696/95
                                                       of 30 March 1995
                                  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
                                                                   hand and the product itself on the other is, for products
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­
Community,                                                         plying the basic amount by the quantity of > milk
                                                                   components contained in the product ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of             Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market              provides that for certain products originating in or
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by the Act          coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in parti­         be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
cular Article 14(8) thereof,                                       is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                   No 1767/82 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
                                                                   No 527/95Q ;
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             Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                  into the Community the price of an assimilated product
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product          for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council         product is considerably lower than the price which would
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                    obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
determining the groups of products and the special provi­          normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (2),        components :
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3326/94 (3) ;
                                                                       one component equal to the amount resulting from
                                                                       the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must                 No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less             question,
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas the threshold price for
the 1994/95 milk year was fixed by Council Regulation
(EC) No 1882/94 (4), as extended by Regulation (EC) No
682/95 0 ;
                                                                       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
                                                                       Community ;
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays
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             Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
respectively ;                                                     provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
                                                                   customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
(') OJ  No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.                             limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
(2) OJ  No L 329, 24.  12. 1979, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No L 350, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 41 .
(4) OJ  No L 197, 30.  7. 1994, p. 24.                             O OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
0   See page 1 of this Official Journal.                           0 OJ No L 54, 10. 3. 1995, p. 4.
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  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 ('),             Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier
 as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (2), provides            price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
 that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of     the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific
 the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)         origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­
  No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined             at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to
 for products of good marketable quality ;                         enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
                                                                   the Commission considers that the prices which are
 Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on        available could lead to sudden and considerable changes
 the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities         in the free-at-frontier price because they are not
 in international trade for the products listed in                 sufficiently 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 record­       (EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this
 ing these purchasing opportunities, the Commission must           Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­
 take account of all information obtained direct or through        clature ;
 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
                                                                   they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (3), as             sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
 last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (4), speci­         becomes applicable ;
 fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses
 imported from and originating in Switzerland ;
                                                                  Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of
 Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­            29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (*), as amended
 mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­         by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­
 sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­        ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within
 ties in respect of which price trends in general or other         CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and
 information available to it lead the Commission to believe       by the provisions adopted for the application of that
 that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real       Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup
 trend of the market ;                                             falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­
                                                                  quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN
                                                                  code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within
 Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are           CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­
 not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do           sion in question is properly applied these products and
 not apply to products of good marketable quality ;               the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the
 whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated              list of levies ;
 product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot
 product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in
 particular,, for differences in composition, maturity,           Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (6) and
 quality and presentation between the assimilated product         (EC) No 3492/93 Q, on certain procedures for applying
 and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments              the Europe Agreement establishing an association
 relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying        between the European Communities and their Member
 the difference between the milk component content of             States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
 the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in         Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
 question by the value attributed in international trade to       No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;            applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,           related matters between the European Economic Commu­
 the   difference  between    the value   attributed  on  the     nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 Community market to each of the relevant characteristics         one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that             the other part (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­        No 2235/93 (9), and in particular Article 1 thereof intro­
lated product in question must be taken into account ;            duce arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
                                                                  products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­      No 584/92 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be                    No 3337/94 ("), lays down detailed rules for applying the
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials        arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on         milk and milk products ;
the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices
are available), average processing costs and average yields ;     0 OJ No L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
                                                                  («) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
                                                                  o OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
(') OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.                              (8) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(2) OJ No L 28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 200, 10. 8 . 1993, p. 5.
(3) OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                               (10) OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
fa OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                                (") OJ No L 350, 31 . 12. 1994, p. 66.
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Whereas, in addition, account must be taken of Council             products originating in the overseas countries and
and Commission Decision 94/1 /ECSC, EC (') concerning              territories ;
the conclusion of the Agreements on the European
Economic Area, between the European Community, the                 Whereas the representative market rates defined in
European Coal and Steel Community and their Member                 Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (8), as
States, on the one hand, and Austria, Finland, Iceland,            last amended by Regulation (EC) No 150/95 (9), are used
Norway, Sweden and Liechtenstein, on the other hand,               to convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
hereafter referred to as the 'EEA Agreement' ;                     and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
                                                                   conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (2) and               whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
(EC) No 3642/93 (3) on certain rules for applying the              tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters               lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (10), as last amended by Regula­
between the European Economic Community and the                    tion (EC) No 157/95 (");
European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,
and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other             Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
part, should be taken into account ; whereas Commission            the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
Regulation (EC) No 1 588/94 (4), as last amended by Regu­          in the Annex hereto,
lation (EC) No 3337/94, lays down detailed rules for
applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
ments as regards milk and milk products ;                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (*), as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2484/94 (*), lays down                                         Article 1
the arrangements applicable to agricultural products orig­
inating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in         The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
the overseas countries and territories ;                           (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the                                        Article 2
overseas countries and territories with the European
Economic Community Q, no levies shall apply on                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1995.
                   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                   States.
                   Done at Brussels, 30 March 1995.
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                 Franz FISCHLER
                                                                         Member of the Commission
o   OJ   No L 1 , 3. 1 . 1994, p. 1 .
O   OJ   No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.
O   OJ   No L 333, 31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.
O   OJ   No L 167, 1 . 7. 1994, p. 8 .                             (■) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.                                  O OJ No L 22, 31 . 1 . 1995, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No L 265, 15. 10. 1994, p. 3.                               (,0) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
O OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                                (") OJ No L 24, 1 . 2. 1995, p. 1 .
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                                                           ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1995 fixing the import levies on milk and milk
                                                           products
                                     (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
    CN code              Note (*)            Import                     CN code            Note 0           Import
                                               levy                                                           levy
                                                                                         \
   0401 10 10                                  18,56                   0403 10 16            O     2,5499 / kg + 32,49
   0401 10 90      I                           17,10                   0403 10 22                            27,50
   0401 20 11      I                           24,59                   0403 10 24        1                   31,76
   0401 20 19      I                           23,13                   0403 10 26                            73,29
   0401 20 91      I                           28,85                   0403 10 32            0     0,2021 / kg + 31,03
   0401 20 99      I                           27,39                   0403 10 34            0     0,2447 / kg + 31,03
   0401 30 11                                  70,38                   0403 10 36            0     0,6600 / kg + 31,03
   0401 30 19      l                           68,92                   0403 90 11                           131,34
   0401 30 31                                132,58                    0403 90 13                          222,81
   0401 30 39                                131,12                    0403 90 19                          263,74
   0401 30 91                                219,80                    0403 90 31            0      1 ,2259 / kg + 32,49
   0401 30 99                                218,34                    0403 90 33            0      2,1 406 / kg + 32,49
   0402 10 11               0                131,34
                                                                       0403 90 39            0      2,5499 / kg + 32,49
   0402 10 19
                                                                       0403 90 51                            27,50
                          (3)(4)             122,59
                                                                       0403 90 53                            31,76
   0402 10 91           ' 00         1 ,2259 / kg + 32,49
                                                                       0403 90 59                            73,29
   0402 10 99             00         1,2259 / kg + 23,74
   0402 21 1 1              0                222,81
                                                                       0403 90 61            0     0,2021 / kg + 31,03
   0402 21 17               0                214,06
                                                                       0403 90 63            0     0,2447 / kg + 31,03
   0402 21 19             00                 214,06
                                                                       0403 90 69            0     0,6600 / kg + 31,03
   0402 21 91             00                 263,74                    040410 02                             32,53
   0402 21 99             00                 254,99                    0404 10 04                          222,81
   0402 29 1 1          000         2,1406 / kg    + 32,49             0404 10 06                          263,74
   0402 29 15             00        2,1406 / kg    + 32,49             0404 10 12                           131,34
   0402 29 19             00        2,1406 / kg    + 23,74             0404 10 14                          222,81
   0402 29 91             00        2,5499 / kg    + 32,49             0404 10 16                          263,74
   0402 29 99             00        2,5499 / kg    + 23,74             0404 10 26            0     0,3253 / kg     + 23,74
   0402 91 1 1              0                 48,97                    0404 10 28            0      2,1 406 / kg   + 32,49
   0402 91 19               0                 48,97                    0404 10 32            O      2,5499 / kg    + 32,49
   0402 91 31               0                 61,21                    0404 10 34            0      1,2259 / kg    + 32,49
   0402 91 39               0                 61,21                    0404 10 36            0     2,1 406 / kg    + 32,49
   0402 91 51               0                132,58                    0404 10 38            0     2,5499 / kg     + 32,49
   0402 91 59               0                131,12                    0404 10 48            0     0,3253 / kg
   0402 91 91               0               219,80                     0404 10 52            0     2, 1 406 / kg   +  7,29
   0402 91 99               0               218,34                     0404 10 54            0     2,5499 / kg     +  7,29
   0402 99 1 1              0                 69,56                    0404 10 56            0      1,2259 / kg    +  7,29
   0402 99 19               0                 69,56                    0404 10 58            0     2,1 406 / kg    +  7,29
   0402 99 31             00         1 ,2820 / kg  + 28,12             0404 10 62            0     2,5499 / kg     +  7,29
   0402 99 39             00         1 ,2820 / kg  + 26,66             0404 10 72            O     0,3253 / kg     + 23,74
   0402 99 91             00        2,1 542 / kg   + 28,12             0404 10 74            0     2,1 406 / kg    + 31,03
   0402 99 99             00        2,1 542 / kg   + 26,66             0404 10 76            0     2,5499 / kg     + 31,03
   0403 10 02                                131,34                    0404 10 78            0      1 ,2259 / kg  +  31,03
   0403 10 04                               222,81                     0404 10 82            O     2,1 406 / kg   +  31,03
   0403 10 06                               263,74                     0404 10 84            O     2,5499 / kg    +  31,03
   0403 10 12               0        1 ,2259 / kg + 32,49              0404 90 11                          131,34
   0403 10 14               0       2,1 406 / kg + 32,49               0404 90 13                          222,81
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           CN code                 Note i5)                  Import                     CN code                 Note Q                   Import
                                                               levy                                                                        levy
                           I                                                                            \
         0404 90 19                                         263,74                                                                       195,37
                                                                                       0406 90 23                (3)(4)
         0404 90 31
                           I                                 131,34                    0406 90 25                (3)(4)                  195,37
         0404 90 33                                         222,81                                                                       195,37
                                                                                       0406 90 27                (3)(4)
         0404 90 39                                         263,74                     0406 90 29                (3)(4)                  195,37
         0404 90 51                   C)             1 ,2259 / kg   + 32,49            0406 90 31                (3)(4)                  195,37
         0404 90 53                 CM3)             2,1 406 / kg   + 32,49            0406 90 33                (3)(4)                  195,37
         0404 90 59                   C)             2,5499 / kg    + 32,49            0406 90 35                (3)(4)                  195,37
         0404 90 91                   C)             1 ,2259 / kg   + 32,49            0406 90 37                (3)(4)                  195,37
         0404 90 93                 C)(3)            2,1 406 / kg   + 32,49            0406 90 39                (3)(4)                  195,37
         0404 90 99                   C)             2,5499 / kg    + 32,49            0406 90 50                (3)(4)                  195,37
                                                                                       0406 90 61                 (3)(4)                 465,99
         0405 00 1 1                  (3)                   225,48
                                                                                                                                         465,99
                                                                                       0406 90 63                 (3)(4)
         0405 00 19                   (3)                   225,48                     0406 90 69                 (3)(4)                 465,99
         0405 00 90                                         275,09                     0406 90 73                 (3)(4)                 195,37
         0406 10 20                 (3)(4)                  235,96                     0406 90 75                 (3)(4)                 195,37
         0406 10 80                 (3)(4)                  312,16                     0406 90 76                 (3)(4)                 195,37
         0406 20 10                 (3)(4)                  465,99                     0406 90 78                 0 (4)                  195,37
                                                                                       0406 90 79                 (3)(4)                 195,37
         0406 20 90                 (3)(4)                  465,99
         0406 30 10                 (3)(4)                   185,94
                                                                                       0406 90 81                 (3)(4)                 195,37
                                                                                       0406 90 82                 (3)(4)                 195,37
         0406 30 31                 (3)(4)                   182,17
         0406 30 39
                                                                                       0406 90 84                 (3)(4)                 195,37
                                    (3)(4)                   185,94
         0406 30 90
                                                                                       0406 90 85                 0 (4)                  195,37
                                    (3)(4)                  302,73
                                                                                       0406 90 86                 (3)(4)                 195,37
         0406 40 10                 (3)(4)                   188,14
                                                                                       0406 90 87                 (3)(4)                 195,37
         0406 40 50                 (3)(4)                   188,14
                                                                                       0406 90 88                 (3)(4)                 195,37
         0406 40 90                 (3)(4)                   188,14
                                                                                       0406 90 93                 (3)(4)                 235,96
         0406 90 01                 (3)(4)                  255,78
                                                                                       0406 90 99                 (3)(4)                 312,16
         0406 90 02                 (3)(4)                   195,42
                                                                                       170210 10                                           76,27
         0406 90 03                 (3)(4)                   195,42
         0406 90 04
                                                                                       1702 10 90                                          76,27
                                    (3)(4)                   195,42
         0406 90 05                 (3)(4)                   195,42                    2106 90 51       I                                  76,27
         0406 90 06                 (3)(4)                   195,42                    2309 10 15                                          94,86
         0406 90 07                 (3)(4)                   195,42                    2309 10 19       I                                 123,06
         0406 90 08                 (3)(4)                   195,42                    2309 10 39       I                                 115,04
         0406 90 09                 (3)(4)                   195,42                    2309 10 59       I                                  94,34
         0406 90 12                 (3)(4)                   195,42                    2309 10 70       I                                 123,06
         0406 90 14                 (3)(4)                   195,42                    2309 90 35                                          94,86
         0406 90 16                 (3)(4)                   195,42                    2309 90 39                                         123,06
         0406 90 18                 (3)(4)                   195,42                    2309 90 49       I                                 115,04
         0406 90 19                 (3)(4)                  465,99                     2309 90 59                                          94,34
         0406 90 21                 (3)(4)                   255,78                    2309 90 70
                                                                                                        \                                 123,06
(') 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.
(■') Products falling within this code and imported from a third country
     — for which an IMA 1 certificate, issued in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 (OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 ), is
         presented,
     — for which an EUR 1 certificate, issued in accordance with amended Commission Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 (OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34) for
         Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics and Hungary and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1588/94 (OJ No L 167, 1.7. 1994, p. 8) for Bulgaria and
         Romania, 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 amended Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85).
0 No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.