CELEX: 31992R0076
Language: en
Date: 1992-01-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 76/92 of 14 January 1992 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

15. 1 . 92                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                  No L 9/7
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 76/92
                                                       of 14 January 1992
                                   fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
                                                                   be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                   is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              No 1767/82 (<), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
Economic Community,                                                No 1502/90 0 ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market              Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­          into the Community the price of an assimilated product
tion (EEC) No 1630/91 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)         for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
thereof,                                                           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
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,            components :
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                   — one component equal to the amount resulting from
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products                 the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these                  No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                       question,
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council         — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                         composition and quality of the assimilated product
determining the groups of products and the special provi­               being taken into account, makes it possible to
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),             re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/91 (4) ;                    Community ;
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less         Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices        provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
were fixed for the 1991 / 1992 milk year by Council Regu­          customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
lation (EEC) No 1633/91 (*);                                       limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain        Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (®),
assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed           as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (9), provides
and the method of calculating the levy on them described            that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation              the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
respectively ;                                                      No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
                                                                    for products of good marketable quality ;
Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC)
No 2915/79, the component of the levy established using
a factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the          Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on
milk components contained in the product on the one                 the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities
hand and the product itself on the other is, for products           in international trade for the products listed in
containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­         Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­
plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk                     milated products for which the levy is not equal to the
components contained in the product ;                               levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­
                                                                    ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission
                                                                    must take account of all information obtained direct or
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79                   through the Member States concerning prices for delivery
provides that for certain products originating in or                of third-country products free-at-Community-frontier and
                                                                    prices on third-country markets ;
(») OJ  No L   148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ  No L   150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 19.                            (6) OJ No   L  196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
(3) OJ  No L   329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .                            0   OJ  No  L  141 , 2. 6. 1990, p. 5.
(4) OJ  No L   357, 28. 12. 1991 , p. 3.                            (8) OJ No   L  180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.
0   OJ  No L   150, 15. 6. 1991 , p. 25.                            0   OJ  No  L 28, L 2. 1988, p. 1 .
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 ('), as           sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1525/90 (2), 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
                                                                29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended
                                                                by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­          ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­        CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­      by the provisions adopted for the application of that
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other       Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup
information available to it lead the Commission to believe
                                                                falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real      quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN
trend of the market ;                                           code 170210 90 also applies to products falling within
                                                                CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­
                                                                sion in question is properly applied these products and
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are         the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do          list of levies ;
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated             Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (4), as last
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot     amended by Regulation (EEC) No 523/91 (*), lays down
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in          the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,           nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in
quality and presentation between the assimilated product        the overseas countries and territories ;
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying
the difference between the milk component content of            Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
question by the value attributed in international trade to
                                                                — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,              tion to each other at any given moment within a band
the difference between the value attributed on           the         of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics             rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that                last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­           tion (EEC) No 1676/85(0, as last amended by Regula­
lated product in question must be taken into account ;               tion (EEC) No 2205/90 Q,
                                                                — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­         average of the ecu rates published in the Official
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be                       Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials           a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on            cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices
are available), average processing costs and average yields ;   Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
                                                                the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
                                                                in the Annex hereto,
Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier
price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific
origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to
enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
the Commission considers that the prices which are
available could lead to sudden and considerable changes                                       Article 1
in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­
ently representative of real market trends ;
                                                                The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Whereas, in accordance with Article 19 (1 ) of Regulation
(EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this
Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­                                             Article 2
clature ;
                                                                This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 January
                                                                 1992.
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         0   OJ   No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
                                                                (*) OJ   No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
                                                                0   OJ   No  L 58, 5. 3. 1991 , p. 1 .
(') OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                              (0 OJ   No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                             f)  OJ   No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 14 January 1992.
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                              Member of the Commission
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                                                   ANNEX
           to the Commission Regulation of 14 January 1992 fixing the import levies on milk and
                                                milk products
                                                              (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
                      CN code                         Note                               Import levy
                   0401 10 10                                                                18,13
                   0401 10 90                                                                16,92
                   0401 20 11                                                             ,  24,91
                   0401 20 19                                                                23,70
                   0401 20 91                                                                30,31
                   0401 20 99                                                                29,10
                   0401 30 11                                                                77,45
                   0401 30 19                                                                76,24
                   0401 30 31                                                               148,64
                   0401 30 39                                                               147,43
                   0401 30 91                                                               249,01
                   0401 30 99                                                               247,80
                   0402 10 11                           (4)                                 129,30
                   0402 10 19                           (4)                                 122,05
                   040210 91                          C)(4)                        1,2205 / kg +   29,75
                   0402 10 99                         (>)(4)                       1 ,2205 / kg +  22,50
                   0402 21 11                           (4)                                 181,58
                   0402 21 17           ,               (4)                                 174,33
                   0402 21 19                           (4)                                 174,33
                   0402 21 91                           (4)                                 216,73
                   0402 21 99                           (4)                                 209,48
                   0402 29 1 1                       0 (3) (4)                     1 ,7433 / kg +  29,75
                   0402 29 15                         0 (4)                         1 ,7433 / kg + 29,75
                   0402 29 1 9                        (') (4)                       1 ,7433 / kg + 22,50
                   0402 29 9 1                        (') (4)                      2,0948 / kg +   29,75
                   0402 29 99                         (') (4)                      2,0948 / kg +   22,50
                   0402 91 11                           (4)                                  30,28
                   0402 91 19                           (4)                                  30,28
                   0402 91 31                           (4)                                  37,85
                   0402 91 39                           (4)                                  37,85
                   0402 91 51                           (4)                                 148,64
                   0402 91 59                           (4)                                 147,43
                   0402 91 91                           (4)                                 249,01
                   0402 91 99                   1       (4)                                 247,80
                   0402 99 11                           (4)                                  49,85
                   0402 99 19                           (4)                                  49,85
                   0402 99 31                         (') (4)                       1 ,4501 / kg + 26,1 3
                   0402 9939                          (')(4)                        1,4501 / kg +  24,92
                   0402 99 91                         (') (4)                      2,4538 / kg +   26,13
                   0402 99 99                         (')(4)                       2,4538 / kg +   24,92
                   0403 10 02                                               I               129,30
                   0403 10 04                                                 i             181,58
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                                                       (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                            Note                             Import levy
           0403 10 06                                                               216,73
           0403 10 12                              (')                      1,2205 / kg + 29,75
           0403 10 14                              0                        1,7433 / kg + 29,75
           0403 10 16                             (')                       2,0948 / kg + 29,75
           0403 10 22                                                                 27,32
           0403 10 24                                                                 32,72
           0403 10 26                                                                 79,86
           0403 10 32                              (')                      0,21 28 / kg + 28,54
           0403 10 34                              (')                      0,2668 / kg + 28,54
           0403 10 36                              (')                      0,7382 / kg + 28,54
           0403 90 11                                                               129,30
           0403 90 13                                                               181,58
           0403 90 19                                                               216,73
           0403 90 31                              (')                      1,2205 / kg + 29,75
           0403 90 33                              (')                      1 ,7433 / kg + 29,75
           0403 90 39                              (')                      2,0948 / kg + 29,75
           0403 90 51                                                                 27,32
           0403 90 53                                                                 32,72
           0403 90 59                                                                 79,86
           0403 90 61                              (')                      0,21 28 / kg + 28,54
           0403 90 63                              (')                      0,2668 / kg + 28,54
           0403 90 69                              (')                      0,7382/ kg + 28,54
           04041011     * 11                                                          23,03
           0404 10 11   * 14                                                        181,58
           0404 1011    *1 7                                                        216,73
           0404 10 11   * 21                                                        129,30
           04041011     * 24                                                        181,58
           0404 10 11   * 27                                                        216,73
           0404 10 19*11                           (')                      0,2303 / kg   + 22,50
           0404 10 19 * 14                         (')                      1,7433 / kg   + 29,75
           0404 10 19*17                           (')                      2,0948 / kg   + 29,75
           04041019 * 21                           (')                      1 ,2205 / kg  + 29,75
           0404 10 19 * 24                         (')                      1,7433 / kg   + 29,75
           0404 1 0 1 9 * 27                       (')                      2,0948 / kg   + 29,75
           0404 10 91 * 11                         O                        0,2303 / kg
           0404 10 91 * 14                         O                         1,7433 / kg  +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 17                         (2)                      2,0948 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 91*21                           O                        1,2205 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 91*24                           O                         1,7433 / kg  +   6,04
           0404 10 91 * 27                         O                        2,0948 / kg   +   6,04
           0404 10 99 * 1 1                        (2)                      0,2303 / kg   + 22,50
           0404 10 99 * 14                         (2)                       1,7433 / kg  + 28,54
           0404 10 99 * 17                         O                        2,0948 / kg   + 28,54
           0404 1 0 99 * 21                        (2)                       1 ,2205 / kg + 28,54
           0404 1 0 99 * 24                        (2)                       1 ,7433 / kg + 28,54
           040410 99*27                            (2)                      2,0948 / kg   + 28,54
           0404 90  11                                                               129,30
           0404 90  13                                                               181,58
           0404 90  19                                                              216,73
           0404 90  31                                                               129,30
           0404 90  33                                                               181,58
           0404 90  39                                                              216,73
           0404 90 51                              (')                       1,2205 / kg  + 29,75
           0404 90 53                            (') 0                       1 ,7433 / kg + 29,75
           0404 90 59                              (')                      2,0948 / kg   + 29,75
           0404 90 91                              (')                       1 ,2205/ kg  + 29,75
           0404 90 93                            O (3)                       1 ,7433 / kg + 29,75
           0404 90 99                              (')                      2,0948 / kg   + 29,75
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                                                   (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                       Note                             Import levy
           0405 00 10                                                           256,83
           0405 00 90                                                           313,33
           0406 10 20                         (4)                               234,54
           0406 10 80                         (4)                               285,03
           0406 20 10                       (3)(4)                              407,72
           0406 20 90                         (4)                               407,72
           0406 30 10                       00                                  186,72
           0406 30 31                       (3)(4)                              175,58
           0406 30 39                       00                                  186,72
           0406 30 90                       0 (4)                               283,44
           0406 40 00                       0 (4)                               148,14
           0406 90 11                       00                                  239,96
           0406 90 13                       00                                  177,62
           0406 90 15                       00                                  177,62
           0406 90 17                       00                                  177,62
           0406 90 19                       00                                  407,72
           0406 90 21                       O0                                  239,96
           0406 90 23                       00                                  1 88,31
           0406 90 25                       00                                  188,31
           0406 90 27                       00                                  188,31
           0406 90 29                       00                                  188,31
           0406 90 31                       00                                  188,31
           0406 90 33                         0                                 1 88,31
           0406 90 35                       00                                  188.31
           0406 90 37                       00                                  188,31
           0406 90 39                       00                                  188,31
           0406 90 50                       00                                  1 88,31
           0406 90 61                         O                                 407,72
           0406 90 63                         0                                 407,72
           0406 90 69                         O                                 407,72
           0406 90 73                         O                                 188,31
           0406 90 75                         O                                 1 88,31
           0406 90 77                         O                                 1 88,31
           0406 90 79                         O                                 1 88,31
           0406 90 81                         O                                 188,31
           0406 90 85                         O                                 188,31
           0406 90 89                       OO                                  1 88,31
           0406 90 93                         O                                 234,54
           0406 90 99                         O                                 285,03
           1702 10 10                                                             24,98
           1702 10 90                                                             24,98
           2106 90 51                                                             24,98
           2309 10 15                                                             93,96
           2309 10 19                                                           122,03
           2309 10 39                                                           114,38
           2309 10 59                                                             94,48
           2309 10 70                                                           122,03
           2309 90 35                                                             93,96
           2309 90 39                                                           122,03
           2309 90 49                                                           114,38
           2309 90 59                                                             94,48
           2309 90 70                                                           122,03
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           (') The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this code is equal to the sum of the following :
               (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of milk and milk cream 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 dried milk contained in 100 kg of product
                   plus, where appropriate,
               (b) the other amount indicated.
           (3) Products falling within this code imported from a third country under special arrangements concluded between
               that country and the Community for which an IMA 1 certificate issued under the conditions provided for in
               Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 is issued are subject to the levies in Annex I to that Regulation.
           (4) The levy applicable is limited under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.