CELEX: 31992R1528
Language: en
Date: 1992-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1528/92 of 12 June 1992 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

No L 160/ 14                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                13 . 6 . 92
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1528/92
                                                           of 12 June 1992
                                     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
Economic 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
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­             Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
tion (EEC) No 816/92 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)
thereof,                                                              provides that for certain products originating in or
                                                                      coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
                                                                      be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                      is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
                                                                      No 1 767/82 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,               No 1 502/90 0 ;
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products               Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these                into the Community the price of an assimilated product
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                     for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product             product is considerably lower than the price which would
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council            obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                       normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
determining the groups of products and the special provi­             components :
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/91 (4) ;
                                                                      — 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
                                                                           question,
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices
were fixed for the 1992/ 1993 milk year by Council Regu­              — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
lation (EEC) No 1375/92 0 ;                                                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   86, 1 . 4.  1992, p. 83.
0   OJ No  L   329, 24.   12. 1979, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L   357, 28 .  12. 1991 , p. 3 .                           (*) OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
O   OJ No  L   147, 29.   5. 1992, p. 4.                              O OJ No L 141 , 2. 6. 1990, p. 5.
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 ('),               established on the basis of the value of the raw materials
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (2), provides            contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on
 that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of    the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices
the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)         are available), average processing costs and average yields ;
 No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
for products of good marketable quality ;
                                                                  Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier
                                                                  price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on        the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific
the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities         origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­
in international trade for the products listed in                 at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­          enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
milated products for which the levy is not equal to the           the Commission considers that the prices which are
levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­         available could lead to sudden and considerable changes
ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission               in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­
must take account of all information obtained direct or           ently representative of real market trends ;
through the Member States concerning prices for delivery
of third-country products free-at-Community-frontier and
prices on third-country markets ;                                 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
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (3), as             clature ;
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (4), speci­
fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses
                                                                  Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
imported from and originating in Switzerland ;
                                                                  provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
                                                                  they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­            sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­          becomes applicable ;
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other         Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of
information available to it lead the Commission to believe
                                                                  29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose (*), as amended
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real        by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­
trend of the market ;                                             ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within
                                                                  CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and
                                                                  by the provisions adopted for the application of that
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are           Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do            falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;                quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated               code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot       CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in            sion in question is properly applied these products and
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,             the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the
quality and presentation between the assimilated product          list of levies ;
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying
the difference between the milk component content of              Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 518/92 (6), (EEC)
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in          No 519/92Q and (EEC) No 520/92 (8) of 27 February
question by the value attributed in international trade to        1992 on certain procedures for applying the Interim
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;            Agreements on trade and trade-related matters between
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,           the European Economic Community and the European
the difference between the value attributed on the                Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics          Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary and the
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that             Czech and Slovak Federal Republic respectively, of the
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­        other part, introduce arrangements for reducing import
lated product in question must be taken into account ;            levies on certain products ; whereas Commission Regula­
                                                                  tion (EEC) No 584/92 (9) lays down detailed rules for
                                                                  applying the arrangements provided for in these agree­
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­      ments as regards milk and milk products ;
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be
                                                                  O   OJ No  L  281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
(') OJ  No  L  180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.                           (6) OJ No   L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 3.
(2) OJ  No  L  28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                            0   OJ No   L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 6.
(3) OJ  No  L  74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                            (8) OJ No   L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(4) OJ  No  L  144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                            O   OJ No   L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
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Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 ('), as last               last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 444/92 (2), lays down                  tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (4), last amended by Regula­
the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­           tion (EEC) No 2205/90 0,
nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in
the overseas countries and territories ;                          — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
                                                                      average of the ecu rates published in the Official
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision             Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the                 a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
overseas countries and territories with the European                  cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Economic Community (3), no levies shall apply on
products originating in the overseas countries and territo­       Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
ries ; whereas, however, pursuant to Article 101 (4) of the       the levies on milk and' milk products should be as set out
abovementioned Decision, a special amount shall be                in the Annex hereto,
charged on imports of certain products originating in the
overseas countries and territories in order to prevent
products originating from these countries and territories         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
from receiving more favourable treatment than similar
products imported from Spain or Portugal into the
Community as constituted on 31 December 1985 ;                                            Article 1
Whereas if the levy system is to operate normally, refunds       The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
should be calculated on the following basis :                    (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
— in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
     tion to each other at any given moment within a band                                 Article 2
     of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
     rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 6 June 1 992.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 12 June 1992.
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                             Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
O OJ No L 52, 27. 2. 1992, p. 7.                                 (4) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
O OJ No L 263, 19 . 9. 1991 , p. 1 .                             0 OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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                                                  ANNEX
          to the Commission Regulation of 12 June 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                                                               15,91
                  0401 10 90                                                               14,70
                  0401 20 11                                                              22,12
                  0401 20 19            l                                                 20,91
                  0401 20 91                                                              27,51
                  0401 20 99                                                              26,30
                  0401 30 11                                                              71,07
                  0401 30 19                                                              69,86
                  0401 30 31                                                             137,27
                  0401 30 39                                                             136,06
                  0401 30 91                                                             230,95
                  0401 30 99                                                             229,74
                  0402 10 11                           (4)                               108,01
                  0402 10 19                         (4)(6)                              100,76
                  0402 10 91                         cm                          1,0076 / kg + 29,39
                  0402 10 99                         00                          1,0076 / kg + 22,14
                  0402 21 11                           0                                 173,52
                  0402 21 17                           0                                 166,27
                  0402 21 19                         00                                  166,27
                  0402 21 91                         00                                  210,40
                  0402 21 99                       , 00                                  203,15
                  0402 29 1 1                      000                           1,6627 / kg   + 29,39
                  0402 29 15                         00                          1,6627 / kg   + 29,39
                  0402 29 19                         00                          1,6627 / kg   + 22,14
                  0402 29 91                         00                          2,031 5 / kg  + 29,39
                  0402 29 99                         00                          2,03 15 / kg  + 22,14
                  0402 91 11                           0                                  30,28
                  0402 91 19                           0                                  30,28
                  0402 91 31                           0                                  37,85
                  0402 91 39                           0                                  37,85
                  0402 91 51                           0                                 137,27
                  0402 91 59                           0                                 136,06
                  0402 91 91                           0                                230,95
                  0402 91 99                           0                                229,74
                  0402 99 1 1                          0                                  49,85
                  0402 99 19                           0                                  49,85
                  0402 99 31                         00                          1,3364 / kg   + 25,77
                  0402 99 39                         00                          1,3364 / kg   + 24,56
                  0402 99 91                         00                          2,2732 / kg   + 25,77
                  0402 99 99                         00                          2,2732 / kg   + 24,56
                  0403 10 02                                                             108,01
                  0403 10 04                                                             173,52
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                                                      (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
                CN code                         Note 0                          Import levy
             0403 10 06                                                            210,40
             0403 10 12                           0                        1,0076 / kg + 29,39
             0403 10 14                           (')                      1,6627 / kg + 29,39
             0403 10 16                           0                        2,031 5 / kg + 29,39
             0403 10 22                                                             24,53
             0403 10 24              \                                              29,92
             0403 10 26                                                             73,48
             0403 10 32                           (')                      0,1 849 / kg + 28,18
             0403 10 34                           0                        0,2388 / kg + 28,18
             0403 10 36                           0                        0,6744 / kg + 28,18
             0403 90 11                                                            108,01
             0403 90 13                                                            173,52
             0403 90 19                                                            210,40
             0403 90 31                           C)                       1,0076 / kg + 29,39
             0403 90 33                           (')                      1,6627 / kg + 29,39
             0403 90 39                           (')                      2,031 5 / kg + 29,39
             0403 90 51                                                             24,53
             0403 90 53                                                             29,92
             0403 90 59                                                             73,48
             0403 90 61                           0                        0,1 849 / kg + 28,18
             0403 90 63                           0                        0,2388 / kg + 28,18
             0403 90 69                           (')                      0,6744 / kg + 28,18
             0404 10 11 * 11                                                         18,96
             0404 10 11 * 14                                                       173,52
             0404 10 11 * 17                                                       210,40
             0404 10 11 * 21                                                       108,01
             0404 10 11 * 24                                                       173,52
             0404 10 11 * 27                                                       210,40
             0404 10 19 * 11                      0)                       0,1 896 / kg  + 22,14
             0404 10 19 * 14                      (')                      1,6627 / kg   + 29,39
             0404 10 19 * 17                      (')                      2,031 5 / kg  + 29,39
             0404 10 19*21                        0                        1,0076 / kg   + 29,39
             0404 10 19*24                        0                        1,6627 / kg   + 29,39
             0404 10 19*27                        e>                       2,031 5 / kg  + 29,39
             0404 10 91 * 11                      0                        0,1 896 / kg
             0404 10 91 * 14                      e)                       1,6627 / kg   +  6,04
             0404 10 91 * 17                      o                        2,031 5 / kg  +  6,04
             0404 10 91 * 21                      o                        1,0076 / kg   +  6,04
             0404 10 91 * 24                                               1,6627 / kg   +  6,04
             0404 10 91 * 27                      o                        2,031 5 / kg  +  6,04
             0404 10 99 ' 11                      (2)                      0,1 896 / kg  + 22,14
             0404 10 99 * 14                      e>                       1,6627 / kg   + 28,18
             0404 10 99 * 17                      a                        2,031 5 / kg  + 28,18
             0404 10 99 * 21                      o                        1,0076 / kg   + 28,18
             0404 10 99 * 24                      (2)                      1,6627 / kg   + 28,18
             0404 10 99 * 27                      (2)                      2,031 5 / kg  + 28,18
             0404 90 11                                                            108,01
             0404 90 13                                                            173,52
             0404 90 19                                                            210,40
             0404 90 31              I                                             108,01
             0404 90 33                                                            173,52
             0404 90 39                                                            210,40
             0404 90 51                           o                        1,0076 / kg   + 29,39
             0404 90 53                          00                        1,6627 / kg   + 29,39
             0404 90 59                           0                        2,031 5 / kg  + 29,39
             0404 90 91                           0                        1,0076 / kg   + 29,39
             0404 90 93                          00                        1,6627 / kg   + 29,39
             0404 90 99                           0                        2,031 5 / kg  + 29,39
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                                                       (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                         Note 0                             Import levy
           0405 00 10                            0                                  237,93
           0405 00 90                                                               290,27
           0406 10 20                          00                                   238,68
           0406 10 80                          00                                   292,57
           0406 20 10                        (3) (4) (6)                            398,44
           0406 20 90                          00                                   398,44
           0406 30 10                        (3) (4) (6)                            186,70
           0406 30 31                        000                                    180,67
           0406 30 39                        000                                    186,70
           0406 30 90                        (3) (4) (6)                            283,42
           0406 40 00                        000                                    148,14
           0406 90 1 1                       000                                    221,17
           0406 90 13                        (3) (4) (6)                            172,10
           0406 90 15                        000                                    172,10
           0406 90 17                        (3) (4) (6)                            172,10
           0406 90 19                        000                                    398,44
           0406 90 21                        (3) (4) (6)                            221,17
           0406 90 23                        (3) (4) (6)                            195,85
           0406 90 25                        000                                    195,85
           0406 90 27                        000                                    195,85
           0406 90 29                        (3) (4) (6)                            195,85
           0406 90 31                        000                                    195,85
           0406 90 33 .                        00                                   195,85
           0406 90 35                        000                                    195,85
           0406 90 37                        000                                    195,85
           0406 90 39                        000                                    195,85
           0406 90 50                        (3) (4) (6)                            195,85
           0406 90 61                          00                                   398,44
           0406 90 63                          00                                   398,44
           0406 90 69                          00                                   398,44
           0406 90 73                          00                                   195,85
           0406 90 75                          00                                   195,85
           0406 90 77                          00                                   195,85
           0406 90 79                          00                                   195,85
           0406 90 81                          00                                   195,85
           0406 90 85                          00                                   195,85
           0406 90 89                        000                                    195,85
           0406 90 93                          00                                  238,68
           0406 90 99                          00                                   292,57
           1702 10 10                                                                24,98
           1702 10 90                                                                24,98
           2106 90 51                                                                24,98
           2309 10 15                                                                77,99
           2309 10 19                                                               101,16
           2309 10 39                                                                95,38
           2309 10 59                                                                80,08
           2309 10 70                                                               101,16
           2309 90 35                                                                77,99
           2309 90 39                                                               101,16
           2309 90 49                                                                95,38
           2309 90 59                                                                80,08
           2309 90 70                                                               101,16
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            (') The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this code is equal to the sum of the following :
                (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of lactic matter contained in 100 kg of product ;
                    and
                (b) the other amount indicated.
            (2) The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this code is equal to :
                (a) the amount per kilogram shown, multiplied by the weight of the dry lactic matter contained in 100 kg of
                    product plus, where appropriate,
                (b) the other amount indicated.
            (3) Products falling within this code imported from a third country under special arrangements concluded between
                that country and the Community for which an IMA 1 certificate issued under the conditions provided for in
                Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 is issued are subject to the levies in Annex I to that Regulation.
            (4) The levy applicable is limited under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
            0 No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.
            (') Products falling within this code, imported from Poland, Czechoslovakia or Hungary under the Interim Agree­
                ments concluded between those countries and the Community, and in respect of which EUR.1 certificates issued
                in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 have been presented, are subject to the levies set out in the
                Annex to that Regulation.