CELEX: 31988R3723
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3723/88 of 29 November 1988 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

No L 326/6                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                30 . 11 . 88
                                    COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3723/88
                                                     of 29 November 1988
                                  fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk compo­
                                                                   nents contained in the product ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
Economic Community,                                                 provides that for certain products originating in or
                                                                    coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                  be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
Portugal,                                                           is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    1767/82 (*), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                    611 /88 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 1109/88 (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 compo­
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,              nents :
                                                                     — one component equal to the amount resulting from
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                           the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
 provides for charging a levy on imports of the products                   No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
 listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these                    question,
 products may be divided into groups ; whereas the
 product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product           — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
 for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council                composition and quality of the assimilated product
 Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                           being taken into account, makes it possible to
 determining the groups of products and the special provi­                 re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
 sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),               Community ;
*as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3609/88 (4) ;
                                                                     Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
                                                                     provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
 Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must              customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
  be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less         limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
  the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices
 were fixed for the 1988/89 milk year be Council Regula­
  tion (EEC) No 2235/88 (*) ;                                        Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (8), as amended by
                                                                      Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, provides that a free-at­
                                                                      frontier price must be established for each of the pilot
  Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays                  products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No
  down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain         2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined for
  assimilated products ; whereas these products are listed            products of good marketable quality ;
  and the method of calculating the levy on them described
  in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation              Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on
  respectively ;                                                      the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities
                                                                      in international trade for the products listed in Article
                                                                       1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assimilated
  Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No                     products for which the levy is not equal to the levy on thie
   2915/79, the component of the levy established using a             related pilot products ; whereas, when recording these
   factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the            purchasing opportunities, the Commission must take
   milk components contained in the product on the one                account of all information obtained direct or through the
   hand and the product itself on the other is, for products           Member States concerning prices for delivery of third­
   containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­          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 110, 29. 4. 1988, p. 27.
   0 OJ No k 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .                                 I6) OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
   h) OJ No L 315, 22. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 60, 5. 3. 1988, p. 19.
   0 OJ No L 197, 26. 7. 1988, p. 37.                                  (8) OJ No L 180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.
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Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (1), as last amended          Whereas, in accordance with Article 19 ( 1 ) of Regulation
by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, specifies the free-at­            (EEC) No 804/68 , the nomenclature provided for in this
Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses imported from          Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomencla­
and originating in Switzerland.                                   ture ;
                                                                 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
                                                                  provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­            they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­          sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­        becomes applicable ;
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other
information available to it lead the Commission to believe
                                                                  Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
trend of the market ;
                                                                  —- in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
                                                                       tion to each other at any given moment within a band
                                                                       of 2,25 % , a rate of exchange based on their central
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are                rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do                 last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;                     tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (2), as last amended by Regula­
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated                    tion (EEC) No 1636/87 (3),
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot       — for other currencies, an exchange rate based on the
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in                 arithmetic mean of the spot market rates of each of
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,                  these currencies recorded over a given period in rela­
quality and presentation between the assimilated product               tion to the Community currencies referred to in the
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments rela­              previous indent and the aforesaid coefficient ;
ting to composition must be calculated by multiplying
the difference between the milk component content of
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in          Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
question by the value attributed in international trade to         the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;             in the Annex hereto,
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,
the difference between       the value attributed on the
 Community market to each of the relevant characteristics
 of the pilot product and the value attributed on that
 market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­
 lated product in question must be taken into account ;            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                             Article 1
 Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­
 at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be
 established on the basis of the value of the raw materials
 contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on
                                                                   1. The import levies referre^ to in Article 14 of Regu­
                                                                   lation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex
 the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices         hereto.
 are available), average processing costs and average yields ;
                                                                   2. There shall be no levy for imports from Portugal,
                                                                   including the Azores and Madeira, for milk and ^milk
                                                                   products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
 Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier         804/68 .
 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
 at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to                                        Article 2                       '
 enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
 the Commission considers that the prices which are avai­
 lable could lead to sudden and considerable changes in            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December
 the free-at-frontier price because they are not sufficiently       1988 .
 representative of real market trends ;
                                                                   (2) OJ No L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
 (') OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                               0 OJ No L 153, 13. 6. 1987, p. 1 .
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 29 November 1988 .
                                                                  For the Commission
                                                                   Frans ANDRIESSEN
                                                                      Vice-President
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                                                       ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 29 November 1988 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                                                              13,77
                      0401 10 90                                                              12,56
                      0401 20 11                                                              20,17
                      0401 20 19                                                              18,96
                      0401 20 91                                                              26,81
                      0401 20 99                                                              25,60
                      0401 30 11             \                                                72,56
                      0401 30 19                                                              71,35
                      0401 30 31             l                                              143,10
                      0401 30 39                                                            141,89
                       0401 30 91            \                                              243,83
                       0401 30 99
                                             l                                              242,62
                       040210 11                                                              83,45
                       0402 10 19            l                                                76,20
                       0402 10 91                          (')                      0,7620 / kg + 29,74
                       0402 10 99                          0                        0,7620 / kg + 22,49
                       0402 21 1 1           I                                               143,36
                       0402 21 17            \                                               136,11
                       0402 21 19            \                                               136,11
                       0402 21 91            I                                               183,65
                       0402 21 99                                                            176,40
                       0402 29 1 1                        00                         1,361 1 / kg + 29,74
                       0402 29 15                          0                         1,3611 / kg + 29,74
                       0402 29 19                          0                         1 ,3611 / kg + 22,49
                       0402 29 91                          0                         1,7640 / kg + 29,74
                       0402 29 99                          0                         1,7640 / kg + 22,49
                       0402 91 11            II                                               34,27
                       0402 91 19            ||                                                34,27
                       0402 91 31            li                                               42,84
                       040291 39             ||                                                42,84
                       0402 91 51            \                                               143,10
                       0402 91 59            I                                               141,89
                       0402 91 91                                                            243,83
                       0402 91 99                                                            242,62
                       0402 99 11                                                              49,76
                       0402 99 19                                                              49,76
                       0402 99 31                           0                         1,3947 / kg + 26,12
                        0402 99 39                          0                         1,3947 / kg + 24,91
                        0402 99 91                          0                         2,4020 / kg + 26,12
                        0402 99 99                          0                         2,4020 / kg + 24,91
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                                                         (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
               CN code                          Note                                 Import levy
             0403 10 11                                                                 22,58
             0403 10 13                                                                 29,22
             0403 10 19                                                                 74,97
             0403 10 31                           (')                          0,1 654 / kg + 28,53
             0403 10 33                           0                            0,231 8 / kg + 28,53
             0403 10 39                           0                            0,6893 / kg + 28,5$
             0403 90 11                                                                  83,45
             0403 90 13                                                                143,36
              0403 90 19                                                                183,65
              0403 90 31                           0                            0,7620 / kg + 29,74
              0403 90 33                           C)                           1,3611 / kg + 29,74
              0403 90 39                           0                            1,7640 / kg + 29,74
              0403 90 51                                                                 22,58
              0403 90 53                                                                  29,22
              0403 90 59                                                                  74,97
              0403 90 61                            (')                         0,1 654 / kg + 28,53
               0403 90 63                           (')                         0,231 8 / kg + 28,53
               0403 90 69                           C)                          0,6893 / kg + 28,53
               040410 11                                                                  19,03
               0404 10 19                           0                            0,1 903 / kg + 22,49
               0404 10 91                           0                            0,1 903 / kg
               0404 10 99                            0                           0,1 903 / kg + 22,49
               0404 90 11                                                                  83,45
               0404 90 13                                                                143,36
               0404 90 19                                                                183,65
                0404 90 31                                                                 83,45 '
                0404 90 33                                                               143,3'6
                0404 90 39                                                                183,65
                0404 90 51                            C)                          0,7620 / kg + 29,74
                0404 90 53                            (')                         1,3611 / kg + 29,74
                0404 90 59                            C)                          1,7640 / kg + 29,74
                0404 90 91                            0                           0,7620 / kg + 29,74
                0404 90 93                            0                           1,3611 / kg + 29,74
                0404 90 99                            0                           1,76,40 / kg + 29,74
                 0405 00 10                                                               251,41
                 0405 00 90                                                               306,72
                 0406 10 10                                                               262,30
                 0406 10 90                                                                313,77
                 0406 20 10                            0                                   392,18
                 0406 20 90                                                                392,18
                 0406 30 10                             (3)                                202,66
                 0406 30 31                             (3)                                198,30
                  0406 30 39                            (3)                                202,66
                  0406 30 90                            0                                  299,38
                  0406 40 00                             (3)                               157,44
                  0406 90 11                             0                                  248,56
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                                                     (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                         Note                              Import levy
             0406 90 13                        0                                  232,42
             0406 90 15                        (3)                                232,42
             0406 90 17 '                      0                                  232,42
             0406 90 19                        0                                  392,18
             0406 90 21                                                           248,56
             0406 90 23                        0                                  217,05
             0406 90 25                        (3)                                217,05
             0406 90 27                        0                                  217,05
             0406 90 29                        (3)                                217,05
             0406 90 31                        0                                  217,05
             0406 90 33                                                           217,05
             0406 90 35                        (3)                                217,05
             0406 90 37                        (3)                                217,05
             0406 90 39                        0                                  217,05
             0406 90 50                        0                                  217,05
             0406 90 61           I                                               392,18
             0406 90 63           I                                               392,18
             0406 90 69           II                                              392,18
             0406 90 71                                                           262,30
             0406 90 73                                                           217,05
             0406 90 75                                                           217,05
             0406 90 77                                                           217,05
             0406 90 79           ll                                              217,05
             0406 90 81                                                           217,05
             0406 90 83           ||                                              217,05
             0406 90 85           Il                                              217,05
             0406 90 89                        0                                  217,05
             0406 90 91                                                           262,30
             0406 90 93           II                                              262,30
             0406 90 97           II                                          .   313,77
             0406 90 99
                                  II                                              313,77
             1702 10 90                        0                                   36,85
             2106 90 51
                                  \                                                36,85
             2309 10 15           ||                                               59,57
             2309 10 19           ||                                               77,10
             2309 10 39           Il                                               73,12
             2309 10 59                                                            62,39
             2309 10 70           ll                                               77,10
             2309 90 35           Il                                               59,57
             2309 90 39           II                                               77,10
                                                   \
             2309 90 49                                                            73,12
             2309 90 59           ll                                               62,39
             2309 90 70
                                  \                                                77,10
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             (1) The levy on 100 kg of product falling within this subheading 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 subheading 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 subheading 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 } 767/82 is issued are subject to the levies in Annex I to that Regulation.
              (4) Lactose and lactose syrup falling within subheading 1702 10 10 are subject, pursuant to Council Regulation
                   (EEC) No 2730/75, to the same levy as that applicable to lactose falling within subheading 1702 10 90.