CELEX: 31990R3278
Language: en
Date: 1990-11-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3278/90 of 14 November 1990 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

15. 11 . 90                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 315/ 11
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 3278/90
                                                   of 14 November 1990
                                 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk
                                                                 components contained in the product ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
                                                                 provides that for certain products originating in or
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and               coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
Portugal,                                                        be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
                                                                 is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC) No
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of            1 767/82 0, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market             1 502/90 (*);
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­
tion (EEC) No 31 17/90 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)
thereof,                                                         Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
                                                                  into the Community the price of an assimilated product
                                                                  for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
Having regard to the opinion of the Monetary Committee,          product is considerably lower than the price which would
                                                                 obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                  normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products           components :
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                — one component equal to the amount resulting from
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product               the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council              No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                         question,
determining the groups of products and the special provi­
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products           — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3884/89 (4);                     composition and quality of the assimilated product
                                                                        being taken into account, makes it possible to
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must                  re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less              Community ;
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices
were fixed for the 1990/ 1991 milk year by Council Regu­          Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
lation (EEC) No 1182/90 0 ;                                       provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
                                                                  customs duty has been bound within GAIT must be
Whereas the threshold price fixed by the Council is to be         limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
reduced by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1552/90 of
8 June 1990 determining the reduced ecu values of milk            Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 (®),
sector prices and amounts consequent on the monetary              as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (10), provides
realignment of 5 January 1990 0 ;                                 that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of
                                                                  the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)
Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays                No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined
down special provisions for calculating the levy on certain       for products of good marketable quality ;
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 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
Whereas, as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No                    1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assimilated
2915/79, the component of the levy established using a             products for which the levy is not equal to the levy on the
 factor expressing the weight ratio existing between the          related pilot products ; whereas, when recording these
 milk components contained in the product on the one               purchasing opportunities, the Commission must take
                                                                   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 303, 31 . 10. 1990, p. 5.
 0 OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .                               0 OJ No L 196,      5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
 (<) OJ No L 378, 27. 12. 1989, p. 9.                              (•) OJ No L 141 ,   2. 6. 1990, p. 5.
 0 OJ No L 119, 11 . 5. 1990, p. 26.                               O OJ No L 180,      26. 7. 1968, p. 25.
 M OJ No L 146, 9. 6. 1990, p. 14.                                 (,0) OJ No L 28 ,  1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 ('), as           Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of 29
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (2), speci­        October 1975 on glucose and lactose (3), as amended by
fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses     Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treatment
imported from and originating in Switzerland ;                  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 Regula­
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­          tion is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup falling
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­        within CN code 170210 10 ; whereas consequently the
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­      levy fixed for products falling within CN code 1702 10 90
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other       also applies to products falling within CN code
information available to it lead the Commission to believe
                                                                1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provision in ques­
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the real      tion is properly applied these products and the levy
trend of the market ;                                           thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the list of
                                                                levies ;
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do          Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (4) lays
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;              down the arrangements applicable to agricultural products
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated             originating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot     in the overseas countries and territories ;
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,           Whereas, if the levy system is to operate normally,
quality and presentation between the assimilated product        refunds should be calculated on the following basis :
and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments
relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying       — in the case of currencies which are maintained in rela­
the difference between the milk component content of                  tion to each other at any given moment within a band
the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in              of 2,25 %, a rate of exchange based on their central
question by the value attributed in international trade to            rate, multiplied by the coefficient provided for in the
one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;                last subparagraph of Article 3 (1 ) of Council Regula­
whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,               tion (EEC) No 1676/85 (*), as last amended by Regula­
the difference between the value attributed on the                    tion (EEC) No 2205/90 (%
Community market to each of the relevant characteristics
of the pilot product and the value attributed on that           — for the other currencies, an exchange rate based on an
market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­            average of the ecu rates published in the Official
lated product in question must be taken into account ;                Journal of the European Communities, C series, over
                                                                      a period to be determined, multiplied by the coeffi­
                                                                      cient referred to in the preceding indent ;
Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­
at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be                  Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
established on the basis of the value of the raw materials       the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on        in the Annex hereto,
the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices
are available), average processing costs and average yields ;
Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                    Article 1
 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              1 . The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regu­
available could lead to sudden and considerable changes          lation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex
 in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­     hereto.
 ently representative of real market trends ;
                                                                 2. There shall be no levy for imports from Portugal,
                                                                 including the Azores and Madeira, for milk and milk
 Whereas, in accordance with Article 19 (1 ) of Regulation       products listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No
 (EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this          804/68 .
 Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­
 clature ;
                                                                                               Article 2
 Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
 provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas    This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 November
 they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­          1990 .
 sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
 becomes applicable ;
                                                                  O   OJ  No  L 281 , 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
                                                                  («) OJ  No  L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
 (') OJ No L 74, 19. 3. 1986, p. 20.                              0   OJ  No  L 164, 24. 6. 1985, p. 1 .
  4 OJ No L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                               «   OJ  No  L 201 , 31 . 7. 1990, p. 9.
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            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable m all Member
            States.
            Done at Brussels, 14 November 1990.
                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                    Ray MAC SHARRY
                                                               Member of the Commission
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                                                      ANNEX
             to the Commission Regulation of 14 November 1990 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            I                                              19,41
                      0401 10 90            I                                              18,20
                      0401 20 11            I                                              26,59
                      0401 20 19            l                                              25,38
                      0401 20 91            I                                              32,15
                      0401 20 99                                                           30,94
                      0401 30 11                                                           82,05
                      0401 30 19                                                           80,84
                      0401 30 31                                                          157,22
                      0401 30 39                                                          156,01
                      0401 30 91                                                          263,07
                      0401 30 99                                                          261,86
                      040210 11                          0                                140,98
                      0402 10 19                         0                                133,73
                      0402 10 91                        CM4)                       1,3373 / kg + 29,35
                      0402 10 99                        00                         13373 / kg + 22,10
                      0402 21 11                         0                                206,45
                      0402 21 17                         0                                199,20
                      0402 21 19                         0                                199,20
                      0402 21 91                         (4)                              240,58
                       0402 21 99                        0                                233,33
                       0402 29 11                      000                         1,9920 / kg + 29,35
                       0402 29 15                                                  1,9920 / kg + 29,35
                       0402 29 19                       00                         1,9920 / kg + 22,10
                       0402 29 91                       00                         2,3333 / kg + 29,35
                       0402 29 99                       00                         2,3333 / kg + 22,10
                       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                                 157,29
                       0402 91 59                         0                                156,01
                       0402 91 91                         0                                263,07
                       0402 91 99                         0                                261,86
                       0402 9911                          0                                 49,85
                       0402 9919                          0                                 49,85
                       0402 99 31                        00                         1,5359 / kg +  25,73
                       0402 99 39                        00                         1,5359 / kg +  24,52
                       0402 99 91                        00                         2,5944/ kg  +  25,73
                       0402 99 99                        00                         2,5944/ kg  +  24,52
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                                                      (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                          Note                             Import levy
            0403 1011                                                               29,00
            0403 10 13                                                              34,56
            0403 10 19                                                              84,46
            0403 10 31                          0                          0,2296 / kg + 28,14
            0403 10 33                          (')                        0,2852 / kg + 28,14
            0403 10 39                          (')                        0,7842 / kg + 28,14
            0403 90 11                                                             140,98
            0403 90 13             \                                               206,45
            0403 90 19             l                                               240,58
            0403 90 31                          0                           1,3373 / kg + 29,35
            0403 90 33                          (')                         1,9920 / kg + 29,35
            0403 90 39                          0                          23333 / kg + 29,35
            0403 90 51                                                               29,00
            0403 90 53                                                               34,56
            0403 90 59                                                               84,46
            0403 90 61                           (')                        0,2296 / kg + 28,14
            0403 90 63                           (')                        0,2852 / kg + 28,14
            0403 90 69                           (')                        0,7842 / kg + 28,14
            0404 1011                                                                30,86
            0404 10 19                           C)                         0,3086 / kg + 22,10
            0404 10 91                           0                          03086 / kg
            0404 10 99                           0                          0,3086 / kg + 22,10
             0404 90 1 1                                                            140,98
             0404 90 13            \\                                              206,45
             0404 90 19            \                                                240,58
             0404 90 31                                                             140,98
             0404 90 33                                                             206,45
             0404 90 39            \\                                               240,58
             0404 90 51                           (')                        13373 / kg + 29,35
             0404 90 53                         CM3)                         1,9920 / kg + 2935
             0404 90 59                           (')                        2,3333 / kg + 29,35
             0404 90 91                           (')                        1,3373 / kg + 2935
             0404 90 93                         m                            1,9920 / kg + 29,35
             0404 90 99                           o                          2,3333 / kg + 2935
             0405 00 10                                                             271,55
             0405 00 90                                                             331,29
             0406 10 10                           0                                 238,69
             0406 10 90                           o                                 286,53
             0406 20 10                         ex4)                                413,22
             0406 20 90                            n                                413,22
             0406 30 10                         an                                   191,15
             0406 30 31                         Of)                                  177,52
              0406 30 39                        0 (4)                                191,15
              0406 30 90                        0 (4)                                287,87
              0406 40 00                        0 (4)                                148,14
              0406 90 11                         on                                  246,25
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                                                    (ECU/100 kg net might, unless otherwise indicated)
              CN code                          Note                          Import levy
             0406 90 13                        00                               198,86
             0406 90 15                        00                               198,86
             0406 90 17                        00                               198,86
             0406 90 19                        00                               413,22
             0406 90 21                        00                               246,25
             0406 90 23                        00         -                     189,81
             0406 90 25                        00                               189,81
             0406 90 27                        00                               189,81
             0406 90 29                        00                               189,81
             0406 90 31                        00                               189,81
             0406 90 33                         0                                189,81
             0406 90 35                        00                                189,81
             0406 90 37                        00                                189,81
             0406 90 39                        00                                189,81
             0406 90 50                        00                                189,81
             0406 90 61                         0                               413,22
             0406 90 63                         0                               413,22
             0406 90 69             o.\                                          413,22
             0406 90 71                         0                                238,69
             0406 90 73                          0                               189,81
             0406 90 75                          0                               189,81
             0406 90 77                          0                               189,81
              0406 90 79                         0                               189,81
              0406 90 81                         0                                189,81
              0406 90 83                         0                             , 189,81
              0406 90 85                         0                                189,81
              0406 90 89                        00                                189,81
              0406 90 91                         0                                238,69
              0406 90 93                         0                                238,69
              0406 90 97                         0                                286,53
              0406 90 99                         0                                286,53
              1702 10 10                                                            36,29
              1702 10 90            \                                               36,29
              2106 90 51                                                            36,29
              2309 10 15                                                           102,72
              2309 10 19                                                           133,48
               2309 10 39                                                          125,04
               2309 10 59                                                          103,10
               2309 10 70                                                          133,48
              .2309 90 35           l                                              102,72
               2309 90 39           \                                              133,48
               2309 90 49                                                          125,04
               2309 90 59                                                          103,10
               2309 90 70                                                          133,48
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            (') 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.
            (J) 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 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.