CELEX: 31994R0725
Language: en
Date: 1994-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EC) No 725/94 of 30 March 1994 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

31 . 3 . 94                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 87/ 17
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 725/94
                                                        of 30 March 1994
                                   fixing the import levies on milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation
                                                                     respectively ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,                                                           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
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of               hand and the product itself on the other is, for products
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market                containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­
in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regula­            plying the basic amount by the quantity of milk
tion (EC) No 230/94 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)             components contained in the product ;
thereof,
                                                                     Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                     provides that for certain products originating in or
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products              coming from certain third countries a specific levy is to
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these               be applied ; whereas the levy applicable to those products
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the                    is fixed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EEC)
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product            No 1 767/82 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council           No 659/94 (9);
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979
determining the groups of products and the special provi­
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),
as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 3423/93 (4) ;                  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
                                                                     product is considerably lower than the price which would
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must               obtain if the ratio to the price of the pilot product were
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less           normal, the levy must be equal to the sum of two
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices          components :
were fixed for the 1993/94 milk year by Council Regula­
tion (EEC) No 1 562/93 (*) ; whereas Council Regulation
(EC) No 720/94 (6) extends the commercialisation of the
 1993/94 milk year until 30 June 1994 ;                               — one component equal to the amount resulting from
                                                                          the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
 Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1723/93 f),                       No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
 determining the prices and amounts fixed in ecus in the                  question,
 milk and milk products sector which are reduced as a
 result of the monetary realignments of September
 and November 1992, January and May 1993 ;                           — an additional component fixed at a level which, the
                                                                          composition and quality of the assimilated product
                                                                          being taken into account, makes it possible to
                                                                          re-establish normal price ratios for imports into the
 Whereas, however, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 lays                        Community ;
 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
                                                                      Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
 0   OJ  No  L 148, 28.  6. 1968, p. 13.                              provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
 0   OJ  No  L 30, 3. 2.  1994, p. 1 .                                customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
 (3) OJ  No  L 329, 24.  12. 1979, p. 1 .                             limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
 (4) OJ  No  L 312, 15.  12. 1993, p. 8.
 0   OJ  No  L 154, 25.  6. 1993, p. 34.
 (f) See page 2 of this Official Journal.                             (8) OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
 0 OJ No L 159, 1 . 7. 1993, p. 123 .                                 (') OJ No L 82, 25. 3. 1994, p. 23.
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Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68 ('),                Whereas, in exceptional circumstances, a free-at-frontier
as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88 (2), provides             price may remain unchanged for a limited period where
that a free-at-frontier price must be established for each of      the new level of the price for a given quality or a specific
the pilot products defined in Annex I to Regulation (EEC)          origin, used as a basis for establishing the previous free­
No 2915/79 ; whereas these prices must be determined               at-frontier price, has not reached the Commission to
for products of good marketable quality ;                          enable it to establish the next free-at-frontier price and if
                                                                   the Commission considers that the prices which are
Whereas the free-at-frontier prices must be established on         available could lead to sudden and considerable changes
the basis of the most favourable purchasing opportunities          in the free-at-frontier price because they are not suffici­
in international trade for the products listed in                   ently representative of real market trends ;
Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 other than assi­
milated products for which the levy is not equal to the            Whereas, in accordance with Article 19 (1 ) of Regulation
levy on the related pilot products ; whereas, when recor­          (EEC) No 804/68, the nomenclature provided for in this
ding these purchasing opportunities, the Commission                Regulation is incorporated in the combined nomen­
must take account of all information obtained direct or            clature ;
through the Member States concerning prices for delivery
of third-country products free-at-Community-frontier and
prices on third-country markets ;                                   Whereas Article 8 of Regulation (EEC) No 1073/68
                                                                    provides that the levies are fixed every fortnight ; whereas
                                                                    they may be altered in the intervening period if neces­
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 788/86 (3), as               sary ; whereas the levy remains valid until another
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1 525/90 (4), speci­            becomes applicable ;
fies the free-at-Spanish-frontier values of certain cheeses
imported from and originating in Switzerland ;
                                                                   Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2730/75 of
Whereas, however, no account should be taken of infor­              29 October 1975 on glucose and lactose ^, as amended
mation relating to small quantities which are not repre­            by Regulation (EEC) No 222/88, stipulates that the treat­
sentative of trade in the products in question and quanti­          ment provided for lactose and lactose syrup falling within
ties in respect of which price trends in general or other           CN code 1702 10 90 by Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and
information available to it lead the Commission to believe          by the provisions adopted for the application of that
that the price in question is unrepresentative of the. real         Regulation is to be extended to lactose and lactose syrup
trend of the market ;                                               falling within CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas conse­
                                                                    quently the levy fixed for products falling within CN
                                                                    code 1702 10 90 also applies to products falling within
Whereas the prices used must be adjusted where they are             CN code 1702 10 10 ; whereas to ensure that the provi­
not quoted free-at-Community-frontier or where they do              sion in question is properly applied these products and
not apply to products of good marketable quality ;                  the levy thereon should be explicitly mentioned in the
whereas the adjustment in respect of an assimilated                 list of levies ;
product the levy on which is equal to the levy on its pilot
product must be effected in such a way as to allow, in
particular, for differences in composition, maturity,               Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3491 /93 (*) and
quality and presentation between the assimilated product            (EC) No 3492/93 Q, on certain procedures for applying
 and the related pilot product ; whereas adjustments                the Europe Agreement establishing an association
 relating to composition must be calculated by multiplying          between the European Communities and their Member
the difference between the milk component content of                States, of the one part, and the Republics of Hungary and
 the pilot product and that of the assimilated product in           Poland, of the other part, and Council Regulation (EEC)
 question by the value attributed in international trade to         No 520/92 of 27 February 1992 on certain rules for
 one unit of weight of the milk component in question ;             applying the Interim Agreement on trade and trade­
 whereas, when the other adjustments are being effected,            related matters between the European Economic Commu­
 the difference between the value attributed on the                 nity and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the
 Community market to each of the relevant characteristics           one part, and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, of
 of the pilot product and the value attributed on that               the other part (8), as amended by Regulation (EEC)
 market to the corresponding characteristics of the assimi­          No 2235/93 (9), and in particular Article 1 thereof intro­
 lated product in question must be taken into account ;              duce arrangements for reducing import levies on certain
                                                                     products ; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC)
 Whereas, if no information on prices is available, the free­        No 584/92 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EC)
 at-frontier price may, by way of exception, be                      No 3550/93 ("), lays down detailed rules for applying the
 established on the basis of the value of the raw materials          arrangements provided for in these agreements as regards
 contained in the pilot product in question (calculated on           milk and milk products ;
 the basis of the prices of milk products for which prices
 are available), average processing costs and average yields ;       O OJ No L 281, 1 . 11 . 1975, p. 20.
                                                                     (6) OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 1 .
                                                                     O OJ No L 319, 21 . 12. 1993, p. 4.
  0   OJ No  L  180, 26. 7. 1968, p. 25.                             (8) OJ No L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
  (2) OJ No  L  28, 1 . 2. 1988, p. 1 .                              0 OJ No L 200, 10. 8. 1993, p. 5.
  (3) OJ No  L  74, 19. 3 . 1986, p. 20.                             O OJ No L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
  (4) OJ No  L  144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                              (") OJ No L 324, 24. 12. 1993, p. 15.
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Whereas, in addition, account must be taken of Decision              overseas countries and territories with the European
94/1 /ECSC, EC of the Council and Commission ('),                    Economic Community (9), no levies shall apply on
concerning the conclusion of the Agreements on the                   products originating in the overseas countries and territo­
European Economic Area, between the European                         ries ;
Community, the European Coal and Steel Community
and their Member States, on the one hand, and Austria,               Whereas the representative market rates defined in
Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Liechtenstein, on               Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (10), as
the other hand, hereafter referred to as the 'EEA Agree­             amended by Regulation (EC) No 3528/93 (n), are used to
ment' ; whereas the Bilateral Agreements on agriculture              convert amounts expressed in third country currencies
between the Community, on the one hand, and Austria                  and are used as the basis for determining the agricultural
and Finland, on the other hand, enter into force at the              conversion rates of the Member States' currencies ;
same time as the EEA Agreement ; whereas Commission                  whereas detailed rules on the application and determina­
Regulation (EEC) No 131 6/93 X2), as amended by Regula­              tion of these conversions were set by Commission Regu­
tion (EEC) No 2762/93 (3), lays down detailed rules for the          lation (EEC) No 1068/93 (12), as amended by Regulation
application of the import arrangements for these products            (EC) No 547/94 (13);
originating in Sweden ;
Whereas Council Regulations (EC) No 3641 /93 (4) and                 Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
(EC) No 3642/93 (*) on certain rules for applying the                 the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
                                                                      in the Annex hereto,
Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related matters
between the European Economic Community and the
European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part,
and the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania, of the other
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
part ; whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/94 (*),
lays down detailed rules for applying the arrangements
provided for in these agreements as regards milk and milk
products ;                                                                                      Article 1
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 Q, as last                 The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
amended by Regulation (EC) No 235/94 (8), lays down the               (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
arrangements applicable to agricultural products origina­
ting in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in the
overseas countries and territories ;                                                            Article 2
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 (1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 1994.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                   Done at Brussels, 30 March 1994.
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                  Rene STEICHEN
                                                                             Member of the Commission
 (') OJ  No L 1 , 3.  1 . 1994, p. 1 .
 (2) OJ  No L 132,   29. 5. 1993, p. 73.
 (3) OJ  No L 251 ,  8. 10. 1993, p. 7.
 (4) OJ  No L 333,   31 . 12. 1993, p. 16.                             O OJ No L 263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
 O   OJ  No L 333,   31 . 12. 1993, p. 17.                             (10) OJ No L 387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .
 ¥) OJ No L 50, 22. 2. 1994, p. 7.                                     (") OJ No L 320, 22. 12. 1993, p. 32.
 0 OJ No L 84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.                                     (>2) OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
 (8) OJ No L 30, 3. 2. 1994, p. 12.                                    H OJ No L 69, 12. 3. 1994, p. 1 .
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                                                                ANNEX
               to the Commission Regulation of 30 March 1994 fixing the import levies on milk and milk
                                                                products
                                       (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
    CN code             Note 0                   Import                    CN code         Note 0           Import
                                                   levy                                                       levy
   0401 10 10                                      16,86                 0403 10 16          (')    2,0700 / kg + 26,47
   0401 10 90                                      15,65                 0403 10 22                          25,42
   0401 20 11                                      23,01                 0403 10 24                          30,29
   0401 20 19                                     21,80                  0403 10 26                          73,05
   0401 20 91                                     27,88                  0403 10 32          (')    0,1 938 / kg + 25,26
   0401 20 99                                     26,67                  0403 10 34          (')    0,2425 / kg + 25,26
   0401 30 11                                     70,64                  0403 10 36          (')    0,6701 / kg + 25,26
   0401 30 19                                      69,43                 0403 90 11                         118,79
   0401 30 31                                    135,18                  0403 90 13                         175,14
   0401 30 39                                    133,97                  0403 90 19                        214,25
   0401 30 91                                   226,14                   0403 90 31          (')    1,1154 / kg + 26,47
   0401 30 99                                   224,93                   0403 90 33          (')    1 ,6789 / kg + 26,47
   0402 10 11                (4)                 118,79                  0403 90 39          (')    2,0700 / kg + 26,47
                                                                         0403 90 51                          25,42
   040210 19              (3)(4)                 111,54
                                                                         0403 90 53                          30,29
   0402 10 91             (') (4)      1 ,1 1 54 / kg +  26,47
                                                                         0403 90 59                          73,05
   0402 1 0 99            (!)(4)       1,1154 / kg +     19,22
   0402 21 11                (4)                 175,14                  0403 90 61          (')    0,1938 / kg + 25,26
   0402 21 17                (4)                167,89                   0403 90 63          (')    0,2425 / kg + 25,26
   0402 21 19             (3)(4)                 167,89                  0403 90 69          (■)    0,6701 / kg + 25,26
   0402 21 91             (3)(4)                214,25                   0404 10 02                          24,88
   0402 21 99             (J) (4)               207,00                   0404 10 04                         175,14
   0402 29 1 1          (') (3) (4)    1 ,6789 / kg +    26,47           0404 10 06                         214,25
   0402 29 1 5            (') (4)      1 ,6789 / kg +    26,47           0404 10 12                         118,79
   0402 29 1 9            (>) (4)      1 ,6789 / kg +    1 9,22          0404 10 14                         175,14
   0402 29 9 1            (') (4)     2,0700 / kg +      26,47           0404 10 16                         214,25
   0402 29 99             (<)(4)      2,0700 / kg +      19,22           0404 10 26          (')    0,248 8 / kg   +  19,22
   0402 91 11                (4)                  36,64                  0404 10 28          (')    1,6789 / kg    +  26,47
   0402 91 19                (4)                  36,64                  0404 10 32          (')    2,0700 / kg    +  26,47
   0402 91 31                (4)                  45,80                  0404 10 34          (')    1,1154 / kg    +  26,47
   0402 91 39                (4)                  45,80                  0404 10 36          (>)    1,6789 / kg    +  26,47
   0402 91 51                (4)                 135,18                  0404 10 38          (')    2,0700 / kg    +  26,47
   0402 91 59                (4)                 133,97                  0404 10 48          (2)    0,2488 / kg
   0402 91 91                (4)                226,14                   0404 10 52          O      1 ,6789 / kg   +   6,04
   0402 91 99                (4)                224,93                   0404 10 54          (2)    2,0700 / kg    +   6,04
   0402 99 11                (4)                   50,10                 0404 10 56          O      1,1154 / kg    +   6,04
   0402 99 19                (4)                   50,10                 0404 10 58          (2)    1 ,6789 / kg   +   6,04
   040299 31              (')(4)       1,31 55 / kg +    22,85           0404 10 62          (2)    2,0700 / kg    +   6,04
   040299 39              (')(4)       1 ,31 55 / kg +   21,64
                                                                         0404 10 72          O      0,2488 / kg    +  19,22
   0402 99 9 1            0 (4)        2,2251 / kg +     22,85
                                                                         0404 10 74          O      1,6789 / kg    +  25,26
   0402 99 99              (') (4)     2,2251 / kg +     21 ,64
                                                                         0404 10 76          (2)    2,0700 / kg    +  25,26
   0403 10 02                                    118,79                  0404 10 78          (2)    1,1154 / kg    +  25,26
   0403 10 04                                    175,14                   0404 10 82          (2)    1,6789 / kg   +  25,26
   0403 10 06                                    214,25                  0404 10 84           (2)   2,0700 / kg    +  25,26
   0403 10 12                 (')       1,1 154 / kg + 26,47             0404 90 11                         118,79
   0403 10 14                 (')       1,6789 / kg + 26,47               0404 90 13                        175,14
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          CN code                  NoteO                      Import                    CN code                Note (*)                  Import
                                                                levy                                                                       levy
        0404 90 19                                           214,25                   0406 90 31                (3)(4)                   162,39
        0404 90 31                                           118,79                   0406 90 33                (3)(4)                   162,39
        0404 90 33                                           175,14                   0406 90 35                00                       162,39
        0404 90 39                                           214,25                   0406 90 37                00                       1 62,39
        040490 51                      (')          1,1 154/ kg     +  26,47          0406 90 39                00                       1 62,39
        0404 90 53                  (') 0           1 ,6789 / kg    +  26,47          0406 90 50                OO                       1 62,39
                                                                                      0406 90 61                OO                       361,75
        0404 90 59                     (')          2,0700 / kg     +  26,47
                                                                                      0406 90 63                OO                       361,75
        0404 90 91                     (')          1 ,1 1 54 / kg   + 26,47
                                                                                      0406 90 69                OO                       361,75
        0404 90 93                  (') (3)         1 ,6789 / kg     + 26,47
                                                                                      0406 90 73                OO                       1 62,39
        0404 90 99                     (')          2,0700 / kg      + 26,47          0406 90 75                OO                       162,39
        0405 00 1 1                    0                     232,90                   0406 90 76                OO                       1 62,39
        0405 00 19                     (3)                   232,90                   0406 90 78                OO                       1 62,39
        0405 00 90                                           284,14                   0406 90 79                OO                       162,39
                                                                                      0406 90 81                OO                       1 62,39
        0406 10 20                  00                       204,31                   0406 90 82                OO                       162,39
        0406 10 80                  0 (4)                    259,11                   0406 90 84                 OO                      162,39
        0406 20 10                   (3)(4)                  361,75                   0406 90 85                 OO                      162,39
        0406 20 90                  (3)(4)                   361,75                   0406 90 86                 OO                      162,39
        0406 30 10                   00                      165,42                   0406 90 87                 OO                      162,39
        0406 30 31                   (3)(4)                  153,65                   0406 90 88                 OO                      162,39
        0406 30 39                   (3)(4)                   165,42                  0406 90 93                 OO                      204,31
        0406 30 90                   (3)(4)                  262,14                   0406 90 99                 OO                      259,1 1
        0406 40 10                   (3)(4)                   137,57                   1702 10 10                                          66,31
        0406 40 50                   (3)(4)                   137,57                  170210 90                                            66,31
        0406 40 90                   (3)(4)                   137,57                  2106 90 51                                           66,31
        0406 90 11                   (3)(4)                  212,13
                                                                                      2309 10 15                                           86,08
        0406 90 13                   (3)(4)                   145,97                  2309 10 19                                          111,73
         0406 90 15                  (3)(4)                   145,97                  2309 10 39                                          104,28
         0406 90 17                  (3)(4)                   145,97                  2309 10 59                                           85,10
         0406 90 19                  (3)(4)                  361,75                   2309 10 70                                          111,73
         0406 90 21                  (3)(4)                  212,13                   2309 90 35                                           86,08
         0406 90 23                  (3)(4)                   162,39                  2309 90 39     *                                    111,73
         0406 90 25                  (3)(4)                   162,39                   2309 90 49                                         104,28
         0406 90 27                  (3)(4)                   162,39                   2309 90 59                                          85,10
         0406 90 29                  (3)(4)                   162,39                   2309 90 70                                         111,73
(') 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.
O Products falling within this code and imported from a third country
     — for which an IMA 1 certificate, issued in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82, is presented,
     — for which an EUR 1 certificate, issued in accordance with amended Regulation (EEC) No 1316/93 for Sweden, amended Regulation (EEC) No 584/92
          for Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics and Hungary and Commission Regulation (EC) No 385/94 (OJ No L 50, 22. 2. 1994, p. 7) for Bulgaria and
          Romania, is presented,
     shall be subject to the levies defined in the said Regulations, respectively.
 (4) The levy applicable is limited under the conditions laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 715/90.
 O No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 (1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.