CELEX: 31993R2100
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2100/93 of 29 July 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and milk products

No L 190/34                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                30 . 7. 93
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2100/93
                                                         of 29 July 1993
                                   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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               hand and the product itself on the other is, for products
Economic Community,                                                 containing sugar or other sweeteners, calculated by multi­
                                                                    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
tion (EEC) No 2071 /92 (2), and in particular Article 14(8)        Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79
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 1767/82 Q, as last amended by Regulation (EEC)
Whereas Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68                    No 1941 /93 (8);
provides for charging a levy on imports of the products
listed in Article 1 of that Regulation ; whereas these
products may be divided into groups ; whereas the
product groups and the pilot groups and the pilot product
for each of these groups are set out in Annex I to Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979                    Whereas, for as long as it is found that on importation
determining the groups of products and the special provi­          into the Community the price of an assimilated product
sions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3),        for which the levy is not equal to the levy on its pilot
as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3798/91 (4) ;               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
                                                                   components :
Whereas the levy on the products in any one group must
be equal to the threshold price for the pilot product less
the free-at-frontier price ; whereas these threshold prices
were fixed for the 1993/94 milk year by Council Regula­            — one component equal to the amount resulting from
tion (EEC) No 1 562/93 (5) ;                                            the provisions of Articles 2 to 7 of Regulation (EEC)
                                                                        No 2915/79 applicable to the assimilated product in
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1723/93 (6),                     question,
determining the prices and amounts fixed in ecus in the
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
in Annex II and in Articles 2 to 12 of that Regulation
respectively ;                                                     Whereas Article 14(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
                                                                   provides that the levy on products in respect of which the
(') OJ No  L   148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.                            customs duty has been bound within GATT must be
(2) OJ No  L   215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 64.                            limited to the amount resulting from that binding ;
0   OJ No  L   329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1 .
(4) OJ No  L   357, 28. 12. 1991 , p. 3.
0   OJ No  L   154, 25. 6. 1993, p. 1 .                            0 OJ No L 196, 5. 7. 1982, p. 1 .
 4 OJ No L 159, 1 . 7. 1993, p. 123.                               (8) OJ No L 176, 20. 7. 1993, p. 21 .
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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
imported from and originating in Switzerland ;
                                                                   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, 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 0, 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 Regulations (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
                                                                  0    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 .
0   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.                             (")  OJ No   L 56, 29. 2. 1992, p. 9.
(4) OJ  No  L 144, 7. 6. 1990, p. 15.                             0    OJ No   L 62, 7. 3. 1992, p. 34.
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Whereas, in addition, account must be taken of Council             currencies and are used as the basis for determining the
Decision 93/239/EEC of 15 March 1993 concerning the                agricultural conversion rates of the Member States' curren­
conclusion of the Agreements in the form of exchanges              cies ; whereas detailed rules on the application and deter­
of letters between the European Economic Community,                mination of these conversions were set by Commission
of the one part, and the Republic of Austria, the Republic         Regulation (EEC) No 1068/93 f) ;
of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of
Norway ' and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part,             Whereas it follows from applying these provisions that
on the provisional application of the Agreements on                the levies on milk and milk products should be as set out
certain arrangements in the field of agriculture, signed by        in the Annex hereto,
the said parties in Oporto on 2 May 1992 ('); whereas
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1316/93 (2) lays down
detailed rules for the application of the import arrange­
ments for these products originating in Sweden ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 715/90 (3), as                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 297/91 (4), lays down
the arrangements applicable to agricultural products origi­
nating in the African, Caribbean and Pacific States or in
the overseas countries and territories ;                                                     Article 1
Whereas, pursuant to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Council Decision
91 /482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the              The import levies referred to in Article 14 of Regulation
overseas countries and territories with the European               (EEC) No 804/68 shall be as set out in the Annex hereto.
Economic Community (*), no levies shall apply on
products originating in the overseas countries and territo­
ries ;
                                                                                             Article 2
Whereas the representative market rates defined in
Article 1 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3813/92 (6) are
used to convert amounts expressed in third country                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 August 1993.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 29 July 1993.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                               Rene STEICHEN
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(') OJ  No L  109, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 1 .
(2) OJ  No L  132, 29. 5. 1993, p. 73.
0   OJ  No L  84, 30. 3. 1990, p. 85.
(4) OJ  No L  36, 8. 2. 1991 , p. 9.
0   OJ  No L  263, 19. 9. 1991 , p. 1 .
(6) OJ  No L  387, 31 . 12. 1992, p. 1 .                           O OJ No L 108, 1 . 5. 1993, p. 106.
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                                                             ANNEX
                  to the Commission Regulation of 29 July 1993 fixing the import levies on milk and milk
                                                             products
                                       (ECU/100 kg net weight, unless otherwise indicated)
       CN code             Note (5)            ImP°rt                      CN code         Note (5)           ImP°rt
                                                 levy                                                           levy
      0401 10 10                                 16,00                   0403 10 16          0        1,9191 / kg + 28,97
      0401 10 90                                 14,79                   0403 10 22                            24,29
      0401 20 11                                 21,88                   0403 10 24                            29,06
      0401 20 19                                 20,67                   0403 10 26                            70,02
      0401 20 91                                 26,65                   0403 10 32          0        0,1 825 / kg + 27,76
      0401 20 99                                 25,44                   0403 10 34          0        0,2302 / kg + 27,76
      0401 30 11                                 67,61                   0403 10 36          O        0,6398 / kg + 27,76
      0401 30 19                                 66,40                   0403 90 11                           110,81
      0401 30 31                               129,54                    0403 90 13                           159,72
      0401 30 39                               128,33                    0403 90 19                           199,16
      0401 30 91                               216,93                    0403 90 31          0        1,0356 / kg + 28,97
      0401 30 99                               215,72                    0403 90 33          0        1 ,5247 / kg + 28,97
      0402 10 11               (4)             110,81                    0403 90 39          O        1 ,9191 / kg + 28,97
      0402 10 19            (3)(4)             103,56                    0403 90 51                             24,29
      0402 10 91            00         1 ,0356 / kg + 28,97              0403 90 53                             29,06
      0402 10 99            (>) (4)    1,0356 / kg + 21,72               0403 90 59                             70,02
      0402 21 11               (4)             159,72                    0403 90 61          0        0,1825 / kg + 27,76
      0402 21 17              (4)              152,47                    0403 90 63          0        0,2302 / kg + 27,76
      0402 21 19            00                 152,47                    0403 90 69          0        0,6398 / kg + 27,76
      0402 21 91            00                 199,16                    0404  10 02                           25,00
      0402 21 99            00                 191,91                    0404  10 04                          159,72
      0402 29 11           000         1 ,5247 / kg + 28,97              0404  10 06                          199,16
      0402 29 1 5           (') (4)    1 ,5247 / kg  + 28,97             0404  10 12                          110,81
      0402 29 19            0 (4)      1,5247 / kg   + 21,72             0404  10 14                          159,72
      0402 29 91            0 (4)      1,9191 / kg   + 28,97             0404  10 16                          199,16
      0402 29 99            00         1,9191 / kg   + 21,72             0404 10 26          O        0,2500 / kg    4- 21,72
      0402 91 11              0                 36,20                    0404 10 28          O        1 ,5247 / kg   +  28,97
      0402 91 19              0                 36,20
                                                                         0404 10 32          O        1,9191 / kg    +  28,97
     0402 91  31              0                 45,25
                                                                         0404 10 34          O        1,0356 / kg    +  28,97
     0402 91  39              0                 45,25
                                                                         0404 10 36          O        1 ,5247 / kg   +  28,97
     0402 91  51              0                129,54
                                                                         0404 10 38          O        1,9191 / kg    +  28,97
     0402 91  59              0                128,33
                                                                         0404 10 48          0        0,2500 / kg
     0402 91  91              0               216,93
                                                                         0404 10 52          O        1 ,5247 / kg  +    6,04
     0402 91  99              O               215,72
                                                                         0404 10 54          O        1,9191 / kg   +    6,04
     0402 99  11              0                 42,14
                                                                         0404 10 56          O        1 ,0356 / kg  +    6,04
     0402 99  19              0                 42,14
                                                                         0404 10 58          O        1,5247 / kg   +    6,04
     0402 99  31            00         1,2591 / kg + 25,35
                                                                         0404 10 62          O        1,9191 / kg   +    6,04
     0402 99 39             (') 0      1,2591 / kg + 24,14
                                                                         0404 10 72          O        0,2500 / kg   +   21,72
     0402 99 9 1            00         2,1 330 / kg + 25,35
                                                                         0404 10 74         O         1,5247 / kg   +   27,76
     0402 99 99             00         2,1 330 / kg + 24,14              0404 10 76         O         1,9191 / kg   +   27,76
     0403 10 02                                1,10,81                   0404 10 78         O         1,0356 / kg   +   27,76
     0403 10 04                                159,72                    0404 10 82          O        1,5247 / kg   +   27,76
     0403 10 06                                199,16                    0404 10 84         O         1,9191 / kg   +   27,76 '
     0403 10 12               0        1,0356 / kg 4- 28,97              0404 90 11                           110,81
     0403 10 14               O        1,5247 / kg + 28,97               0404 90 13                          159,72
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         CN code                  Note «                  Ir"P°rt
                                                             levy
                                                                                      CN code                 Note O                 IrfP°rt
                                                                                                                                       levy
        0404 90  19                                       199,16                     0406 90 31                OO                    148,45
        0404 90 31                                        110,81                     0406 90 33                OO                    148,45
        0404 90 33                                        159,72                     0406 90 35                OO                    148,45
        0404 90 39                                        199,16                     0406 90 37                OO                    148,45
        0404 90 51                   (')          1 ,0356 / kg    + 28,97            0406 90 39                OO                    148,45
        0404 90 53                 (')O            1 ,5247 / kg   + 28,97            0406 90 50                OO                    148,45
        0404 90 59                   0             1,9191 / kg    + 28,97            0406 90 61                OO                   376,00
        0404 90 91                   0             1,0356 / kg    + 28,97            0406 90 63                OO                    376,00
        0404 90 93                 00             1 ,5247 / kg    + 28,97            0406 90 69                OO                   376,00
        0404 90 99                   O             1,9191 / kg    + 28,97            0406 90 73                OO                    148,45
        0405 00 11                   O                    223,26                     0406 90 75                OO               •    148,45
        0405 00 19                   0                    223,26                     0406 90 77                OO                    148,45
        0405 00 90                                        272,38                     0406 90 79                OO                    148,45
                                                                                     0406 90 81                OO                    148,45
        0406 10 20                 00                      188,64
                                                                                     0406 90 85                OO                    148,45
        0406 10 80                 OO                     245,17
                                                                                     0406 90 89                OO                    148,45
        0406 20 10                 OO                     376,00
                                                                                     0406 90 93                OO                    188,64
        0406 20 90                 OO                     376,00
        0406 30 10                 OO                      1 54,74                   0406 90 99                OO                    245,17
        0406 30 31                 OO                      142,01                    1702 10 10                                        28,95
        0406 30 39                 OO                      1 54,74                   1702 10 90                                        28,95
        0406 30 90                 OO                     251,46
                                                                                     2106 90 51                                        28,95
        0406 40 00                 OO                      1 36,1 8
        0406 90 1 1                OO                     207,42                     2309 10 15                                     . 80,09
        0406 90 13                 OO                      165,00                    2309 10 19                                      103,91
        0406 90 15                 OO                      165,00                    2309 10 39                                        97,75
        0406 90 17                 OO                      165,00                    2309 10 59                                        81,55
        0406 90 19                 OO                     376,00                     2309  10  70                                    103,91
        0406 90 21                 OO                     207,42                     2309  90  35                                      80,09
        0406 90 23                 OO                      148,45                    2309  90  39                                    103,91
        0406 90 25                 OO                      148,45                    2309  90  49                                      97,75
        0406 90 27                 OO                      148.45                    2309  90  59                                      81,55
        0406 90 29 .               OO                      148,45                    2309  90  70                                     103,91
(') 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.
(') 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 Regulation (EEC) No 1316/93 for Sweden and Regulation (EEC) No 584/92 for Poland, the
         Czech and Slovak Republics and Hungary, 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.
(') No levy applies to OCT originating products according to Article 101 ( 1 ) of Decision 91 /482/EEC.