Council Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 determining the groups of products and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk products and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff

• Published date: 24 December 1979
• Subject Matter: Milk products,Commercial policy,Common customs tariff
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 329, 24 December 1979,Journal officiel des Communautés européennes, L 329, 24 décembre 1979,Gazzetta ufficiale delle Comunità europee, L 329, 24 dicembre 1979

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Council Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 determining the groups of products and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk products and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff

Official Journal L 329 , 24/12/1979 P. 0001 - 0014
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 determining the groups of products and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk products and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

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 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/78 (2), and in particular Article 14 (6) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/68 of 28 June 1968 determining the groups of products and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1000/78 (4), have been altered several times ; whereas it seems desirable for the sake of clarity to recast this Regulation;

Whereas the products referred to in Article 1 (a) (2) and (b) to (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 should be divided into groups, each group being composed of products with sufficiently comparable characteristics for trade purposes ; whereas the most representative product for each group should be described as the pilot product;

Whereas, however, special provisions must be made for calculating the levy on assimilated products where the levy calculated for the pilot product does not correspond to the difference between the prices of those products in world trade and on the Community market;

Whereas, for products in small packages, the levy must be calculated on the basis not only of the price difference for the product itself but also of a fixed component intended to give a certain amount of protection to the Community processing industry;

Whereas, for products containing sugar, the levy must include a fixed component representing the value of the sugar used in their manufacture ; whereas in such cases the milk component of the levy on those products must be derived by means of a coefficient expressing the weight ratio between the milk ingredients and the product itself;

Whereas, for powders with a fat content of over 1 75 %, the levy, or in the case of compound products or products in small packages the milk component of the levy, should be calculated on the basis of the fat content of the pilot product unless the fat content of those various products is greater than that of the pilot product ; whereas, in the latter case, the levy or the milk component of the levy must be calculated on the basis of a standard fat content corresponding to that of the products on the market;

Whereas the most usual ingredients of compound feedingstuffs and those having most effect on price formation are cereal products and milk products ; whereas, therefore, provision should be made for calculating the levy on these foodstuffs on the basis of their starch and milk product content ; whereas, however, a starch content of not more than 10 % need not be taken into account ; whereas, with this method of calculation, feedingstuffs must be grouped under tariff headings according to the contents referred to above and a standard starch and milk product content must be taken into account for each tariff heading ; whereas the lowest possible starch content and the highest possible milk product content should be used for this purpose ; whereas, in fact, milk ingredients have a much greater effect on price formation than cereal ingredients ; whereas the cereal component of the levy may be derived, on the basis of the starch content assumed, from the average levy on maize, that being the product most commonly used in the manufacture (1)OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 13. (2)OJ No L 204, 28.7.1978, p. 6. (3)OJ No L 151, 30.6.1968, p. 3. (4)OJ No L 130, 18.5.1978, p. 7.

of compound feedingstuffs ; whereas the most usual milk ingredient of compound feedingstuffs is skimmed-milk powder ; whereas, therefore, the levy on that product should be used to calculate the milk component of the levy ; whereas the levy on compound feedingstuffs must include a fixed component for the protection of the processing industry ; whereas the component is likely to offset the disparity between Community prices and world market prices for products other than cereals and milk products which may be used in compound feedingstuffs;

Whereas, for processed cheeses other than those derived from Emmentaler, Gruyère or Appenzell and for the same reasons as led to the adoption of the present system, a system for deriving the levy should be adopted which is identical to that used for those products hitherto ; whereas a central feature of this system is the use as calculation factors of the levies on butter and on the pilot product of Group 11 ; whereas a change in the manufacturing process of these products and a growth in demand for a product with a higher fat content have shown that the percentages used...