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Document 31991R3402

    Council Regulation (EEC) No 3402/91 of 19 November 1991 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and the Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 determining the groups of products and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk products

    OJ L 321, 23.11.1991, p. 1–3 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT)

    ⏵This document has been published in a special edition(s) (CS, ET, LV, LT, HU, MT, PL, SK, SL, BG, RO, HR)

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1991/3402/oj

    23.11.1991   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Communities

    L 321/1

    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) NO 3402/91

    of 19 November 1991

    amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and the Common Customs Tariff and Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 determining the groups of products and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk products

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof,

    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 1630/91 (2), and in particular Article 14 (6) thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

    Whereas the distinction between fresh cheeses falling within CN code 0406 according to whether they are fermented or not gives rise to monitoring problems; whereas the Customs Cooperation Council has recommended that all fresh cheeses be regrouped under CN code 0406 10; whereas, therefore, Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3116/90 (4), should be amended and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (5) as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2587/91 (6), should be adapted accordingly; whereas also the opportunity should be used to review the classification of certain products,

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    Article 1

    The combined nomenclature annexed to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

    Article 2

    Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 is hereby amended as follows:

    1.

    Article 7 shall be amended as follows:

    —

    The first sentence of paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following:

    ‘1.

    if it falls within CN codes 0406 10 20 and 0406 90 93, to the sum of the following components:’

    —

    The first sentence of paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the following:

    ‘2.

    if it falls within CN codes 0406 10 80 and 0406 90 99, to the sum of the following components:’

    2.

    In the Annex, the product groups in Group 11 shall be replaced by the following groups:

    Number of group

    Groups of products according to the combined nomenclature

    Pilot product for each group of products

    ‘11

    0406 10

    0406 30

    0406 90 23

    0406 90 25

    0406 90 27

    0406 90 29

    0406 90 31

    0406 90 33

    0406 90 35

    0406 90 37

    0406 90 39

    0406 90 50

    0406 90 73

    0406 90 75

    0406 90 77

    0406 90 79

    0406 90 81

    0406 90 85

    0406 90 89

    0406 90 93

    0406 90 99

    Whole cheese, having matured for six to eight weeks, with a fat content of 45 % by weight in the dry matter, without packaging’

    Article 3

    This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Brussels, 19 November 1991.

    For the Council

    The President

    P. BUKMAN

    (1)  OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

    (2)  OJ No L 150, 15. 6. 1991, p. 19.

    (3)  OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1.

    (4)  OJ No L 303, 31. 10. 1990, p. 1.

    (5)  OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.

    (6)  OJ No L 259, 16. 9. 1991, p. 1.

    ANNEX

    CN Code

    Description

    Rate of duty

    Supplementary unit

    autonomous (%) or levy (AGR)

    conventional (%)

    1

    2

    3

    4

    5

    0406

    Cheese and curd:

     

     

     

    0406 10

    – fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd

     

     

     

    0406 10 20

    – – of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 40 %

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 10 80

    – – other

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 20

    to

    0406 90 50

    unchanged

     

     

     

     

    – – – – other:

     

     

     

     

    – – – – – of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 40 % and a water content, by weight, in the non–fatty matter:

     

     

     

     

    – – – – – – not exceeding 47 %:

     

     

     

    0406 90 61

    – – – – – – – Grana padano, Parmigiano Reggiano

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 90 63

    – – – – – – – Fiore sardo, Pecorino

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 90 69

    – – – – – – – other

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

     

    – – – – – – exceeding 47 % but not exceeding 72 %:

     

     

     

    0406 90 73

    – – – – – – – Provolone

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 90 75

    – – – – – – – Asiago, Caciocavallo, Montasio, Ragusano

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 90 77

    – – – – – – – Danbo, Fontal, Fontina, Fynbo, Gouda, Havarti, Maribo, Samseø

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 90 79

    – – – – – – – Esrom, Italico, Kernhem, Saint–Nectaire, Saint–Paulin, Taleggio

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 90 81

    – – – – – – – Cantal, Cheshire, Wensleydale, Lancashire, Double Gloucester, Blarney, Colby, Monterey

     

     

     

    0406 90 85

    – – – – – – – Kefalograviera, Kasseri

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 90 89

    – – – – – – – other

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 90 93

    – – – – – – – exceeding 72 %

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —

    0406 90 99

    – – – – – other

    23 (AGR)

    —

    —
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