F1Commission Regulation (EC) No 1484/95

of 28 June 1995

laying down detailed rules for implementing the system of additional import duties and fixing representative prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors and for egg albumin, and repealing Regulation No 163/67/EEC

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2771/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in eggs1, as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Council Regulation (EC) No 3290/942, and in particular Articles 5 (4) and 15 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2777/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common organization of the market in poultrymeat3, as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94, and in particular Articles 5 (4) and 15 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 of 29 October 1975 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin4, as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden and by Regulation (EC) No 3290/94, and in particular Article 3 (4) and 10 thereof,

Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75, (EEC) No 2777/75 and (EEC) No 2783/75 provide that from 1 July 1995 imports of one or more of the products falling under these Regulations at the rate of duty of the Common Customs Tariff shall be subject to the payment of an additional import duty if certain conditions set out in the Agreement on Agriculture concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations have been fulfilled, unless the imports are unlikely to disturb the Community market, or where the effects would be disproportionate to the intended objective; whereas these additional import duties may be imposed in particular if the import prices fall below the trigger prices;

Whereas, therefore, specific implementing rules should be laid down for the poultrymeat and egg sectors as well as for egg albumin and the trigger prices should be published;

Whereas the import prices to be taken into consideration for imposing an additional import duty should be checked against the representative prices on the world market or on the Community import market for the products in question; whereas it is necessary that Member States communicate the prices at various stages of marketing at regular intervals in order to be able to determine the representative prices and the corresponding additional duties;

Whereas the importer may choose that the additional duty is calculated on a basis which is different from the representative price; whereas, however, in that case there should be provision for the lodging of a security equal to the amount of additional duty which he would have paid if the additional duty had been determined on the basis of the representative price; whereas the security will be reimbursed if, within a certain time limit, proof is provided that the conditions for the disposal of the consignment have been met; whereas, as part of a posteriori checks, additional duty due will be recovered pursuant to Article 220 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/925 establishing the Community customs code; whereas it is only fair that, within the framework of such checks, interest will be added to the duty due;

Whereas the provisions of Commission Regulation No 163/67/EEC of 26 June 1967 on fixing the additional amount for imports of poultry-farming products from third countries6, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3821/927, are replaced by the provisions of this Regulation; whereas the aforementioned Regulation should, therefore, be replaced as from the date of entry into force of the Agreement on Agriculture of the Uruguay Round;

Whereas it results from regular monitoring of the information providing the basis for the verification of the import prices in the poultrymeat and egg sectors as well as for egg albumin that additional duties should be imposed on the import of certain products, taking into account variation of prices according to origin; whereas, therefore, representative prices and corresponding additional duties should be published for those products;

Whereas additional duties may not be imposed in particular on products imported within tariff quotas agreed upon in the framework of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations;

Whereas the Management Committee for Poultrymeat and Eggs has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by the chairman,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Annotations:

Article 1

The additional import duties referred to in Article 5 (1) of Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 and in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75, hereinafter referred to as ‘additional duties’, are applied to the products listed in Annex I and originating in the countries indicated therein.

The corresponding trigger prices referred to in Article 5 (2) of Regulations (EEC) No 2771/75 and (EEC) No 2777/75 and in Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 are shown in Annex II.

F2Article 2

1

The representative prices referred to in Article 141(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/20078 and in the second subparagraph of Article 3(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 2783/75 shall be determined at regular intervals on the basis of data collected under the Community surveillance system governed by Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/939.

2

The representative prices are shown in Annex I.

F1Article 3

1

The additional duty shall be established on the basis of the cif import price of the consignment in question in accordance with the provisions of Article 4.

2

When the cif import price per 100 kg of a consignment is higher than the applicable representative price referred to in Article 2(1), the importer shall present to the competent authorities of the importing Member States at least the following proofs:

  • the purchasing contract, or any other equivalent document,

  • the insurance contract,

  • the invoice,

  • the certificate of origin (where applicable),

  • the transport contract,

  • and, in the case of sea transport, the bill of lading.

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In the case referred to in paragraph 2, the importer must lodge the security referred to in Article 248(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, equal to the difference between the amount of additional import duty calculated on the basis of the representative price applicable to the product in question and the amount of additional import duty calculated on the basis of the cif import price of the consignment in question.

4

The importer shall have two months from the sale of the products in question, subject to a limit of nine months from the date of acceptance of the declaration of release for free circulation, to prove that the consignment was disposed of under conditions confirming the correctness of the prices referred to in paragraph 2. Failure to meet one or other of these deadlines shall entail the loss of the security lodged. However, the time limit of nine months may be extended by the competent authorities by a maximum of three months at the request of the importer, which must be duly substantiated.

The security lodged shall be released to the extent that proof of the conditions of disposal is provided to the satisfaction of the customs authorities. Otherwise, the security shall be forfeit by way of payment of the additional duties.

5

If on verification the competent authorities establish that the requirements of this Article have not been met, they shall recover the duty due in accordance with Article 220 of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92. The amount of the duty to be recovered or remaining to be recovered shall include interest from the date the goods were released for free circulation up to the date of recovery. The interest rate applied shall be that in force for recovery operations under national law.

Article 4

1

F1If the difference between the trigger price in question referred to in Article 1(2) and the cif import price of the consignment in question:

a

is less than or equal to 10 % of the trigger price, no additional duty shall be imposed;

b

is greater than 10 % but less than or equal to 40 % of the trigger price, the additional duty shall equal 30 % of the amount by which the difference exceeds 10 %;

c

is greater than 40 % but less than or equal to 60 % of the trigger price, the additional duty shall equal 50 % of the amount by which the difference exceeds 40 %, plus the additional duty allowed under (b);

d

is greater than 60 % but less than or equal to 75 %, the additional duty shall equal 70 % of the amount by which the difference exceeds 60 % of the trigger price, plus the additional duties allowed under (b) and (c);

e

is greater than 75 % of the trigger price, the additional duty shall equal 90 % of the amount by which the difference exceeds 75 %, plus the additional duties allowed under (b), (c) and (d).

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Article 5

If necessary, the Commission may, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, adjust Annex I.

However, the Commission may adjust the representative prices only if these prices are at least 5 % different from the determined prices.

F2Article 6

The additional duties referred to in Article 1 shall not apply in the case of imports under Commission Regulations (EC) No 533/200710, (EC) No 539/200711, (EC) No 616/200712, (EC) No 1385/200713 and (EC) No 536/200714.

Article 7

Regulation No 163/67/EEC is repealed.

Article 8

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1995.

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

F5ANNEX I

Annotations:

CN code

Description

Representative price(EUR/100 kg)

Security under Article 3(EUR/100 kg)

Origin15

0207 12 90

Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, not cut in pieces, presented as 65 % chickens, frozen

120,2

0

AR

0207 14 10

Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, boneless cuts, frozen

255,6

13

AR

207,8

28

BR

219,7

24

TH

1602 32 11

Preparations of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, uncooked

276,2

3

BR

Nomenclature of countries laid down by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012 of 27 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community statistics relating to external trade with non-member countries, as regards the update of the nomenclature of countries and territories (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 7).

ANNEX II

Annotations:

CN code

Trigger price ECU/100 kg

0105 11 11

8 588,0

0105 11 19

8 588,0

0105 11 91

8 588,0

0105 11 99

8 588,0

F601051200

01051920

3 242,3

0105 19 90

14 525,0

F601059200

01059300

55,8

0105 99 10

115,1

0105 99 20

185,9

0105 99 30

147,8

0105 99 50

133,3

F60207 11 10

142,3

F60207 11 30

100,2

F60207 11 90

128,5

F60207 24 10

170,0

F60207 24 90

250,0

F60207 32 11

158,8

F60207 32 15

185,1

F60207 32 19

173,5

F60207 32 51

207,1

F60207 32 59

257,3

F60207 32 90

173,2

F60207 12 10

98,8

F60207 12 90

131,2

F60207 25 10

177,7

F60207 25 90

179,8

F60207 33 11

170,1

F60207 33 19

167,9

F60207 33 51

200,0

F60207 33 59

248,2

F60207 33 90

204,5

F60207 13 10

339,8

F60207 13 20

100,0

F60207 13 30

180,0

F60207 13 50

227,1

F60207 13 60

158,1

F60207 13 70

310,7

F60207 13 99

100,0

F60207 26 10

339,0

F60207 26 20

342,3

F60207 26 50

279,9

F60207 26 60

142,9

F60207 26 70

177,8

F60207 26 80

200,0

F60207 26 99

216,7

F60207 35 11

435,3

F60207 35 15

423,2

F60207 35 23

133,3

F60207 35 31

100,0

F60207 35 41

78,3

F60207 35 51

463,4

F60207 35 53

331,9

F60207 35 61

309,7

F60207 35 63

164,2

F60207 14 10

333,5

F60207 14 20

251,1

F60207 14 30

97,5

F60207 14 40

80,0

F60207 14 50

235,7

F60207 14 60

158,9

F60207 14 70

316,6

F60207 14 99

143,4

F60207 27 10

329,9

F60207 27 20

337,8

F60207 27 40

80,8

F60207 27 50

280,0

F60207 27 60

111,1

F60207 27 70

172,7

F60207 27 80

233,3

F60207 27 99

131,3

F60207 36 11

465,3

F60207 36 15

354,5

F60207 36 21

100,0

F60207 36 23

133,3

F60207 36 31

107,8

F60207 36 41

81,1

F60207 36 51

432,4

F60207 36 53

308,3

F60207 36 61

309,7

F60207 36 63

166,0

F60207 36 71

234,5

F60207 36 79

500,0

F60207 36 90

163,2

0209 00 90

135,8

F616023211

16023921

318,6

0407 00 11

935,9

0407 00 19

743,6

0407 00 30

52,7

0408 11 80

343,3

0408 19 81

69,6

0408 19 89

111,9

0408 91 80

271,4

0408 99 80

59,7

F63502 11 90

521,5

F63502 19 90

51,7