24.12. 79 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 329/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1761/78 (3), 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 (}), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1000/78 (*), 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 (") OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 204, 28. 7. 1978, p. 6. {?) OJ No L 151, 30. 6. 1968, p. 3. {*) OJ No L 130, 18. 5. 1978, p. 7. 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 ingredi- ents and the product itself ; Whereas, for powders with a fat content of over 1-5 %, 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 calcu- lating 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 ¢ontent 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