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Vol. 1983/ 0005 
  
 
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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 12 final 
Brussels,  14 January 1983 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) 
determining  the quantity  of New  Zealand  butter  which the 
United Kingdom  is authorized  to import during  February  1983 
(submitted  to the  Council by the  Commission) 
COM(83) 12 final 

E.XPLA.NATORY  HhlMO^.ANDUM 
On 16 July  1982, the Commission  forwarded  a -proposal  to the Council 
for a regulation layinp  down the  quantity  of New  Zealand butter 
which the United Kingdom  would be authorized  to imnort in  1983 
and revising  the import levy  on New  Zealand butter. 
Since the Council  did not  adopt the  proposal within  the time 
limit originally  set by Regulation  (.SEC) No 85P/81  (namely, 
1 October  1982),  it is now necessary,  in order to avoid an 
interruption  in such imports,  to fix provisionally  the amount of 
New Zealand butter  which may be  imported  into the nritetf Kingdom 
during February  1^63. (The Council  fixed the quantity for January 
at 7 250 tonnes in 'Regulation  (EEC) No 3^99/82.) 
The financial  impact  will be approximately  one twelfth, of the 
figure given in the financial  statement  attached  to the proposal 
of July  1982. 

Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
determining  the quantity  of New Zealand butter  which the 
United Kingdom  is authorized  to import during February  19&3 
THE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the  Treaty establishing  the European  Economic  Community, 
Having regard to the  1972 Act of  Accession,  and in particular  Article  5 (2) of 
Protocol  18 annexed  to that Act, 
Having regard to the  proposal  from the Commission, 
Whereas  Protocol  18 and, subsequently, Council Regulation  (EEC) NO 858/81 of 
1 April I98I relating  to the  import of New Zealand butter  into the United King­
dom on special  terms (1) authorized  the United Kingdom  to import certain  quantities 
of New Zealand butter  on special  terms  until  31 December  1963; wherea.s,  in par­
ticular,  Article 2 (2) of  the said Regulation requires that before  1 October  I982 
the quantity  which the United Kingdom  will be authorized  to import during  the 
1983 calendar year  in view, in particular,  of the development  of the situation 
on the Community  butter market a.nd the  development  of the world butter  market 
be determined; 
Whereas,  however,  it has not  been possible  to adopt, before  1 January  1983f the 
Regulation determining  the quantity  of New Zealand butter  which the United King­
dom is authorized  to import during  1983; 
Whereas  therefore Counci1"Regulation  (EEC) No 3499/32 (2) authorized  a quantity 
of 7 250 tonnes of New  Zealand butter  for import by the United Kinqdorr, during-  ' 
January 1983; whereas,  until a decision  is reached and in order not to interrupt 
imports, the United Kingdom  should be authorized  to import during February  1983 
the same quantity  as that authorized  for January 1983, 
HAS ADOPTED  THIS REGULATION  : 
(1) OJ No L 90, 4-  4.1981, p. 18. 
(2) OJ No L 368,  28.i2.i962 , p. 1. 

2 
Article 1 
The quantity of New  Zealand  butter which the United  Kingdom  is authorized 
to import  during  February  1983 is  hereby  fixed at 7 250  tonnes. 
Article 2 
This Regulation  shall enter into force on the da,y of its publication in the 
Official  Journal of the  European  Communities. 
This Regulation  shall be binding in its  entirety  and directly 
applicable  in all  Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council