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Vol. 1983/0 020 
  
 
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COMMISSION O F THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(83) 51 final  
Brussels, 1 February 1983
Proposal for a  
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
altering the special levy on imports of New Zealand butter  
into the United Kingdom
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C0M(83) 51 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Council agreed at its meeting of 18/19 October 1982 that the special 
levy on imports of New Zealand butter under Regulation (EEC) No 858/81 
would be adjusted when a new Community intervention price for butter 
came in at the start, of the 1983/84 milk year,to bring the 25/ levy 
into line with the new intervention price (cf. 10299/82  AGRIORG 525/ 
AGRIEIN 417 of 28 October 1982).
In the price proposals package, the Commission proposed that the butter 
intervention price to apply from the star% of the 1983/84 milk year 
should be 360.81 ECU per 100 kg (previously 349*70 ECU). The increase 
in the special levy is based on this rise, taking account also of fat 
content (80/ in the case of New Zealand butter).
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Formula: 84.36 ECU (present levy) + 25/ of (+ 11.11 x —  )
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The financial implications of this proposal have already been taken into 
consideration in the price proposals.

P ro p o s a l f o r  a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
altering the special levy on imports of New Zealand butter into the United Kingdom
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 Protocol No 18  
annexed to that Act,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) NO 858/81 of 1 April 1981 relating to
(1)the import of New Zealand butter into the United Kingdom on special terms ,  and  
in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Protocol No 18 and subsequently Council Regulation (EEC) No 858/81 authori  
the United Kingdom to import certain quantities of New Zealand butter on special  
terms until 31 December 1983;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3499/82 of 21 December 1982 determining the
quantity of New Zealand butter which the United Kingdom is authorized to import
(2)during January 1983 and reviewing the import levy for New Zealand butter ,  
fixes the new levy applying to imports from 28 December 1982;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No /83 of ^fixes new inter­
vention prices to apply during the 1983/84 milk year; whereas the special levy  
applying to imports of New Zealand butter into the United Kingdom should therefore  
be adjusted to take account of the impact of the increase in intervention  
prices on the conditions under which butter is marketed in the United Kingdom,
(1) OJ No L 90, 4.4.1981, p. 18
(2) OJ No L 368, 28.12.1982, p. 1
(3) OJ No L

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION;
Article 1
The amount of 84.36 ECU per 100 kilograms referred to in Article 2 of Regulation  
(EEC) No 3499/82 is hereby replaced by 87.07 ECU per 100 kilograms.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the  
Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 1 April 1983.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable  
in all Member States.
Done at For the Council
The President