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COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)579 final .
* Brussels ,7November 1975
PROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION (EEC )OFTHE COUNCIL
amending Regulation (EEC )N°226 /75asregards theprice tobe
observed atthe cif stage for imports ofNew Zealand butter
and cheese into the United Kingdom
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
J
C0M(75 )579 final

EXPANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheHeads ofGovernment oftheCommunity ,meeting inCouncil atDublin
the 10th ofMarch 1975 ^underlined theimportance which they attach tothe
Protocol -.Asregards inparticular the special CIF price mentioned inthe
Protocol ,they stated that "theCommunity ,which remains attached toa
fair implementation oftheProtocol isready toreview periodically and
asnecessary toadjust theprices having regard tothesupply anddemand
developments inthemajor producing and consuming countries oftheworld ,
)
and also tothe level andevolution ofprices intheCommunity –•including
intervention prices -and inNew Zealand ,taking moreover into account
cost developments inNewZealand andtrends infreight charges ".
Moreover ,the Commission ,initsCommunication totheCouncil concer­
ning special arrangements ibrNewZealand butter after 1977 (l)»expressed
itsintention tosubmit very shortly newprice proposals .
Itshould beremembered that afirst amendment ofthespecial CIF
price ,from itsoriginal level ,took place with effect from 1stJanuary
1975 1bringing the level to : •
90.81 TJA/100kgforbutter ;c
78.^1 UA/100kgforcheese .
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4. Inthelight ofitsevaluation oftheelements mentioned inthe
«
declaration ofthe Heads ofGovernment ^theCommission considers that
afurther amendment ofthelevel ofthespecial CIFprice isnecessary . ;
Itproposes that theCouncil fix -thelevel ,with effect from< X'Hi
.107,16 jUA/100kgforbutter ;
92,52 IUA/100kgforcheese .

Proposal for
REGULATION CEEC )N° /75OFTHECOUNCIL
amending Regulation (EEC )Na226/73asregards theprice to
beobserved atthecif .stage .-forimports ofNew Zealand butter
and cheese into the United Kingdom
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ;
Having regard totheTreaty (1)concerning theaccession ofnewMember
States totheEuropean Economic Community and totheEuropean Atomic
Energy Community ,andinparticular Article 3ofProtocol -18 (2)tothe
Act annexed thereto ; .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas ,byProtocol 18,certain quantities ofbutter andcheese may
beimported into theUnited Kingdom from NewZealand onspecial terms ;
whereas NewZealand must inter alia guarantee theobservance ofaspe­
cified cifprice forsuch imports ;
Whereas Article 3ofCouncil Regulation (EEC )N°226/73 (3)of31January
1973 laying down general rules forimports ofNew Zealand butter and
cheese into theUnited Kingdom ,aslast amended byCouncil Regulation
(EEC )N°31^5/7^^) of9December 197^»fixed theprices tobeobser­
vedatthecifstage at90.81 u.a./lOOkgforbutter and 78.A-1 u.a./lOOkg
for cheese ;
Whereas ,since that last amendment ,there have been jchanges
inthelevel andevolution ofprices intheCommunity -including inter­
vention prices –and inNewZealand ,andalso incosts inNewZealand and
infreight rates ;
(1)OJN°L73,27.3.1972 ,p.5.
(2)OJN°L73,27.3.1972 ,p.173.
(3)OJN°L27,1.2.1973 ,p.17.
(*0OJN°L33^,l*f.12.197 ^,p.7.

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V/hereas inthese circumstances ,andhaving regard tothesupply and
demand developments inthemajor producing andconsuming countries
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oftheworld ,thecxtprices should bemodified inthelight ofthese
changes ; _
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BASADOPTED THIS REGULATION ):
Article 1
i • •
InArticle 3ofRegulation (EEC)n°226/73»theprice"90.8l u.a./lOOkg"
under (a)is-replaced by107.16 UA/100kg|and theprice "78.4-1 u.a./lOOkg
under (b)isreplaced by |92,52 UA/100kg."']'
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Article 2 %
i1
This Regulation shall enter into force on
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This Regulation shall bebinding inits entirety and '
directly applicable inallMember States . ' • L
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council ï
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PUTANCB SHKliM.' ... -
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-Given the difference between thepresent cifprices and the
■prices proposed andthelevies deriving therefrom ,and onthe ."basis
ofthe maximum amounts of "butter and cheese referred toinProtocol 18
for 1BlSt financial consequence oftheproposal would he
reduction ,ofthe special levies charged -onimportation into the
United Kingdom "byapproximately 28m..UA.|ITothwithstancLing ,•
having regard tothefinancial provisions ofthe ActofAccession ,
■with respect totheperiod of .application ofProtocol 18,there would
"benodirect .jLmpact onthe Community Budget .