CELEX: 31979R1523
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1523/79 of 20 July 1979 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1424/79 fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom

21 . 7. 79                           Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 185/21
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1523/79
                                                     of 20 July 1979
              amending Regulation (EEC) No 1424/79 fixing the special levy applicable to
                           New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 down that the New Zealand butter in question may
COMMUNITIES,                                                   only be used for direct consumption ;
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession, and in               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
particular Protocol 18 thereto,                                are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                               ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
1655/76 of 29 June 1976 extending the transitional              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
arrangements for the import of New Zealand butter
into the United Kingdom (!), and in particular Article                                 Article 1
8 thereof,
                                                               The following Article la is hereby inserted in Regula­
Whereas, by virtue of Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)      tion (EEC) No 1424/79 :
No 1655/76, a special levy is applied to New Zealand
butter imported into the United Kingdom under that                 'Article la
Regulation ;
                                                                   The United Kingdom shall take the measures
Whereas the special levy applicable with effect from               necessary to ensure that New Zealand butter
11 July 1979 was fixed by Commission Regulation                    imported under the levy fixed in Article 1 is not
(EEC) No 1424/79 (2) at 59-40 ECU per 100 kg ;                     used for processing but only for direct consump­
whereas this rate of special levy takes into account the           tion within the meaning of Article 1 (a) of Regula­
aid of 45-94 ECU per 100 kg granted in the United                  tion (EEC) No 1269/79 on the territory of the
Kingdom under Council Regulation (EEC) No                          United Kingdom.'
1 269/79 (3) for butter of Community origin intended
for direct consumption ; whereas, in order to prevent                                  Article 2
New Zealand butter qualifying for the said special
levy from being used for industrial purposes at a lower        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
price level than that of butter of Community origin             publication in the Official Journal of the European
intended for the same purposes, it should be laid               Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 20 July 1979.
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                             Vice-President
(') OJ No L 185, 9. 7. 1976, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 173, 11 . 7. 1979, p. 5.
(3) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1979, p. 8.