CELEX: 31980R2594
Language: en
Date: 1980-10-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2594/80 of 9 October 1980 fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom

No L 267/ 16                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                10 . 10 . 80
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2594/80
                                                       of 9 October 1980
               fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the
                                                        United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      whereas, under Article 2 of Commission Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                        (EEC) No 2856/77 of 21 December 1977 fixing the
                                                                    special levy applicable to New Zealand butter
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession , and in parti­            imported into the United Kingdom (4), Commission
cular Protocol 18 thereto ,                                         Regulation (EEC) No 465/73 of 31 January 1973
                                                                    laying down detailed rules for the application of the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        special system for the import of New Zealand butter
1655/76 of 29 June 1976 extending the transitional                  and cheese into the United Kingdom (5) is to be appli­
arrangements for the import of New Zealand butter                   cable to butter imported under Regulation (EEC) No
into the United Kingdom ('), and in particular Article              1 655/ 76 ;
8 thereof,
                                                                    Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
tion (EEC) No 1655/76, a special levy is applied to                 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
New Zealand butter imported into the United
Kingdom pursuant to this Regulation ;
Whereas, under Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
1655/76, the special levy is fixed on the basis of the
difference between :
                                                                                             Article 1
— the market price of New Zealand butter in the
     United Kingdom, and
                                                                    The special levy referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
— the cif price fixed under Council Regulation (EEC)                (EEC) No 1655/76 shall be 251 8 ECU per 100 kilo­
     No 2540/80 of 30 September 1980 fixing the price               grams of butter.
     to be observed at the cif stage for imports of New
     Zealand butter into the United Kingdom (2), plus
     the total costs between the cif stage and the stage                                     Article 2
     of initial sale ;
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1655/ 76               The United Kingdom shall take the measures neces­
provides that, in order to ensure an effective turnover             sary to ensure that New Zealand butter, imported
of yearly quantities, the special levy must be fixed at a           subject to the levy fixed in Article 1 , is not used for
level permitting the sale of butter at a consistent rate            processing but only for direct consumption within the
without disrupting the market in Community butter ;                 meaning of Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No
to this effect, it is necessary to take account also of the          1269/79 on the territory of the United Kingdom and
aid granted in the United Kingdom to Community                       to require payment of an amount equal to the aid
butter under Regulation ( EEC) No 1269/79 (3), which                granted under Regulation (EEC) No 1269/79 in the
                                                                    event of unauthorized use .
affects the selling prices of this butter in that Member
State ;
                                                                    The amounts thus collected shall be considered as a
Whereas the application of these rules to the situation              levy within the meaning of the first indent of Article
on the United Kingdom market results in the special                  2 (a) of     Council    Decision      70/243/ ECSC,    EEC,
levy being fixed at the level given below ;                          Euratom of 21 April 1970 on the replacement of finan­
                                                                     cial contributions from Member States by the Commu­
Whereas, in order to prevent New Zealand butter qual­                nities' own resources (6).
ifying for the said special levy from being used for
industrial purposes at a lower price level than that of
butter of Community origin intended for the same                                             Article 3
purposes, it should be laid down that the New
Zealand butter in question may be used only for                     This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 October
direct consumption ;                                                  1980 .
(') OJ No L 185, 9 . 7 . 1976, p. 1 .                                (4) OJ No L 329, 22. 12. 1977, p. 34.
(*) OJ No L 260 , 3 . 10 . 1980 , p. 1 .                             (5) OJ No L 53, 26. 2. 1973, p. 36.
(3 ) OJ No L 161 , 29 . 6 . 1979 , p. 8 .                            (') OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 19 .
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States.
             Done at Brussels, 9 October 1980 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                        Vice-President