CELEX: 11972B/PRO/18
Language: en
Date: 1972-01-22 00:00:00
Title: DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, IRELAND, THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, PROTOCOL NO 18 ON THE IMPORT OF NEW ZEALAND BUTTER AND CHEESE INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM

Avis juridique important

|

11972B/PRO/18

DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, IRELAND, THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, PROTOCOL NO 18 ON THE IMPORT OF NEW ZEALAND BUTTER AND CHEESE INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM  

Official Journal L 073 , 27/03/1972 P. 0173

++++ARTICLE 1  1 . THE UNITED KINGDOM IS AUTHORIZED , AS A TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT , TO IMPORT FROM NEW ZEALAND CERTAIN QUANTITIES OF BUTTER AND CHEESE , ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS .  2 . THE QUANTITIES REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL BE :   ( A ) IN RESPECT OF BUTTER , FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS :  1973 165,811 METRIC TONS  1974 158,902 METRIC TONS  1975 151,994 METRIC TONS  1976 145,085 METRIC TONS  1977 138,176 METRIC TONS   ( B ) IN RESPECT OF CHEESE :  1973 68,580 METRIC TONS  1974 60,960 METRIC TONS  1975 45,720 METRIC TONS  1976 30,480 METRIC TONS  1977 15,240 METRIC TONS  THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , MAY MAKE ADJUSTMENTS BETWEEN THOSE QUANTITIES OF BUTTER AND CHEESE , PROVIDED THAT THE TONNAGE EXPRESSED AS MILK EQUIVALENT CORRESPONDING TO THE TOTAL QUANTITIES LAID DOWN FOR THOSE TWO PRODUCTS FOR THE YEAR IN QUESTION REMAINS UNALTERED .  3 . THE QUANTITIES OF BUTTER AND CHEESE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 2 SHALL BE IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM AT A PRICE THE OBSERVANCE OF WHICH MUST BE GUARANTEED AT THE C.I.F . STAGE BY NEW ZEALAND . THAT PRICE SHALL BE FIXED AT A LEVEL WHICH ENABLES NEW ZEALAND TO REALIZE A PRICE REPRESENTING THE AVERAGE PRICE OBTAINED BY THAT COUNTRY ON THE UNITED KINGDOM MARKET DURING 1969 , 1970 , 1971 AND 1972 .  4 . THE PRODUCTS IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PROTOCOL MAY NOT BECOME THE SUBJECT OF INTRA-COMMUNITY TRADE OR OF RE-EXPORTATION TO THIRD COUNTRIES .  ARTICLE 2  1 . SPECIAL LEVIES SHALL BE APPLIED TO IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF THE QUANTITIES OF BUTTER AND CHEESE SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 1 . ARTICLE 55 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE .  2 . THE SPECIAL LEVIES SHALL BE FIXED ON THE BASIS OF THE C.I.F . PRICE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 3 ) AND OF THE MARKET PRICE OF THE PRODUCTS IN QUESTION WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM , AT A LEVEL SUCH AS TO ALLOW THE QUANTITIES OF BUTTER AND CHEESE TO BE EFFECTIVELY MARKETED WITHOUT PREJUDICING THE MARKETING OF COMMUNITY BUTTER AND CHEESE .  ARTICLE 3  THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , SHALL ADOPT THE MEASURES NECESSARY FOR IMPLEMENTING ARTICLES 1 AND 2 .  ARTICLE 4  THE COMMUNITY SHALL CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE THE CONCLUSION OF AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON MILK PRODUCTS SO THAT , AS SOON AS POSSIBLE , CONDITIONS ON THE WORLD MARKET MAY BE IMPROVED .  ARTICLE 5  1 . THE COUNCIL SHALL , DURING 1975 , REVIEW THE SITUATION AS REGARDS BUTTER IN THE LIGHT OF PREVAILING CONDITIONS AND OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MAJOR PRODUCING AND CONSUMING COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD , PARTICULARLY IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN NEW ZEALAND . DURING THAT REVIEW , AMONG THE CONSIDERATIONS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT SHALL BE THE FOLLOWING :   ( A ) PROGRESS TOWARDS AN EFFECTIVE WORLD AGREEMENT ON MILK PRODUCTS , TO WHICH THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER IMPORTANT PRODUCING AND CONSUMING COUNTRIES WOULD BE PARTIES ;   ( B ) THE EXTENT OF NEW ZEALAND'S PROGRESS TOWARDS DIVERSIFICATION OF ITS ECONOMY AND EXPORTS , IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL STRIVE TO PURSUE A COMMERCIAL POLICY WHICH DOES NOT RUN COUNTER TO THIS PROGRESS .  2 . APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE AFTER 31 DECEMBER 1977 OF EXCEPTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS IN RESPECT OF IMPORTS OF BUTTER FROM NEW ZEALAND , INCLUDING THE DETAILS OF SUCH ARRANGEMENTS , SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL , ACTING UNANIMOUSLY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , IN THE LIGHT OF THAT REVIEW .  3 . AFTER 31 DECEMBER 1977 , THE EXCEPTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS LAID DOWN FOR IMPORTS OF CHEESE MAY NO LONGER BE RETAINED .