CELEX: 31976R2285
Language: en
Date: 1976-09-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2285/76 of 21 September 1976 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

No L 258 /6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            22 . 9 . 76
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2285/76
                                                    of 21 September 1976
               fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported
                                       into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the
COMMUNITIES,                                                      stability of the market ; whereas these levies may
                                                                  nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession (*),                     adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales
Having regard to Protocol 18 (2) to the Act annexed               of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of
thereto,                                                          the Protocol ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­
226/73 of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules                nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be
for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into                  lower than the level necessary to permit the annual
the United Kingdom (3), as amended by Regulation                  quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to
(EEC) No 3145/74 of 9 December 1974 (4), and in                    be sold ;
particular Article 8 thereof,                                     Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol                situation on the British market that the special levies
special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and               should be fixed at the levels indicated below ;
cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Protocol ;                                                         are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and             ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
to Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73, these
special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
between :
— the market price at which the annual quantities                                          Article 1
     specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­
     ally be sold, and                                             The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol
                                                                    1 8 are hereby fixed at :
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
      No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif               — 58-79 u.a./ lOO kg for butter,
     and first sale stages ;                                       — 55-48 u.a./ 100 kg for cheese.
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73                                        Article 2
provides that the special levies should be fixed at a
level such that the butter and cheese in question can              This Regulation shall enter into force on 22
be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as                  September 1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 21 September 1976.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
(>)  OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5.
(2)  OJ  No  L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 173 .
(3 ) OJ  No  L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 17.
(4)  OJ  No  L 334, 14. 12. 1974, p. 7.