CELEX: 31973R1635
Language: en
Date: 1973-06-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1635/73 of the Commission of 20 June 1973 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol No 18

21 . 6 . 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 164/ 17
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1635/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                      of 20 June 1973
               fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported
                                   into the United Kingdom under Protocol No 18
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  level such that the butter and cheese in question can
COMMUNITIES,                                                    be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as
                                                                possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           stability of the market ; whereas these levies may
Economic Community ;                                            nevertheless be altered and adjusted, in particular
Having regard to the Treaty ( ! ) concerning the Acces­         where this is necessary to permit steady sales of the
sion of new Member States to the European Economic              annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the
Community and the European Atomic Energy                        Protocol ;
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,               Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of butter
and Protocol No 18 (2), hereinafter called 'Protocol', to       and cheese of the Community, the special levies must
the Act annexed thereto ;                                       not be lower than the level necessary to permit the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the
226/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general               Protocol to be sold ;
rules for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese              Whereas it follows applying these rules to the present
into the United Kingdom, and in particular Article 8            situation on the British market that the special levies
thereof ;                                                       should be fixed at the levels indicated below ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol,           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that               ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
Protocol ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and           HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73, these
special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference                                  Article 1
between ;
                                                                The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol
— the market price at which the annual quantities                No 18 are hereby fixed
     specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­
     ally be sold ; and                                         — at 6·80 u.a./ 100 kg for butter,
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)          — at 29·80 u.a./ 100 kg for cheese.
     No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif
     and first sale stages ;                                                             Article 2
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73             This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June
provides that the special levies should be fixed at a            1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 20 June 1973 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              The President
                                                                         François-Xavier ORTOLI
(!) 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.