CELEX: 31974R0713
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 713/74 of the Commission of 29 March 1974 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol No 18

1 . 4. 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 88/ 17
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 713/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 29 March 1974
               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                                  possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the
COMMUNITIES,                                                    stability of the market ; whereas, these levies may
                                                                nevertheless be altered and adjusted, and 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,
and Protocol No 1 8 (2), hereinafter called the                 Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of butter
'Protocol', to the Act annexed thereto ;                        and cheese of the Community, the special levies must
                                                                 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
into the United Kingdom, and in particular Article 8            Whereas it follows applying these rules to the situa­
thereof ;                                                       tion on the British market that the special levies
                                                                should be fixed at the levels indicated below ;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol,
special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
cheese imported into the United Kingdom under ' that            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Protocol ;                                                       ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and
Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73, these             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference
between
                                                                                         Article 1
— the market price at which the annual quantities
     specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­       The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol
     ally be sold ; and                                          No 1 8 are hereby fixed as follows :
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)          — 23-37 u.a./ 100 kg for butter,
     No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif
     and first sale stages ;                                    — 55*53 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 1 April
be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as                1974.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 29 March 1974 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                              The President
                                                                         Francois-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.