CELEX: 31977R0111
Language: en
Date: 1977-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 111/77 of 20 January 1977 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

No L 18 / 12                                Official Journal of the European Communities                            21 . 1 . 77
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 111 /77
                                                          of 20 January 1977
                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 1 8 (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 last amended by Regula­                    quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to
tion (EEC) No 3067/75 (4 ), and in particular Article 8               be sold ;
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                 — 100 u.a./ lOO kg for butter,
      and first sale stages ;                                         — 82 u.a./ lOO 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 21 January
be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as                      1977 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 20 January 1977 .
                                                                                For the Commission
                                                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                                    Vice-President
(')  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 .
H    OJ   No L 307, 27 . 11 . 1 975, p . 4 .