CELEX: 31976R2952
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2952/76 of 3 December 1976 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

No L 335/26                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            4. 12. 76
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2952/76
                                                     of 3 December 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 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               — 63 09 u.a./ 100 kg for butter,
     and first sale stages ;                                      — 60-38 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 6 December
be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as                 1976 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 3 December 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.
 <  OJ  No  L 307, 27. 11 . 1975, p. 4.