CELEX: 31976R1068
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1068/76 of 7 May 1976 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

No L 121 / 38                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              8 . 5 . 76
                                        COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1068 / 76
                                                               of 7 May 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
thereof,                                                                 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 Management Committee for Milk and
Protocol ;                                                               Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and                   time limit set by its Chairman ,
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
                                                                          18 are hereby fixed at :
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC)
      No 226/73 , plus costs incurred between the cif                    — 54-72 u.a./ l()0 kg for butter.
      and first sale stages ;                                            — 52-44 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 10 May
 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, 7 May 1976 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                                 Member of the Commission
 (')  OJ  No  L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
 (-)  OJ  No  L 7 .?, 27. 3 . 1972, p . 173 .
 (-') O|  No  L 27 , 1 . 2 . 1973 , p . 17 .
 O    OJ  No  L 334, 14 . 12 . 1974 , p . 7 .