CELEX: 31977R2346
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2346/77 of 26 October 1977 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

No L 275/20                               Official Journal of the European Communities                            27. 10. 77
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2346/77
                                                        of 26 October 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                                       stability of the market ; whereas these levies may
COMMUNITIES,                                                         nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be
                                                                     adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession (i ),                       of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of
Having regard to Protocol 1 8 (2), to the Act annexed                the Protocol ;
thereto,                                                             Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be
226/73 of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules                  lower than the level necessary to permit the annual
for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into                    quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to
the United Kingdom (3), as last amended by Regula­                   be sold ;
tion (EEC) No 21 57/77 (4), and in particular Article 8              Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
thereof,                                                             situation 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 Management Committee for Milk and
cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that                   Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the
Protocol ;                                                           time limit set by its Chairman,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and
to 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                                              1 8 are hereby fixed at :
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)                — 70-67 units of account per 100 kilograms for
                                                                          butter
       No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif
       and first sale stages ;                                        — 90-00 units of account per 100 kilograms for
                                                                          cheese.
 Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73
 provides that the special levies should be fixed at a                                        Article 2
 level such that the butter and cheese in question can
 be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as                    This Regulation shall enter into force on 28 October
 possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the                    1977.
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States.
                  Done at Brussels, 26 October 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.
  (•») OJ  No  L  250, 30. 9. 1977, p. 12.