CELEX: 31976R0359
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 359/76 of 19 February 1976 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

20 . 2. 76                               Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 44/ 17
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 359/76
                                                      of 19 February 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                                     be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as
COMMUNITIES,                                                       possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the
                                                                   stability of the market ; whereas, these levies may
 Having regard to the Treaty (') concerning the acces­
                                                                   nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                 adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales
 Community and to the European Atomic Energy                       of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of
 Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                 the Protocol ;
and to Protocol 1 8 (2) (hereinafter called the 'Protocol')
to the Act annexed thereto ;                                       Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­
                                                                   nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      lower than the level necessary to permit the annual
 226/73 of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules               quantities specified in Article t (2) of the Protocol to
 for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into                 be sold ;
 the United Kingdom (3), as amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 3145/74 of 9 December 1974 (4), and in                    Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
 particular Article 8 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 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
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                  The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol
     specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­           1 8 are hereby fixed at :
     ally be sold, and
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)             — 32-95 u.a./ 100 kg for butter,
     No 226/73 , plus costs incurred between the cif               — 92-87 u.a./ 100 kg for cheese.
     and first sale stages ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73
 provides that the special levies should be fixed at a             This Regulation shall enter into force on 20 February
 level such that the butter and cheese in question can              1976 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 19 February 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.
(4) OJ  No  L 334, 14. 12 . 1974, p. 7.