CELEX: 31974R0273
Language: en
Date: 1974-02-01 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 273/74 of the Commission of 31 January 1974 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol No 18

1 . 2. 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 28 /59
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 273/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 31 January 1974
               fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported
                                  into the United Kingdom under Protocol No 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 ( J) concerning the Acces­           nevertheless be altered and adjusted, and in particular
sion of new Member States to the European Economic              where this is necessary to permit steady sales of the
Community and the European Atomic Energy                         annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                Protocol ;
and Protocol No 18 (2), hereinafter called 'Protocol', to       Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of butter
the Act annexed thereto ;
                                                                 and cheese of the Community, the special levies must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                     not be lower than the level necessary to permit the
226/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general                annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the
rules for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese               Protocol to be sold ;
into the United Kingdom, and in particular Article 8            Whereas it follows applying these rules to the situa­
thereof ;                                                        tion on the British market that the special levies
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol,            should be fixed at the levels indicated below ;
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
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        No 18 are hereby fixed
     ally be sold ; and
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)           — at 20 u.a./ lOO kg for butter,
     No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif              — at 48 u.a./ lOO 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 1 February
level such that the butter and cheese in question can            1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1974.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                              The President
                                                                         Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
0 ) OJ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 173 .
h) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 17.