CELEX: 31978R2315
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-04
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2315/78 of 3 October 1978 fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom

4. 10 . 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 279 /7
                               COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2315/78
                                                 of 3 October 1978
             fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the
                                                  United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                               Whereas the application of these rules to the situation
COMMUNITIES,                                                  on the British market results in the special levy being
                                                              fixed at the level given below ;
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession, and in parti­
cular Protocol 18 thereto ,                                   Whereas, under Article 2 of Commission Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  (EEC) No 2856/77 of 21 December 1977 fixing the
1655/76 of 29 June 1976 extending the transitional            special levy applicable to New Zealand butter
arrangements for the import of New Zealand butter             imported into the United Kingdom (3), Commission
into the United Kingdom ('), and in particular Article        Regulation (EEC) No 465/73 of 31 January 1973
8 thereof,                                                    laying down detailed rules for the application of the
                                                              special system for the import of New Zealand butter
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­        and cheese into the United Kingdom (4), is to be appli­
tion (EEC) No 1655/76, a special levy is applied to           cable to butter imported under Regulation (EEC) No
New Zealand butter imported into the United                   1655/76 ;
Kingdom pursuant to this Regulation ;
                                                              Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and
Whereas, under Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No           Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the
1655/76, the special levy is fixed on the basis of the        time limit set by its chairman,
difference between :
— the market price of New Zealand butter in the
    United Kingdom, and                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— the cif price fixed under Article 2 of Council Regu­
    lation (EEC) No 2157/77 of 27 September 1977                                      Article 1
    fixing the price to be observed at the cif stage for
    imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into             The special levy referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
    the United Kingdom (2), plus the total costs              (EEC) No 1655/76 shall be 100-54 units of account
    between the cif stage and the stage of initial sale ;     per 100 kilograms of butter.
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1655/76
lays down that in order to ensure an effective turnover                               Article 2
of yearly quantities, the special levy must be fixed at a
level permitting the sale of butter at a consistent rate      This Regulation shall enter into force on 4 October
without disrupting the market in Community butter ;            1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 3 October 1978 .
                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                         Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                            Vice-President
0) OJ No L 185, 9. 7. 1976, p. 1 .                             (3) OJ No L 329, 22. 12. 1977, p. 34.
(2) OJ No L 250, 30. 9. 1977, p. 12.                           (4) OJ No L 53, 26. 2. 1973, p. 36.