CELEX: 31978R2538
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2538/78 of 30 October 1978 fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom

31 . 10 . 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 306/21
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2538/78
                                                    of 30 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 measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas, under Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No             are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
 1655/76, the special levy is fixed on the basis of the         ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
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 81-0 units of account per
      between the cif stage and the stage of initial sale ;      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 1 November
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, 30 October 1978 .
                                                                          For the Commission
                                                                           Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                              Vice-President
(!) 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.