CELEX: 31977R0627
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 627/77 of 25 March 1977 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

No L 78/ 8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             26 . 3 . 77
                                     COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 627/77
                                                        of 25 March 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                                      possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the
COMMUNITIES,                                                        stability of the market ; whereas these levies may
                                                                    nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession ('),                       adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales
Having regard to Protocol 1 8 (2) to the Act annexed                of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of
thereto,                                                            the Protocol ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                        Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­
226/73 of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules                 nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be
for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into                   lower than the level necessary to permit the annual
the United Kingdom (3), as last amended by Regula­                  quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to
tion (EEC) No 3067/75 (4), and in particular Article 8              be sold ;
thereof,                                                            Whereas it follows from appling these rules to the situ­
Whereas pursuant to Article 2(1 ) of the Protocol                   ation on the British market that the special levies
special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and                should be fixed at the levels indicated below ;
cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Protocol ;                                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and              ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
to Article 4(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73, these
special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
between :
— the market price at which the annual quantities                                           Article 1
     specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­
     ally be sold, and                                             The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol
                                                                    1 8 are hereby fixed at :
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
     No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif                 — 110 u.a./ 100 kg for butter,
     and first sale stages ;                                       — 100 u.a./ 100 kg for cheese .
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73                                         Article 2
provides that the special levies should be fixed at a
level such that the butter and cheese in question can              This Regulation shall enter into force on 26 March
be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as                   1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 25 March 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 .
(J) OJ   No L 27, 1 . 2. 1 973, p. 1 7.
(4) OJ   No L 307, 27 . 11 . 1975, p. 4.