CELEX: 31974R2608
Language: en
Date: 1974-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2608/74 of the Commission of 14 October 1974 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol No 18

No L 278/6                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            15 . 10 . 74
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 2608/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 14 October 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                                    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 ( ! ) concerning the acces­           adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of
Community and to the European Atomic Energy                       the Protocol ;
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,
and to Protocol No 18 (2), (hereinafter called the                Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­
'Protocol') to the Act annexed thereto ;                          nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be
                                                                  lower than the level necessary to permit the annual
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to
226/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general                 be sold ;
rules for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese
into the United Kingdom , and in particular Article 8             Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
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        No 18 are hereby fixed at :
      ally be sold, and
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)            — 31-96 u.a./ lOO kg for butter ;
      No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif              — 69-03 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 the day of its
level such that the butter and cheese in question can             publication in the Official Journal of the European
be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as                 Communities.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels , 14 October 1974 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') 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 .