CELEX: 31978R1776
Language: en
Date: 1978-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1776/78 of 27 July 1978 fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom

28 . 7 . 78                        Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 204/31
                                COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1776/78
                                                     of 27 July 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 94-47 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 28 July
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, 27 July 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.                           (<) OJ No L 53, 26. 2. 1973, p. 36.