CELEX: 31976R0576
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 576/76 of 15 March 1976 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

15 . 3 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 69 / 13
                                   COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 576/76
                                                      of 15 March 1976
               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 (*) and to              adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales
Protocol 1 8 (2) (hereinafter called the 'Protocol') to the      of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of
Act annexed 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 amended by Regulation                  quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to
(EEC) No 3145/74 of 9 December 1974 (4), and in                   be sold ;
particular Article 8 thereof,
                                                                 Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol               situation 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
Protocol ;                                                        Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and
                                                                  Milk Products, has not delivered an opinion within
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and            the time limit set by its Chairman,
to Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73 these
special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference
between :                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— 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               — 54-72 u.a./ 100 kg for butter,
     and first sale stages ;                                      — 66-61 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 15 March
be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as                  1976 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States.
               Done at Brussels, 15 March 1976 .
                                                                            For the Commission
                                                                               P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                         Member of the Commission
(•) 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.
 4) OJ   No L 334, 14. 12. 1974, p. 7.