CELEX: 51975PC0579
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EEC) N°226/75 as regards the price to be observed at the cif stage for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into the United Kingdom (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(75)579 final.
                                          *        Brussels , 7 November 1975
                                PROPOSAL FOR A
                       REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL
    amending Regulation ( EEC ) N°226/75 as regards the price to be
    observed at the cif stage for imports of New Zealand butter
    and cheese into the United Kingdom
                 ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
                  J
C0M(75 ) 579 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPANATORY MEMORANDUM
        The Heads of Government of the Community , meeting in Council at Dublin
the 10th of March 1975 ^ underlined the importance which they attach to the
Protocol-. As regards in particular the special CIF price mentioned in the
Protocol , they stated that " the Community , which remains attached to a
fair implementation of the Protocol is ready to review periodically and
as necessary to adjust the prices having regard to the supply and demand
developments in the major producing and consuming countries of the world ,
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and also to the level and evolution of prices in the Community –• including
intervention prices - and in New Zealand , taking moreover into account
cost developments in New Zealand and trends in freight charges".
        Moreover , the Commission , in its Communication to the Council concer­
ning special arrangements ibr New Zealand butter after 1977 ( l )» expressed
its intention to submit very shortly new price proposals .
        It should be remembered that a first amendment of the special CIF
price , from its original level , took place with effect from 1st January
1975 1 bringing the level to :                  •
        90.81 TJA/100 kg for butter ;  c
        78.^1 UA/100 kg for cheese .
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( 1 ) C0M(75)^37 of 23 July 1975
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4.      In the light of its evaluation of the elements mentioned in the
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   declaration of the Heads of Government ^ the Commission considers that
   a further amendment of the level of the special CIF price is necessary. ;
   It proposes that the Council fix -the level , with effect from <       X'Hi
           .107,16 j UA/100 kg for butter ;
             92,52 I UA/100 kg for cheese .
 ---pagebreak---                                   Proposal for
              REGULATION CEEC ) N°         /75 OF THE COUNCIL
     amending Regulation (EEC ) N a 226/73 as regards the price to
     be observed at the cif . stage .-for imports of New Zealand butter
     and cheese into the United Kingdom
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ;
Having regard to the Treaty ( 1 ) concerning the accession of new Member
States to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic
Energy Community , and in particular Article 3 of Protocol - 18 ( 2 ) to the
Act annexed thereto ;              .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas , by Protocol 18 , certain quantities of butter and cheese may
be imported into the United Kingdom from New Zealand on special terms ;
whereas New Zealand must inter alia guarantee the observance of a spe­
cified cif price for such imports ;
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 226/73 (3 ) of 31 January
1973 laying down general rules for imports of New Zealand butter and
cheese into the United Kingdom , as last amended by Council Regulation
( EEC ) N° 31^5/7^^) of 9 December 197^ » fixed the prices to be obser­
ved at the cif stage at 90.81 u.a./lOO kg for butter and 78.A-1 u.a./lOO kg
for cheese ;
Whereas , since that last amendment , there have been                   jchanges
in the level and evolution of prices in the Community - including inter­
vention prices – and in New Zealand , and also in costs in New Zealand and
in freight rates ;
(1)   OJ N° L 73 , 27.3.1972 , p. 5 .
(2)   OJ N° L 73 , 27.3.1972 , p. 173 .
(3 )  OJ N° L 27 , 1.2.1973 , p . 17 .
(*0   OJ N° L 33 ^, l*f . 12.197^, p . 7 .
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  V/hereas in these circumstances , and having regard to the supply and
  demand developments in the major producing and consuming countries             *2      P
  of the world , the cxt prices should be modified in the light of these
  changes ;                            _
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  BAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION) :
                                   Article 1
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  In Article 3 of Regulation (EEC ) n° 226/73 » the price"90.8l u.a./lOO kg"
  under (a) is - replaced by 107.16 UA/100 kg|and the price" 78.4-1 u.a./lOO kg
  under (b) is replaced by |92,52 UA/100 kg."']'
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                                  Article 2                                  %          i1
  This Regulation shall enter into force on
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and                            '
            directly applicable in all Member States .                   ' •             L
           Done at Brussels ,
                                                       For the Council                  ï
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     - Given the difference between the present cif prices and the
■prices proposed and the levies deriving therefrom , and on the ."basis
 of the maximum amounts of "butter and cheese referred to in Protocol 18
 for 1BlSt        financial consequence of the proposal would he
reduction, of the special levies charged - on importation into the
United Kingdom "by approximately 28 m .. UA .     | ITothwithstancLing, •
having regard to the financial provisions of the Act of Accession,
■with respect to the period of . application of Protocol 18 , there would
"be no direct . jLmpact on the Community Budget .