CELEX: 31979R1424
Language: en
Date: 1979-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1424/79 of 10 July 1979 fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom

11 . 7 . 79                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 173 / 5
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1424/79
                                                      of 10 July 1979
                fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the
                                                     United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  butter under Regulation (EEC) No 1 269/79 (3), and
COMMUNITIES,                                                    which affects the selling prices of this butter in that
                                                                Member State ;
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession, and in parti­
cular Protocol 18 thereto ,                                     Whereas the application of these rules to the situation
                                                                on the British market results in the special levy being
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    fixed at the level given below ;
1655/76 of 29 June 1976 extending the transitional
arrangements for the import of New Zealand butter               Whereas, under Article 2 of Commission Regulation
into the United Kingdom ('), and in particular Article          (EEC) No 2856/77 of 21 December 1977 fixing the
8 thereof,                                                      special levy applicable to New Zealand butter
                                                                imported into the United Kingdom (4 ), Commission
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­
                                                                Regulation (EEC) No 465/73 of 31 January 1973
tion (EEC) No 1655/76, a special levy is applied to             laying down detailed rules for the application of the
New Zealand butter imported into the United
                                                                special system for the import of New Zealand butter
Kingdom pursuant to this Regulation ;                           and cheese into the United Kingdom (5) is to be appli­
Whereas, under Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No             cable to butter imported under Regulation (EEC) No
1655/76, the special levy is fixed on the basis of the          1655/ 76 ;
difference between :
                                                                Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and
— the market price of New Zealand butter in the                 Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the
      United Kingdom , and                                      time limit set by its chairman ,
— the cif price fixed under Article 2 of Council Regu­
      lation (EEC) No 2157/77 of 27 September 1977
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
      fixing the price to be observed at the cif stage for
      imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into
      the United Kingdom (2), plus the total costs                                       Article 1
      between the cif stage and the stage of initial sale ;
                                                                The special levy referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1655/76            (EEC) No 1655/76 shall be 59-40 ECU per 100 kg of
lays down that in order to ensure an effective turnover         butter.
of yearly quantities, the special levy must be fixed at a
level permitting the sale of butter at a consistent rate                                 Article 2
without disrupting the market in Community butter ;
to this effect, it is necessary to take account also of the     This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 1 July
aid granted in the United Kingdom to Community                  1979 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 10 July 1979 .
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
                                                                Q) OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1979, p. 8.
(>) OJ No L 185, 9 . 7. 1976, p. 1 .                            («) OJ No L 329, 22. 12. 1977, p. 34.
n OJ No L 250, 30. 9 . 1977, p. 12.                             (5) OJ No L 53, 26. 2. 1973, p. 36.