CELEX: 31974R1766
Language: en
Date: 1974-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1766/74 of the Commission of 8 July 1974 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol No 18

9 . 7 . 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 185/9
                            REGULATION (EEC) No 1766/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 8 July 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                                    be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as
COMMUNITIES,                                                      possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the
                                                                  stability of the market ; whereas, these levies may
Having regard to the Treaty (') concerning the acces­             nevertheless be altered and adjusted, and in particular
sion of new Member States to the European Economic                where this is necessary to permit steady sales of the
Community and the European Atomic Energy                          annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                 Protocol ;
and Protocol No 1 8 (2), hereinafter called the
'Protocol ', to the Act annexed thereto ;                         Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of butter
                                                                  and cheese of the Community, the special levies must
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                      not be lower than the level necessary to permit the
226/73 (3 ) of 31 January 1973 laying down general                annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the
rules for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese                Protocol to be sold ;
into the United Kingdom, and in particular Article 8
thereof ;                                                         Whereas it follows applying these rules to the situa­
                                                                  tion on the British market that the special levies
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol,             should be fixed at the levels indicated below ;
special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and
cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Protocol ;                                                        are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                  ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and
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
     specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­         The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol
     ally be sold ; and                                           No 18 are hereby fixed as follows :
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)            — 27-63 u.a./ lOO kg for butter,
     No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif               — 55-53 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 10 July
 level such that the butter and cheese in question can            1974 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Brussels, 8 July 1974.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                The President
                                                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(») OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(*) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 173 .
(A OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 17.