CELEX: 31977R2533
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2533/77 of 17 November 1977 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

18 . 11 . 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 294/ 15
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2533/77
                                                  of 17 November 1977
               fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported
                                     into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  stability of the market ; whereas these levies may
COMMUNITIES,                                                    nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be
                                                                adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession (! ),                  of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of
Having regard to Protocol 1 8 (2), to the Act annexed           the Protocol ;
thereto,                                                        Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                    nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be
226/73 of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules             lower than the level necessary to permit the annual
for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into               quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to
the United Kingdom (3), as last amended by Regula­              be sold ;
tion (EEC) No 21 57/77 (4), and in particular Article 8         Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
thereof,                                                        situation 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            Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that              are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
Protocol ;                                                       ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and
to 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
                                                                The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol
     specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­
                                                                 1 8 are hereby fixed at :
     ally be sold, and
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)          — 79-39 units of account per 100 kilograms for
                                                                     butter
     No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif
     and first sale stages ;                                    — 90-00 units of account per 100 kilograms for
                                                                     cheese .
Whereas Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73
provides that the special levies should be fixed at a                                    Article 2
level such that the butter and cheese in question can
be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as               This Regulation shall enter into force on             19
possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the                November 1977 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 17 November 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .
(2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 173 .
(J) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 17 .
h) OJ No L 250, 30. 9. 1977, p. 12.