CELEX: 31973R0271
Language: en
Date: 1973-01-31 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 271/73 of the Commission of 31 January 1973 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol No 18

No L 30/78                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               1 . 2. 73
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 271/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 31 January 1973
               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                                      fixed at a level such that the butter and cheese in
COMMUNITIES,                                                        question can be sold at a consistent rate and should
                                                                    as far as possible be kept at a uniform level to en­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                  sure the stability of the market ; whereas these levies
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                    may nevertheless be altered and adjusted, in particu­
Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the acces­               lar where this is necessary to permit steady sales of
sion of new Member States to the European Econo­                    the anual quantities specified in Article 1 (2 ) of the
mic Community and the European Atomic Energy                        Protocol ;
Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972,                   Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of butter
and Protocol No 18 (2 ), hereinafter called 'Protocol',             and cheese of the Community, the special levies must
to the Act annexed thereto ;                                        not be lower than the level necessary to permit the
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No                       annual quantities specified in Article 1 ( 2) of the Pro­
226/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general                   tocol to be sold ;
rules for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese                  Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
into the United Kingdom, and in particular Article 8                present situation on the British market that the
thereof ;                                                           special levies should be fixed at the levels indicated
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol,               below ;
special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and                Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula­
cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that                   tion are in accordance with the Opinion of the Man­
Protocol ;                                                          agement 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 ,                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
these special levies are fixed on the basis of the dif­                                      Article 1
ference between ;
— 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           No 18 are hereby fixed
     ally be sold ; and                                             — at 11 u.a./ 100 kg for butter
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation                    — at 18 u.a./ 100 kg for cheese
     (EEC) No 226/73 , plus costs incurred between
                                                                                             Article 2
     the cif and first sale stages ;
Whereas Article 4 (2 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No                       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February
 226/73 provides that the special levies should be                   1973 .
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
               Done at Brussels, 31 January 1973 .
                                                                              For the Commission
                                                                                  The President
                                                                             Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 (») 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 .