CELEX: 31975R3140
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3140/75 of the Commission of 2 December 1975 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

3 . 12. 75                              Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 313/9
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3140/75 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                     of 2 December 1975
               fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported
                                       into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the
COMMUNITIES,                                                       stability of the market ; whereas these levies may
                                                                   nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession (*) and to                adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales
Protocol 1 8 (2) (hereinafter called the 'Protocol') to the        of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of
Act annexed thereto ;                                              the Protocol ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­
226/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general                  nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be
rules for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese                 lower than the level necessary to permit the annual
into the United Kingdom, as amended by Regulation                  quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to
(EEC) No 3145/74 (4) of 9 December 1974, and in                    be sold ;
particular Article 8 thereof ;
                                                                   Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Procol special          situation on the British market that the special levies
levies are applied to New Zealand butter and cheese                should be fixed at the levels indicated below ;
imported into the United Kingdom under that
Protocol ;                                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and             ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
to Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73, these
special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference
between :                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— the market price at which the annual quantities                                          Article 1
     specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­
     ally be sold, and                                             The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol
                                                                    1 8 are hereby fixed at :
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)
     No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif                — 71-38 u.a./ lOO kg for butter,
     and first sale stages ;                                       — 92-87 u.a./ lOO kg for cheese.
Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73                                        Article 2
provides that the special levies should be fixed at a
level such that the butter and cheese in question can              The Regulation shall enter into force on 8 December
be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as                   1975 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 2 December 1975.
                                                                             For the Commission
                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                          Member of the Commission
 (!) 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, p. 17.
(4)  OJ  No  L 334, 14. 12. 1974, p. 7.