CELEX: 31978R2710
Language: en
Date: 1978-11-22
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2710/78 of 21 November 1978 fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom

22. 11 . 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 327/9
                               COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2710/78
                                                 of 21 November 1978
             fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the
                                                   United Kingdom
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas the application of these rules to the situation
COMMUNITIES,                                                   on the United Kingdom market results in the special
                                                               levy being fixed at the level given below ;
Having regard to the Treaty of Accession, and in parti­
cular Protocol 18 thereto,                                     Whereas, under Article 2 of Commission Regulation
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   (EEC) No 2856/77 of 21 December 1977 fixing the
1655/76 of 29 June 1976 extending the transitional             special levy applicable to New Zealand butter
arrangements for the import of New Zealand butter              imported into the United Kingdom (3), Commission
into the United Kingdom (1), and in particular Article         Regulation (EEC) No 465/73 of 31 January 1973
8 thereof,                                                     laying down detailed rules for the application of the
                                                               special system for the import of New Zealand butter
Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­         and cheese into the United Kingdom (4) is to be appli­
tion (EEC) No 1655/76, a special levy is applied to            cable to butter imported under Regulation (EEC) No
New Zealand butter imported into the United                    1655/76 ;
Kingdom pursuant to this Regulation ;
                                                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas, under Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No            are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
1655/76, the special levy is fixed on the basis of the         ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
difference between :
— the market price of New Zealand butter in the
    United Kingdom, and                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
— the cif price fixed under Article 2 of Council Regu­
    lation (EEC) No 2157/77 of 27 September 1977                                       Article 1
    fixing the price to be observed at the cif stage for
    imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into              The special levy referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
    the United Kingdom (2), plus the total costs               (EEC) No 1655/76 shall be 106-64 units of account
    between the cif stage and the stage of initial sale ;      per 100 kilograms of butter.
Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1655/76
lays down that in order to ensure an effective turnover                                Article 2
of yearly quantities, the special levy must be fixed at a
level permitting the sale of butter at a consistent rate       This Regulation shall enter into force on 23
without disrupting the market in Community butter ;             November 1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 21 November 1978 .
                                                                         For the Commission
                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                             Vice-President
(') OJ No L 185, 9. 7. 1976, p. 1 .                             (3) OJ No L 329, 22. 12. 1977, p. 34.
(2) OJ No L 250, 30. 9. 1977, p. 12.                            (4) OJ No L 53, 26. 2. 1973, p. 36.