CELEX: 31976R1576
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1576/76 of 30 June 1976 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

No L 172/56                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              1 . 7. 76
                                  COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1576/76
                                                       of 30 June 1976
               fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported
                                      into the United Kingdom under Protocol 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 of Accession f 1),                   nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be
Having regard to Protocol 18 (2) to the Act annexed              adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales
thereto,                                                         of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of
                                                                  the Protocol ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
226/73 of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules              Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­
for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into                nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be
the United Kingdom (3), as amended by Regulation                  lower than the level necessary to permit the annual
(EEC) No 3145/74 of 9 December 1974 (4), and in                  quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to
particular Article 8 thereof,                                    be sold ;
Whereas pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol              Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the
special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and             situation on the British market that the special levies
cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that               should be fixed at the levels indicated below ;
Protocol ;
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and            are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
to Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73 these            ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
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
— the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC)            1 8 are hereby fixed at :
     No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif              — 54-72 u.a./ 100 kg for butter,
     and first sale stages ;                                     — 37-92 u.a./ 100 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            This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 30 June 1976.
                                                                           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.
(J) OJ  No  L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 17.
 4  OJ   No L 334, 14. 12. 1974, p. 7 .