CELEX: 31977R2856
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2856/77 of 21 December 1977 fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom

No L 329/34                         Official Journal of the European Communities                            22. 12. 77
                                 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2856/77
                                                   of 21 December 1977
                fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the
                                                     United Kingdom
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                Whereas with regard to the other detailed rules of
  COMMUNITIES,                                                  application of Regulation (EEC) No 1655/76, Commis­
                                                                 sion Regulation (EEC) No 465/73 of 31 January 1973
  Having regard to the Treaty of Accession, and in parti­        laying down detailed rules for the application of the
  cular Protocol 18 thereto,
                                                                 special system for the import of New Zealand butter
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                   and cheese into the United Kingdom (3) may continue
  1655/76 of 29 June 1976 extending the transitional             to be applied to butter imported on or after 1 January
                                                                 1978 .
  arrangements for the import of New Zealand butter
  into the United Kingdom ( ] ), and in particular Article
  8 thereof,                                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
                                                                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
  Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­         ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
  tion (EEC) No 1655/76, a special levy is applied to
  New Zealand butter imported into the United
  Kingdom pursuant to this Regulation ;
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Whereas, under Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No
  1655/76, the special levy is fixed on the basis of the
  difference between :
                                                                                         Article 1
  — the market price of New Zealand butter in the
       United Kingdom, and                                       The special levy referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
  — the cif price fixed under Article 2 of Council Regu­         (EEC) No 1655/76 shall be 103-86 units of account
       lation (EEC) No 2157/77 of 27 September 1977,             per 100 kilograms of butter.
       fixing the price to be observed at the cif stage for
       imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into
       the United Kingdom (2), plus the total costs                                      Article 2
       between the cif stage and the stage of initial sale ;
                                                                 Regulation (EEC) No 465/73 shall apply to importa­
  Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1655/76
  lays down that in order to ensure an effective turnover
                                                                 tions of New Zealand butter under Regulation (EEC)
                                                                  No 1655/76.
  of yearly quantities, the special levy must be fixed at a
  level permitting the sale of butter at a consistent rate
^ without disrupting the market in Community butter ;                                    Article 3
  Whereas the application of these rules to the situation
  on the British market results in the special levy being        This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
   fixed at the level given below ;                               1978 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States.
                 Done at Brussels, 21 December 1977.
                                                                           For the Commission
                                                                            Finn GUNDELACH
                                                                               Vice-President
  (>) OJ No L 185, 9. 7. 1976, p. 1 .
  (2) OJ No L 250, 30. 9. 1977, p. 12.                            (3) OJ No L 53, 26. 2. 1973, p. 36.