31973R0271

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 tocol to be sold ; 226/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general 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 below ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol, 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation ( EEC) No 226/73 , these special levies are fixed on the basis of the dif­ Article 1 ference between ; The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol — the market price at which the annual quantities No 18 are hereby fixed specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­ 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 .