31973R1635

21 . 6 . 73 No L 164/ 17 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1635 /73 OF THE COMMISSION of 20 June 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 level such that the butter and cheese in question can COMMUNITIES, be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European stability of the market ; whereas these levies may Economic Community ; nevertheless be altered and adjusted, in particular Having regard to the Treaty ( ! ) concerning the Acces­ where this is necessary to permit steady sales of the sion of new Member States to the European Economic annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol ; Community and the European Atomic Energy 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', to and cheese of the Community, the special levies must the Act annexed thereto ; not be lower than the level necessary to permit the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Protocol 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 applying these rules to the present into the United Kingdom, and in particular Article 8 situation on the British market that the special levies thereof ; should be fixed at the levels indicated below ; Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol, Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ; Protocol ;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73, these special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference Article 1 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 6·80 u.a./ 100 kg for butter, — the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) — at 29·80 u.a./ 100 kg for cheese. No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif Article 2 and first sale stages ; Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73 This Regulation shall enter into force on 21 June 1973 . provides that the special levies should be fixed at a

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 20 June 1973 . For the Commission The President

François-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, p. 17.