31974R0273

1 . 2 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 28 /59

REGULATION (EEC) No 273 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 31 January 1974 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 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 ( J) concerning the Acces­ nevertheless be altered and adjusted, and in particular where this is necessary to permit steady sales of the sion of new Member States to the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol ; Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, and Protocol No 18 (2), hereinafter called 'Protocol', to Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of butter the Act annexed thereto ; and cheese of the Community, the special levies must Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No not be lower than the level necessary to permit the 226/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to be sold ; rules for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into the United Kingdom, and in particular Article 8 Whereas it follows applying these rules to the situa­ thereof ; tion on the British market that the 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 Regulation cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Protocol ; ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73 , these HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference between Article 1 — the market price at which the annual quantities The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­ No 18 are hereby fixed ally be sold ; and — at 20 u.a./ lOO kg for butter, — the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73 , plus costs incurred between the cif — at 48 u.a./ lOO kg for cheese . and first sale stages ; Article 2 Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73 provides that the special levies should be fixed at a This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 February level such that the butter and cheese in question can 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 31 January 1974. For the Commission

The President

Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

0 ) OJ No L 73, 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (2) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 173 . h) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 17.