31974R1758

No L 183 /44 Official Journal of the European Communities 6 . 7 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1758/74 OF THE COMMISSION of 5 July 1974 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1579/70 laying down special conditions for the export of certain cheeses to Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 'Article 5 COMMUNITIES, For : Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ; — first quality Emmentaler and Gruyere cheeses falling within subheading 04.04 A, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No — blue-veined cheeses falling within subheading 804/68 (!) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ 04.04 C, tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (2), and in — processed cheese falling within subheading particular the first subparagraph of Article 17 (4) 04.04 D, thereof ; — Cheddar (including Chester) cheese falling Whereas footnote 3 to Annex IV of Commission Regu­ within subheading 04.04 E I b) 1 , and lation (EEC) No 1 579/70 (3) of 4 August 1970 laying — first quality Dutch Edam cheese falling sithin down special conditions for 'the export of certain subheading 04.04 E I b) 5 cheeses to Spain, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2536/73 (4), contains the free-at-Spanish-frontier of the Common Customs Tariff, the special certifi­ prices which must be observed for certain cheeses cate may be issued only on submission to the coming from the Community if they are to be subject issuing agency of a declaration conforming to the to a regulatory duty fixed on the entry into Spain of model in Annex IV and signed by the party the products in question ; concerned.'

Whereas, following an increase in the price of milk in Spain, that country has found it necessary to seek the Article 2 Commission's agreement to an increase in the Spanish threshold prices for certain cheeses ; whereas, following negotiations within GATT, the Community In Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 1579/70 the has agreed to a certain increase ; following cheeses are deleted :

Whereas higher threshold prices mean that higher Gorgonzola, Bleu des Causses, Bleu d'Auvergne, free-at-Spanish-frontier prices must be observed ; Fourme d'Ambert, Saingorlon, Bleu de Gex, Bleu du whereas it is therefore necessary to amend accordingly Haut Jura, Septmoncel, Edelpilzkäse, Bluefort. footnote 3 to Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No 1579/70 ; Article 3 Whereas Spain has extended the system of threshold prices and minimum import prices to cover blue­ veined cheeses ; whereas Article 5 of and Annexes I, In footnote 4 to Annex III to Regulation (EEC) No III and IV to Regulation (EEC) No 1579/70 should 1 579/70, the words and figures '. . . 04.04 A, processed therefore be amended accordingly ; cheeses . . .' are replaced in the respective languages by the following : Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ \ . . 04.04 A, fromages a pate persillée relevant , de la ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, sous-position 04.04 C, fromage fondus . . .' \ . . 04.04 A, Käse mit Schimmelbildung im Teig der HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Tarifstelle 04.04 C, Schmelzkäse . . .' '. . . 04.04 A, di formaggi a pasta erborinata della sotto­ Article 1 voce 04.04 C, di formaggi fusi . . .' '. . . 04.04 A, blauw-groen geaderde kaas behorende tot Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 1579/70 is replaced de onderverdeling 04.04 C, smeltkaas . . .' by the following : '. . . 04.04 A, blue-veined cheese falling within 0) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . subheading 04.04 C, processed cheese . . .' (2) OJ No L 85, 29 . 3 . 1974, p. 51 . (3) OJ No L 172, 5. 8 . 1970, p. 26. '. . . 04.04 A, ost med skimmeldannelse i ostemassen (4) OJ No L 262, 19 . 9 . 1973, p. 18 . henhørende under pos. 04.04 C smelteost . . .'

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. . . 04.04 A, as las de quesos de pasta azul de las Gruyere falling within subheading 04.04 D subpartidas 04.04 C, a las de quesos fundidos . . .'. 1 (c) of the Spanish customs tariff ; — 9 669 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for Article 4 other processed cheeses falling within subheading 04.04 D 2 (a) of the Spanish Footnote 3 to Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No customs tariff ; 1 579/70 is replaced by the following : — 9 913 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for '(3) The prices must not be less than : other processed cheeses falling within — 11 700 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for subheading 04.04 D 2 (b) of the Spanish Emmentaler and Gruyere whole cheeses customs tariff ; falling within subheading 04.04 A 1 (a) 1 — 10 151 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for of the Spanish customs tariff ; other processed cheeses falling within — 12 850 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for subheading 04.04 D 2 (c) of the Spanish Emmentaler and Gruyere in vacuum­ customs tariff ; packed pieces of a weight exceeding 1 kg — 9 443 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for falling within subheading 04.04 A 1 (b) 1 Cheddar cheese ripened for less than three of the Spanish customs tariff ; months falling within subheading 04.04 G — 13 500 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for 1 (b) 1 of the Spanish customs tariff ; Emmentaler and Gruyere cheeses in — 10 325 pesetas per 1 00 kg net weight for vacuum-packed pieces of a weight not Cheddar cheese ripened for three or more exceeding 1 kg but exceeding 75 g falling months falling within subheading 04.04 G within subheading 04.04 A 1 (c) 1 of the 1 (b) 1 of the Spanish customs tariff ; Spanish customs tariff ; — 9 763 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for — 10 144 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for first quality Dutch Edam cheese of a blue-veined cheeses falling within minimum fat content by weight in the dry subheading 04.04 C 2 of the Spanish matter of 40 % and ripened for seven to customs tariff ; eight weeks falling within subheading — 11 200 pesetas per 100 kg net weight for 04.04 G 1 (b) 3 of the Spanish customs cheeses processed from Emmentaler or tariff.' Gruyere falling within subheading 04.04 D 1 (a) or 04.04 D 1 (b) of the Spanish Article 2 customs tariff ; — 11 400 pesetas per 1 00 kg net weight for This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 July cheeses processed from Emmentaler or 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 5 July 1974. For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI