31974R1766

9 . 7 . 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 185/9

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1766/ 74 OF THE COMMISSION of 8 July 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 (') concerning the acces­ nevertheless be altered and adjusted, and in particular sion of new Member States to the European Economic where this is necessary to permit steady sales of the Community and the European Atomic Energy annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, Protocol ; and Protocol No 1 8 ( 2), hereinafter called the 'Protocol ', to the Act annexed thereto ; Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of butter 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 rules for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese Protocol to be sold ; into the United Kingdom, and in particular Article 8 thereof ; Whereas it follows applying these rules to the situa­ tion on the British market that the special levies Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol, should be fixed at the levels indicated below ; special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Protocol ; are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ 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 specified in Article 1 ( 2) of the Protocol can actu­ The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol ally be sold ; and No 18 are hereby fixed as follows : — the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) — 27-63 u.a./ lOO kg for butter, No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif — 55-53 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 10 July 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, 8 July 1974 . For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

(») OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (*) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 173 . (A OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 17.