31975R1016

No L 98 / 18 Official Journal of the European Communities 19 . 4 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC) No 1016/75 OF THE COMMISSION of 18 April 1975 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 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 are in particular to be sion of new Member States to the European Economic adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales Community and to the European Atomic Energy of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January 1972, the Protocol ; and to Protocol 1 8 (2) (hereinafter called the 'Protocol') to the Act annexed thereto ; Whereas, in order not to to endanger the sale of Community butter and cheese, 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 , as amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 31 45/74 (4) of 9 December 1974, and in Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the particular Article 8 thereof ; situation 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 to 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 1 8 are hereby fixed at : ally be sold , and — 46-10 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 — 66-70 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 21 April 1 975 . level such that the butter and cheese in question can

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

Done at Brussels, 18 April 1975 .

For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

(') 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. (4) OJ No L 334, 14. 12 . 1974, p. 7 .