31975R3140

3 . 12. 75 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 313 /9

REGULATION (EEC) No 3140/75 OF THE COMMISSION

of 2 December 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 possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the COMMUNITIES, stability of the market ; whereas these levies may nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be Having regard to the Treaty of Accession (*) and to adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales Protocol 1 8 (2) (hereinafter called the 'Protocol') to the of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of Act annexed thereto ; the Protocol ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­ 226/73 (3) of 31 January 1973 laying down general nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be rules for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese lower than the level necessary to permit the annual into the United Kingdom, as amended by Regulation quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to (EEC) No 3145/74 (4) of 9 December 1974, and in be sold ; particular Article 8 thereof ; Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the Whereas pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Procol special situation on the British market that the special levies levies are applied to New Zealand butter and cheese should be fixed at the levels indicated below ; imported into the United Kingdom under that Protocol ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, to Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73, these special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : between :

— the market price at which the annual quantities Article 1 specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol can actu­ ally be sold, and The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol 1 8 are hereby fixed at : — the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) — 71-38 u.a./ lOO kg for butter, No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif and first sale stages ; — 92-87 u.a./ lOO kg for cheese.

Whereas Article 4 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73 Article 2 provides that the special levies should be fixed at a level such that the butter and cheese in question can The Regulation shall enter into force on 8 December be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 2 December 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.