31976R1068

No L 121 / 38 Official Journal of the European Communities 8 . 5 . 76

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) No 1068 / 76 of 7 May 1976 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 ('), adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales Having regard to Protocol 18 (2 ) to the Act annexed of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 ( 2) of thereof, the Protocol ; Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­ 226/73 of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules nity butter and cheese , the special levies must not be for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into lower than the level necessary to permit the annual the United Kingdom (3), as amended by Regulation quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to ( EEC) No 3145 / 74 of 9 December 1974 (4 ), and in be sold ; particular Article 8 thereof, Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the situation 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 Management Committee for Milk and Protocol ; Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its Chairman , Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and 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 The special levies referred to in Article 2 of Protocol ally be sold , and 18 are hereby fixed at : — the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation ( EEC) No 226 /73 , plus costs incurred between the cif — 54-72 u.a./ l()0 kg for butter. and first sale stages ; — 52-44 u.a./ 100 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 This Regulation shall enter into force on 10 May be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as 1976 .

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

Done at Brussels, 7 May 1976 . For the Commission P.J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission

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