31976R1380

No L 156/ 14 17 . 6. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1380/76 of 16 June 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1579/70 laying down special conditions for the export of certain cheeses to Spain

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN — 16 688 pesetas for Emmentaler and COMMUNITIES, Gruyere cheese in vacuum-packed pieces of a weight exceeding 1 kg falling within Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European subheading 04.04 A I b) 1 of the Spanish Economic Community, customs tariff ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No — 17 420 pesetas for Emmentaler and 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization Gruyere cheese in vacuum-packed pieces of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last of a weight not exceeding 1 kg but amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in exceeding 75 g falling within subheading particular the first subparagraph of Article 17 (4) 04.04 A I c) 1 of the Spanish customs thereof, tariff ; Whereas footnote 3 to Annex IV to Commission Regu­ — 13 338 pesetas for blue-veined cheeses lation (EEC) No 1579/70 of 4 August 1970 laying falling within subheading 04.04 C 2 of the down special conditions for the export of certain Spanish customs tariff ; cheeses to Spain (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 838/75 (4), contains the free-at-Spanish­ — 14 385 pesetas for cheeses processed from frontier prices which must be observed for certain Emmentaler or Gruyere falling within cheeses from the Community if they are to be subject subheading 04.04 D I a) or D I b) of the to a fixed regulatory duty on their entry into Spain ; Spanish customs tariff ;

Whereas, following an increase in the price of its — 1 4 637 pesetas for cheeses processed from milk, Spain has had to seek the Community's agree­ Emmentaler or Gruyere falling within ment to an increase in the Spanish threshold prices subheading 04.04 D I c) of the Spanish for certain cheeses ; whereas, following negotiations customs tariff ; within GAIT, the Community has agreed to a certain increase ; — 12 469 pesetas for other processed cheeses falling within subheading 04.04 D 2 a) of Whereas higher threshold prices mean that higher the Spanish customs tariff ; free-at-Spanish-frontier prices must be observed ; — 12 713 pesetas for other processed cheeses whereas footnote 3 to Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) falling within subheading 04.04 D 2 b) of No 1 579/70 must therefore be amended accordingly ; the Spanish customs tariff ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation -— 1 2 952 pesetas for other processed cheeses are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ falling within subheading 04.04 D 2 c) of ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, the Spanish customs tariff ;

— 1 3 338 pesetas for Parmigiano Reggiano, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Grana Padano, Pecorino and Fiore Sardo cheeses falling within subheading 04.04 G Article 1 I a) 1 of the Spanish customs tariff ;

Footnote 3 to Annex IV to Regulation (EEC) No — 1 2 304 pesetas for cheddar cheese ripened 1579/70 is replaced by the following : for less than three months falling within subheading 04.04 G I b) 1 of the Spanish '(3) The prices per 100 kg net weight must not be customs tariff ; less than : — 1 3 58 1 pesetas for Cheddar cheese ripened — 1 5 522 pesetas for Emmentaler and for more than three months falling within Gruyere whole cheeses falling within subheading 04.04 G I b) 1 of the Spanish subheading 04.04 A I a) 1 of the Spanish customs tariff : customs tariff ;

— 13 278 pesetas for Provolone, Asiago Cacio­ (') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . cavallo and Ragusano cheeses falling (2 OJ No L 67, 15. 3 . 1976, p. 9 . (}) OJ No L 172, 5 . 8 . 1970, p . 26. within subheading 04.04 G I b) 2 of the (4) OJ No L 79 , 28 . 3 . 1976, p. 54. Spanish customs tariff ;

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— 12 873 pesetas for first quality Dutch — 14 619 pesetas for cheeses of a water Edam cheese of a minimum fat content by content calculated by weight of the non­ weight in the dry matter of 40 % and fatty matter exceeding 72 % in packings ripened for seven to eight weeks falling of a net capacity not exceeding 500 g within subheading 04.04 G I b) 3 of the falling within subheading 04.04 G I c) 1 of Spanish customs tariff ; the Spanish customs tariff.' — 14 619 pesetas for cheeses of a water content calculated by weight of the non­ Article 2 fatty matter exceeding 62 % but not exceeding 72 % falling within subheading This Regulation shall enter into force on the day 04.04 G I b) 5 of the Spanish customs following its publication in the Official Journal of tariff : the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 June 1976.

For the Commission

P. J. LARDINOIS Member of the Commission