31976R1576

No L 172/56 1 . 7. 76 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 1576/76 of 30 June 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 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 of Accession f 1), nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be Having regard to Protocol 18 (2) to the Act annexed adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales thereto, of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of 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 pursuant to Article 2 ( 1 ) of the Protocol Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the special levies are applied to New Zealand butter and situation on the British market that the special levies cheese imported into the United Kingdom under that should be fixed at the levels indicated below ; Protocol ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 (2) of the Protocol and are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­ to Article 4 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73 these ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, special levies are fixed on the basis of the difference between : HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

— 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) No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif — 54-72 u.a./ 100 kg for butter, and first sale stages ; — 37-92 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 1 July 1976.

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

Done at Brussels, 30 June 1976.

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 . (J) OJ No L 27, 1 . 2. 1973, p. 17. 4 OJ No L 334, 14. 12. 1974, p. 7 .