31977R2533

18 . 11 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 294/ 15

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC) No 2533/77 of 17 November 1977 fixing the special levies applicable to New Zealand butter and cheese imported into the United Kingdom under Protocol 18

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN stability of the market ; whereas these levies may COMMUNITIES, nevertheless be altered, and are in particular to be adjusted where this is necessary to permit steady sales Having regard to the Treaty of Accession (! ), of the annual quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol ; Having regard to Protocol 1 8 (2), to the Act annexed thereto, Whereas, in order not to endanger the sale of Commu­ nity butter and cheese, the special levies must not be Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No lower than the level necessary to permit the annual 226/73 of 31 January 1973 laying down general rules quantities specified in Article 1 (2) of the Protocol to for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into be sold ; the United Kingdom (3), as last amended by Regula­ tion (EEC) No 21 57/77 (4), and in particular Article 8 Whereas it follows from applying these rules to the 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 — 79-39 units of account per 100 kilograms for — the cif price fixed in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) butter No 226/73, plus costs incurred between the cif and first sale stages ; — 90-00 units of account per 100 kilograms for cheese . Whereas Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 226/73 provides that the special levies should be fixed at a Article 2 level such that the butter and cheese in question can be sold at a consistent rate and should as far as This Regulation shall enter into force on 19 November 1977 . possible be kept at a uniform level to ensure the

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

Done at Brussels, 17 November 1977.

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

(•) 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 . h) OJ No L 250, 30. 9. 1977, p. 12.