31979R2254

16 . 10 . 79 No L 260/5 Official Journal of the European Communities

COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2254/79

of 15 October 1979

fixing the special levy applicable to New Zealand butter imported into the United Kingdom

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN industrial purposes at a lower price level than that of COMMUNITIES, butter of Community origin intended for the same purposes, it should be laid down that the New Having regard to the Treaty of Accession, and in parti­ Zealand butter in question may only be used for cular Protocol 18 thereto, direct consumption ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1655/76 of 29 June 1976 extending the transitional Whereas, under Article 2 of Commission Regulation arrangements for the import of New Zealand butter (EEC) No 28 56/77 of 21 December 1977 fixing the into the United Kingdom (*), and in particular Article special levy applicable to New Zealand butter 8 thereof, imported into the United Kingdom (4), Commission Regulation (EEC) No 465/73 of 31 January 1973 Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 ( 1 ) of Regula­ laying down detailed rules for the application of the tion (EEC) No 1655/76, a special levy is applied to special system for the import of New Zealand butter New Zealand butter imported into the United and cheese into the United Kingdom (5) is to be appli­ Kingdom pursuant to this Regulation ; cable to butter imported under Regulation (EEC) No Whereas, under Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1655/76 ; 1655/76, the special levy is fixed on the basis of the difference between : Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the — the market price of New Zealand butter in the time limit set by its chairman, United Kingdom, and — the cif price fixed under Article 2 of Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 2157/77 of 27 September 1977 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : fixing the price to be observed at the cif stage for imports of New Zealand butter and cheese into Article 1 the United Kingdom (2), plus the total costs between the cif stage and the stage of initial sale ; The special levy referred to in Article 3 of Regulation Whereas Article 3 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1655/76 (EEC) No 1655/76 shall be 70-30 ECU per 100 kilo­ lays down that in order to ensure an effective turnover grams of butter. of yearly quantities, the special levy must be fixed at a level permitting the sale of butter at a consistent rate Article 2 without disrupting the market in Community butter ; The United Kingdom shall take the measures neces­ to this effect, it is necessary to take account also of the sary to ensure that New Zealand butter imported aid granted in the United Kingdom to Community under the levy fixed in Article 1 is not used for butter under Regulation (EEC) No 1 269/79 (3), and processing but only for direct consumption within the which affects the selling prices of this butter in that meaning of Article 1 (a) of Regulation (EEC) No Member State ; 1269/79 on the territory of the United Kingdom. Whereas the application of these rules to the situation on the British market results in the special levy being Article 3 fixed at the level given below ; Whereas, in order to prevent New Zealand butter This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 October 1979 . qualifying for the said special levy from being used for

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

Done at Brussels, 15 October 1979 .

For the Commission

Finn GUNDELACH

Vice-President

1) OJ No L 185, 9. 7. 1976, p. 1 . 0 OJ No L 250, 30 . 9. 1977, p. 12. (4) OJ No L 329, 22. 12. 1977, p. 34. (A OJ No L 161 , 29. 6. 1979, p. 8. (5) OJ No L 53, 26. 2. 1973, p. 36.