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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3457/80

OF 22 DECEMBER 1980

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1655/76 EXTENDING THE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE IMPORT OF NEW ZEALAND BUTTER INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE 1972 ACT OF ACCESSION , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 5 ( 2 ) OF PROTOCOL 18 ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , FURTHER TO PROTOCOL 18 , COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1655/76 OF 29 JUNE 1976 EXTENDING THE TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE IMPORT OF NEW ZEALAND BUTTER INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM ( 1 ) AUTHORIZED THE UNITED KINGDOM , AS A TRANSITIONAL MEASURE , TO IMPORT CERTAIN QUANTITIES OF NEW ZEALAND BUTTER ON SPECIAL TERMS FROM 1978 TO 1980 ; WHEREAS IN THE INTERVAL WHILE AWAITING A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL REGARDING NEW IMPORT MEASURES FOR NEW ZEALAND BUTTER INTO THE COMMUNITY , IT IS APPROPRIATE NOT TO CEASE APPLICATION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1655/76 ON THE 31 DECEMBER 1980 ; WHEREAS TO THIS EFFECT A QUANTITY SHOULD BE FIXED WHICH NEW ZEALAND CAN IMPORT INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1981 , AND FOR WHICH THE CIF PRICE FIXED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2540/80 ( 2 ) MUST BE RESPECTED ,

HAS ADOPTED THE PRESENT REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1655/76 SHALL BE COMPLETED BY ADDITION OF THE FOLLOWING SUBPARAGRAPH :

" THE QUANTITY LIMIT SHALL BE FIXED AT 7 920 TONNES FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1981 . "

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JANUARY 1981 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE TO ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 DECEMBER 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

THE PRESIDENT

J . SANTER

( 1 ) OJ NO L 185 , 9 . 7 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 260 , 3 . 10 . 1980 , P . 1 .