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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3340/84

of 28 November 1984

amending Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 as regards the implementation of new rules for importing certain cheeses from Australia and New Zealand

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1557/84 (2), and in particular Article 14 (6) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 of 18 December 1979 determining the groups of products and the special provisions for calculating levies on milk and milk products and amending Regulation (EEC) No 950/68 on the Common Customs Tariff (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1736/84 (4), provides in Article 9 (1) for a levy on certain cheeses imported from inter alia Australia and New Zealand and lays down, in Annex II (e) and (f), the description of the goods concerned;

Whereas the Community has reached an agreement with these two countries, by an exchange of letters, to suspend the application of certain of the rules currently in force, so that trade may take place as regularly as possible on a basis reflecting more accurately the reality of the cheese market; whereas these provisions should therefore be amended to enable the Community to honour its new commitments;

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2692/83 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2958/84 (6), should moreover be repealed,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 is hereby amended as follows:

1. Article 9 (1) is replaced by the following:

'1. The levy on 100 kilograms of products in Group 10 in Annex II

- under (d) shall be 12.09 ECU,

- under (e) and (f) shall be 15 ECU,

if it is established that the products correspond to the description given in that Annex.'

2. points (e) and (f) of Annex II are replaced by the following:

1.2 // // // 'Common Customs Tariff heading No // Description // // // (e) ex 04.04 E I b) 1 // Whole Cheddar cheeses, of a minimum fat content of 50 % by weight, in the dry matter, matured for at least three months, within an annual tariff quota of 9 000 tonnes // // // (f) ex 04.04 E I b) 1 ex 04.04 E I b) 2 // - Cheddar - other cheeses falling within subheading 04.04 E I b) 2, // // for processing, within an annual tariff quota of 3 500 tonnes' // //

Article 2

Regulation (EEC) No 2692/83 is hereby repealed.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 December 1984.

It shall apply from 16 December 1984.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 November 1984.

For the Council

The President

P. BARRY

(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(2) OJ No L 150, 6. 6. 1984, p. 6.

(3) OJ No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1.

(4) OJ No L 164, 22. 6. 1984, p. 10.

(5) OJ No L 267, 29. 9. 1983, p. 1.

(6) OJ No L 280, 24. 10. 1984, p. 2.