5.7 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 196/1 I (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1767/82 of 1 July 1982 laying down detailed rules for applying specific import levies on certain milk products THE COMMISSION 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 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1183/82 (9, and in particular Article 14 (7) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 of 12 May 1971 on certain measures of conjunctural policy to be taken in agriculture following the tempo- rary widening of the margins of fluctuation for the currencies of certain Member States (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3605/81 (%), and in particular Article 6 thereof, Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1463/82 (%), provides for specific levies on certain cheeses from non-member countries ; Whereas the conditions for admission to the tariff headings given for most of these cheeses are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1054/68 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 584/82 (), and - in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2965/79 (®), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1898/81 ('9); whereas, as a result of the most recent amendment to () OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. () OJ No L 140, 20. 5. 1982, p. 1. % O] No L 106, 12. 5. 1971, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 362, 17. 12. 1981, p. 2. O] No L 329, 24. 12. 1979, p. 1. 9 OJ No L 159, 10. 6. 1982, p. 1. () OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 25. () O] No L 70, 13. 3. 1982, p. 9. () OJ No L 336, 29. 12. 1979, p. 15. () OJ No L 188, 10. 7. 1981, p. 14. Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79, admission to tariff headings is no longer the sole factor to be considered for the purposes of applying the specific levy; whereas, therefore, the Commission Regulations in this field should be amended; Whereas, for the sake of clarity and administrative efficiency, all the provisions relating to application of the specific levy should be brought together in a single Regulation ; Whereas the detailed description of goods complicates the import procedure ; whereas the import procedure could be considerably simplified if the exporting country gave an assurance that the product exported met the description of the goods in question ; whereas, therefore, a product should not qualify for the specific levy unless it is accompanied by a certificate issued in a prescribed form on the responsibility of the export- ing country and providing the said assurance ; whereas this system of certificates is also used by non-member countries to monitor compliance with tariff quotas ; whereas, consequently, no Community system need be introduced for this purpose ; Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1055/ 68 ('), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2751/ 80 ('?), sets the fixed amount representing delivery costs to Community customs territory in respect of certain cheeses from Finland; whereas this fixed amount is no longer a factor to be taken into con- sideration in respect of import of cheese from Finland ; whereas the Regulation in question should therefore be repealed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products, (") OJ No L 179, 25. 7. 1968, p. 27. (%) O] No L 284, 29. 10. 1980, p. 28.