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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1552/90
of 8 June 1990
determining the reduced ecu values of milk sector prices and amounts consequent on the monetary realignment of 5 January 1990
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1677/85 of 11 July 1985 on monetary compensatory amounts in agriculture (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1889/87 (2), and in particular Article 6 (3) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 784/90 of 29 March 1990 fixing the reducing coefficient for agricultural prices in the 1990/91 marketing year (3) determined the list of prices and amounts in the milk sector to be adjusted using the coefficient 1,001712 with effect from 14 May 1990 under the arrangements for automatic dismantling of negative monetary gaps; whereas pursuant to Article 3 of that Regulation the reduced prices and amounts are to be specified;
Whereas the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grano padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses were set for the 1990/91 marketing year by Regulation (EEC) No 1180/90 (4); whereas the threshold prices for certain milk products were set by Regulation (EEC) No 1182/90 (5);
Whereas for Group 11 products the amounts to be deducted from the threshold price were set in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2915/79 (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3884/89 (7); whereas the free-at-frontier values for certain cheeses imported from non-Member countries were set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1767/82 (8), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 107/90 (9); whereas the special levy on New Zealand butter was set in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2967/89 (10), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 491/90 (11); whereas the aid on skimmed milk processed into casein or caseinates was set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 756/70 (12), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3463/89 (13); whereas the range for the aid on skimmed-milk powder used as feed was set in Article 2a (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 (14), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1115/89 (15); whereas the aid amounts for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder used as feed were set in Article 1a (3) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1105/68 (16), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1587/89 (17); whereas the aid for the purchase of butter by non-profit-making institutions and organizations was set in Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2191/81 (18), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1679/89 (19); whereas the aid permitting the purchase of butter at reduced prices by persons receiving social assistance was set by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2990/82 (20), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 4109/88 (21);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk Products,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
The prices and amounts in ecus for the 1990/91 marketing year in the milk sector, reduced as provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 784/90, are given in the Annex hereto.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply with effect from 14 May 1990.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 8 June 1990.