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►B COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 3950/92
of 28 December 1992
establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector
(OJ L 405, 31.12.1992, p. 1)
Amended by:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►M1 CouncilRegul ation (EEC) No 748/93 of 17 March 1993 L 77 16 31.3.1993
►M2 CouncilRegul ation (EEC) No 1560/93 of 14 June 1993 L 154 30 25.6.1993
►M3 Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/94 of 23 March 1994 L 80 16 24.3.1994
►M4 Council Regulation (EC) No 1883/94 of 27 July 1994 L 197 25 30.7.1994
►M5 Commission Regulation (EC) No 630/95 of 23 March 1995 L 66 11 24.3.1995
►M6 CouncilRegul ation (EC) No 1552/95 of 29 June 1995 L 148 43 30.6.1995
►M7 Commission Regulation (EC) No 635/96 of 10 April 1996 L 90 17 11.4.1996
►M8 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1109/96 of 20 June 1996 L 148 13 21.6.1996
►M9 Commission Regulation (EC) No 614/97 of 8 April 1997 L 94 4 9.4.1997
►M10 Commission Regulation (EC) No 903/98 of 28 April 1998 L 127 8 29.4.1998
►M11 CouncilRegul ation (EC) No 551/98 of 9 March 1998 L 73 1 12.3.1998
►M12 Commission Regulation (EC) No 751/1999 of 9 April 1999 L 96 11 10.4.1999
►M13 CouncilRegul ation (EC) No 1256/1999 of 17 May 1999 L 160 73 26.6.1999
►M14 Commission Regulation (EC) No 749/2000 of 11 April 2000 L 90 4 12.4.2000
►M15 Commission Regulation (EC) No 603/2001 of 28 March 2001 L 89 18 29.3.2001
Amended by:
►A1 Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by CouncilDecision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
Corrected by:►
C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 2, 5.1.2000, p. 78 (1256/1999)
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncilRegul ation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)No 3950/92
of 28 December 1992
establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposalfrom the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, pursuant to CouncilRegul ation (EEC) No 856/84 of 31 March
1984 amending Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common
organization of the market in milk and milk products (3), an additional
levy scheme was introduced from 2 April 1984 in the said sector;whereas the purpose of this scheme, introduced for nine years and due toexpire of 31 March 1993, was to reduce the imbalance between supply
and demand on the milk and milk-products market and the resulting
structuralsurpl uses; whereas the scheme remains necessary in the futurein order to achieve a better market balance; whereas it should thereforecontinue to be applied for seven further consecutive 12-month periodsstarting on 1 April1993;
Whereas, in order to make full use of the experience gained in this area
and in the interests of simplification and clarification with a view toensuring the legal certainty of producers and other parties concerned, the
basic rules of the extended scheme should be laid down in a separate
regulation, their scope and diversity should be reduced and CouncilRegulation (EEC) No 2074/92 of 30 June 1992 establishing anadditional levy on the milk and milk-products sector (
4), adopted as an
interim measure by the Council, and Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31
March 1984 laying down general rules for the application of the levy
referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk andmilk-products sector (
5), should both be repealed, without prejudice to
the obligations and undertakings entered into under the said Regulation;
Whereas the method adopted in 1984, consisting of the application of a
levy to quantities of milk collected or sold for direct consumption abovea certain guarantee threshold, must be maintained; whereas the saidthreshold is expressed for each Member State by a guaranteed total
quantity which may not be exceeded by the sum of the individually
allocated quantities for both deliveries and sales for direct consumption;whereas the quantities are established for the seven periods as from 1April1993 and take account of the various factors rel ating to the schemein the past;
Whereas in particular, a Community reserve was created at the start of
the scheme to take account of the difficulties created for certain Member
States by the implementation of a scheme for controlling milk
production; whereas the said reserve had been increased severaltimesto meet the specialneeds of certain Member States and certainproducers; whereas in the light of this experience the various parts of theCommunity reserve should be incorporated into the guaranteed totalquantities and the reserve be abolished;
Whereas the Councilhas decided, in the context of the reform of the
common agricultural policy, to take a definitive decision on the level of
the total quantities to apply during the first of the two periods of twelve
months, in the light, in particular, of a report on the market situationwhich the Commission will present before each of these periods;1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2001 — 012.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 337, 31. 12. 1991, p. 35.
(2) OJ No C 94, 13. 4. 1992, p. 101.
(3) OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 10.
(4) OJ No L 215, 30. 7. 1992, p. 69.
(5) OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 13. Regulation as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 817/92 (OJ No L 86, 1. 4. 1992, p. 85).
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Whereas if any of the totalguaranteed quantities is overrun, the
consequence for the Member State is that the producers who contributedto the overrun must pay the levy; whereas the levy on deliveries and
sales for direct consumption should be fixed at 115 % of the target price
for milk; whereas a difference in rates is no longer justified if producersare placed in a comparable position as regards the calculation of thelevy;
Whereas, in order to keep the management of the scheme sufficiently
flexible, provision should be made for individual overruns to be equalledout over all the individual reference quantities of the same type within
the territory of a Member State; whereas in the case of deliveries, which
constitute nearly all the quantities marketed, the need to ensure that thelevy is fully effective throughout the Community justifies, in principle,continuing to allow Member States the choice between two methods ofequalling out overruns of individual reference quantities, bearing inmind the variety of milk production and collection structures; whereas,
in this connection, Member States should be authorized not to reallocate
unused reference quantities at the end of a period, whether nationally orbetween purchasers, and to use the amount collected in excess of thelevy due for funding national restructuring programmes and/or to refundit to producers of certain categories or producers who find themselves in
an exceptionalsituation;
Whereas, in order to avoid, as in the past, long delays between collection
and payment of the levy, which are incompatible with the scheme's
objective, provision should be made for the purchaser, who seems in thebest position to carry out the necessary operations, to be liable for thelevy, and for him to be given the means to collect the levy from theproducers who owe it;
Whereas the individualreference quantity shoul d be defined as the
quantity available, irrespective of any quantities which may have beentransferred temporarily, on 31 March 1993, the expiry date of the nine
initial periods of application of the levy scheme; whereas the principles
or provisions pursuant to which the said quantity must or may bereduced or increased under the extended scheme should be specified;
Whereas, therefore, under the rules for determining the individual
reference quantities, account should be taken of producers who haveprovisionally received a specific quantity under the scheme in the past;
Whereas it has been agreed that application of the arrangements to
controlmil k production must not jeopardize the restructuring ofagricultural holdings in the territory of the former German Democratic
Republic; whereas the difficulties encountered make it necessary to
extend for a further period the flexibility introduced into thosearrangements for that territory, while ensuring that it remains the solebeneficiary;
Whereas reference quantities for deliveries and direct sales should be
adapted to reflect economic realities and whereas a producer shouldtherefore be entitled to have a reference quantity increased orestablished where another is reduced or abolished commensurately, on
condition that the request is duly justified by the need to take account of
changes in his marketing requirements;
Whereas experience has shown that that implementation of this scheme
presupposes the existence of a nationalreserve to accommodate al lthosequantities which, for whatever reasons, are not, or are no longer,allocated individually; whereas a Member State may need to havereference quantities available to cater for special situations, determined
by objective criteria; whereas it should be authorized, to this end, to top
up its national reserve, especially following a linear reduction in allreference quantities;
Whereas the temporary transfer of parts of individualreference
quantities in Member States which have authorized this has proven tobe an improvement to the scheme; whereas this facility should thereforebe extended to all producers; whereas, however, implementation of thisprinciple should not stand in the way of further structural change and1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2001 — 012.001 — 3
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adjustment, nor failto take account of the resul ting administrative
difficulties;
Whereas when the additionall evy system was brought in in 1984, the
principle was established that when an undertaking was sold, leased ortransferred by inheritance, the corresponding reference quantity wastransferred to the purchaser, tenant or heir; whereas this original
decision should not be changed; whereas, however, national provisions
to safeguard the legitimate interests of the parties should beimplemented in all cases of transfer, where the parties are not inagreement;
Whereas, in order to continue restructuring milk production and
improving the environment, certain derogations to the principle linkingreference quantities to holdings should be extended, and Member Statesshould be authorized to continue implementing national restructuringprogrammes and to organize some degree of mobility for referencequantities within a given geographicalarea, on the basis of objective
criteria;
Whereas the purpose of the levy provided for in this Regulation is to
stabilize the market in milk products; whereas the revenue accruing from
this Regulation should therefore be used for financing expenditure in the
milk sector,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
For eight new consecutive periods of 12 months commencing on 1 April
2000, an additional levy shall be payable by producers of cow's milk onquantities of milk or milk equivalent delivered to a purchaser or solddirectly for consumption during the 12-month period in question inexcess of a quantity to be determined.
The levy shall be 115 % of the target price for milk.
Article 2
1. The levy shall be payable on all quantities of milk or milk
equivalent marketed during the 12-month period in question in excess of
the relevant quantity referred to in Article 3. It shall be shared betweenthe producers who contributed to the overrun.
In accordance with a decision of the Member State, the contribution of
producers towards the levy payable shall be established, after the unusedreference quantities have been reallocated or not, either at the level ofthe purchaser, in the light of the overrun remaining after unusedreference quantities have been allocated in proportion to the referencequantities of each producer, or at national level, in the light of the
overrun in the reference quantity of each individualproducer.
2. As regards deliveries, before a date and in accordance with
detailed rules to be laid down, the purchaser liable for the levy shall payto the competent body of the Member State the amount payable, which
he shall deduct from the price of milk paid to producers who owe the
levy or, failing this, collect by any appropriate means.
Whereas a purchaser replaces in whole or in part one or more
purchasers, the individual reference quantities available to producers
shall be taken into account for the remainder of the twelve-month period
in progress, less quantities already delivered and account being taken oftheir fat content. The same provisions shall apply where a producertransfers from one purchaser to another.
Where quantities delivered by a producer exceed his reference quantity,
the purchaser shall be authorized, by way of an advance on the levypayable, in accordance with detailed rules laid down by the MemberState, to deduct an amount from the price of the milk in respect of anydelivery by that producer in excess of his reference quantity.1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2001 — 012.001 — 4
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3. As regards direct sales, the producer shall pay the levy payable to
the competent body of the Member State before a date and in accordancewith rules to be laid down.
4. Where the levy is payable and the amount collected is greater than
that levy, the Member State may use the excess to finance the measures
referred to in the first indent of Article 8 and/or redistribute it toproducers who fall within priority categories established by the MemberState on the basis of objective criteria to be determined or who areaffected by an exceptionalsituation resul ting from a nationalprovisionunconnected with this scheme.
Article 3
1. The sum of the individualreference quantities of the same type
may not exceed the corresponding totalquantities for each MemberState.
2. The totalquantities set out in the Annex shal lbe fixed without
prejudice to possible review in the light of the general market situation
and particular conditions existing in certain Member States.
The overall quantity for the Finnish deliveries quota may be increased to
compensate Finnish ‘SLOM’ producers, up to a maximum of200 000 tonnes, to be allocated in accordance with Communitylegislation. This reserve must be non-transferable and used exclusivelyon behalf of producers whose right to take up production again will beaffected as a result of accession.
The increase in overall quantities, and the conditions under which the
individualreference quantities provided for in the preceding subpara-
graph shall be granted, shall be decided upon in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 11.
Total reference quantities as applicable from 1 April 1999 to 31
March 2000
(tonnes)
Member State Deliveries Direct sales
Belgium 3 152 062 158 369
Denmark 4 454 411 937
Germany (1) 27 768 016 96 800
Greece 629 817 696
Spain 5 469 725 97 225
France 23 816 298 419 500
Ireland 5 236 758 9 006
Italy 9 703 974 226 086
Luxembourg 268 098 951
Netherlands 10 990 667 84 025
Austria 2 563 309 186 092
Portugal1 862 977 9 484
Finland 2 396 730 9 462
Sweden 3 300 000 3 000United Kingdom 14 394 532 195 515
(1) Including 6 242 276 tonnes for deliveries from producers in the new Länder and 11 091
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Article 4
1. The individual reference quantity available on the holding shall be
equal to the quantity available on 31 March 2000. It shall be adjusted,
where appropriate, for each of the periods concerned, so that the sum of
the individualreference quantities of the same type does not exceed thecorresponding global quantities referred to in Article 3, taking accountof any reductions made for allocation to the national reserve providedfor in Article 5.
2. Individual reference quantities shall be increased or established at
the duly justified request of producers to take account of changesaffecting their deliveries and/or direct sales. The increase or establish-ment of such a reference quantity shall be subject to a corresponding
reduction or cancellation of the other reference quantity the producer
owns. Such adjustments may not lead to an increase in the sum of thedeliveries and direct sales referred to in Article 3 for the Member Stateconcerned.
Where the individualreference quantities undergo a definitive change,
the quantities referred to in Article 3 shall be adjusted in accordancewith the procedure laid down in Article 11.
Article 5
Within the quantities referred to in Article 3, the Member State may
replenish the national reserve following an across-the-board reduction inall the individual reference quantities in order to grant additional or
specific quantities to producers determined in accordance with objective
criteria agreed with the Commission.
Without prejudice to Article 6(1), reference quantities available to
producers who have not marketed milk or other milk products for one of
the 12-month periods shall be allocated to the national reserve and maybe reallocated in accordance with the first subparagraph. Where theproducer resumes production of milk or other milk products within aperiod to be determined by the Member State, he shall be granted areference quantity in accordance with Article 4(1) no later than 1 April
following the date of his application.
Where during at least one 12 months period a producer does not make
use, either through deliveries or direct sales, of at least 70 % of the
individual reference quantity available to him, Member States may
decide in compliance with the general principles of Community law:
— whether and under which conditions the totalor part of the unused
reference quantity shall revert to the national reserve. However,unused reference quantities shall not revert to the national reserve incase of force majeure and in duly justified cases affecting the
production capacity of the producers concerned and recognised by
the competent authority;
— under which conditions a reference quantity shall be reallocated to
the producers concerned.
Article 6
1. Before a date that they shall determine and by 31 March at the
latest, Member States shall authorise, for the 12-month period
concerned, temporary transfers of individualreference quantities whichproducers who are entitled thereto do not intend to use.
Member States may vary transfer operations depending on the category
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of the purchaser within regions and may determine to what extent
transfer operations may be renewed.
2. Any Member State may decide not to implement paragraph 1 on
the basis of one or both of the following criteria:
— the need to facilitate structural developments and adjustments,
— overriding administrative needs.
Article 7
1. Reference quantities available on a holding shall be transferred
with the holding in the case of sale, lease or transfer by inheritance to
the producers taking it over in accordance with detailed rules to bedetermined by the Member States taking account of the areas used fordairy production or other objective criteria and, where applicable, of anyagreement between the parties.
Any part of the reference quantity, which is not transferred with the
holding, shall be added to the national reserve. However, if a part
reverted to the nationalreserve on the occasion of a transfer of referencequantities the reduction shall not apply to cases where referencequantities are transferred back.
The same provisions shall apply to other cases of transfers involving
comparable legal effects for producers.
However, where land is transferred to public authorities and/or for use in
the public interest, or where the transfer is carried out for non-
agricultural purposes, Member States shall provide that the measures
necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the parties areimplemented, and in particular that the departing producer is in aposition to continue milk production, if such is his intention.
2. Where there is no agreement between the parties, in the case of
rural leases due to expire without any possibility of renewal on similar
terms, or in situations involving comparable legal effects, the reference
quantities available on the holdings in question shall be transferred inwhole or in part to the producers taking them over, in accordance withprovisions adopted or to be adopted by the Member States, takingaccount of the legitimate interests of the parties.
Article 8
With a view to completing restructuring of milk production or to
environmentalimprovement, Member States may take one or more of
the following actions in accordance with detailed rules which they shall
lay down taking account of the legitimate interests of the parties:
(a) grant compensation in one or more annualinstal ments to producers
who undertake to abandon definitively all or part of their milkproduction and place the reference quantities thus released in thenationalreserve,
(b) determine on the basis of objective criteria the conditions under
which producers may obtain, in return for payment, at the beginningof a 12-month period, the reallocation by the competent authority orby the body designated by that authority, of reference quantitiesreleased definitively at the end of the preceding 12-month period byother producers in return for compensation in one or more annual
instalments equal to the abovementioned payment,
(c) provide, in the case of land transferred with a view to improving the
environment, for the allocation of the reference quantity available onthe holding concerned to the departing producer if he intends
continuing milk production,
(d) determine, on the basis of objective criteria, the regions or collection
areas within which the definitive transfer of reference quantitieswithout transfer of the corresponding land is authorised, with theaim of improving the structure of milk production,1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2001 — 012.001 — 7
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(e) authorise, upon application by the producer to the competent
authority or the body designated by that authority, the definitivetransfer of reference quantities without transfer of the corresonding
land, or vice versa, with the aim of improving the structure of milk
production at the level of the holding or to allow for extensificationof production.
The rules under (a), (b), (c) and (e) may be implemented at national
level or at the appropriate territorial level or in collection areas.
Article 8 a
Acting in compliance with the general principles of Community law,
Member States may take the following measures, with the aim ofensuring that reference quantities are solely attributed to active milkproducers:
(a) Without prejudice to Article 7(1), second subparagraph, where
reference quantities have been or are transferred with or without thecorresponding land by means of rural leases or by other meansinvolving comparable legal effects, Member States may decide onthe basis of objective criteria whether and under which conditions allor part of the transferred reference quantity shall revert to the
nationalreserve.
This provision shall not apply to temporary transfers under Article 6.
(b) Member States may decide not to apply the provisions on transfer of
reference quantities in Article 7(1).
Article 9
For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a) ‘milk’ means the produce of the milking of one or more cows;
(b) ‘other milk products’ means cream, butter and cheese in particular;
(c) ‘producer’ means a naturalor l egalperson or a group of naturalor
legal persons farming a holding ►
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territory of a Member State ◄:
— selling milk or other milk products directly to the consumer,
— and/or supplying the purchaser;
(d) ‘holding’ means all production units operated by the single producer
and located ►M2within the geographicalterritory of a Member
State◄;
(e) ‘purchaser’ means an undertaking or grouping which purchases milk
or other milk products from a producer:
— to treat or process them,
— to sell them to one or more undertakings treating or processing
milk or other milk products.
However, any group of purchasers in the same geographicalarea
which carries out administrative and accounting operations neces-
sary for the payment of the levy on behalf of its members shall beregarded as a purchaser. For the purposes of applying this provision,Greece shall be deemed a single geographical area and it may deeman officialbody to be a group of purchasers as referred to above;
(f) ‘untertaking treating or processing milk or other milk products’
means an undertaking or grouping which is involved in collection,
packaging, storage, chilling and processing operations or whose
dairying activities are restricted to one of those operations;
(g) ‘delivery’ means any delivery of milk or other milk products,
whether the transport is carried out by the producer, a purchaser, anundertaking processing or treating such products or a third party;
(h) ‘milk or milk equivalent sold directly for consumption’ means milk
or milk products converted into milk equivalent, sold or transferredfree without going through an undertaking treating or processingmilk or other milk products.1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2001 — 012.001 — 8
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Article 10
The levy shall be considered as intervention to stabilize agricultural
markets and shall be used to finance expenditure in the milk sector.
Article 11
The detailed rules for the application of this Regulation and in particular
the characteristics of milk, including fat content, which are considered
representative for the purposes of establishing the quantities of milk
delivered or purchased shall be adopted in accordance with theprocedure provided for in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 (
1).
However, for Austria, Finland and Sweden, the characteristics of the
milk considered as representative shall be those of the 1992 calendaryear, and the nationalaverage representative fat content of the mil k
delivered shall be set at 4,03 % for Austria, at 4,34 % for Finland and at
4,33 % for Sweden.
Article 12
Regulations (EEC) Nos 857/84 and 2074/92 are hereby repealed.
Article 13
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 April 1993.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
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ANNEX
(a) Total reference quantities referred to in Article 3(2) as applicable from 1
April2000 to 31 March 2001
(tonnes)
Member State Deliveries Direct sales
Belgium 3 171 279,539 139 151,461
Denmark 4 454 616,417 731,583
Germany 27 768 686,841 96 129,159
Greece 674 471,000 842,000
Spain 5 828 977,475 87 972,525
France 23 832 232,240 403 565,760
Ireland 5 332 448,840 9 315,160
Italy 10 100 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 268 254,000 795,000
Netherlands 10 992 901,000 81 791,000
Austria 2 583 251,804 166 149,196
Portugal1 863 166,000 9 295,000
Finland 2 397 527,921 9 120,645
Sweden 3 300 000,000 3 000,000
United Kingdom (1) 14 420 829,479 181 825,521
(1) Specific quota increase for allocation to Northern Ireland.
(b) Total reference quantities referred to in Article 3(2) as applicable from 1
April2001 to 31 March 2002
(tonnes)
Member State Deliveries Direct sales
Belgium 3 171 279,539 139 151,461
Denmark 4 454 616,417 731,583
Germany 27 768 686,841 96 129,159
Greece 699 671,000 842,000
Spain 6 028 977,475 87 972,525
France 23 832 232,240 403 565,760
Ireland 5 386 448,840 9 315,160
Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 268 254,000 795,000Netherlands 10 992 901,000 81 791,000
Austria 2 583 251,804 166 149,196
Portugal1 863 166,000 9 295,000
Finland 2 397 527,921 9 120,645
Sweden 3 300 000,000 3 000,000
United Kingdom (
1) 14 427 921,479 181 825,521
(1) Specific quota increase for allocation to Northern Ireland.1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2001 — 012.001 — 10
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(c) Total reference quantities referred to in Article 3(2) as applicable from 1
April2002 to 31 March 2005
(tonnes)
Member State Deliveries Direct sales
Belgium 3 171 279,539 139 151,461
Denmark 4 454 616,417 731,583
Germany 27 768 686,841 96 129,159
Greece 699 671,000 842,000
Spain 6 028 977,475 87 972,525
France 23 832 232,240 403 565,760
Ireland 5 386 448,840 9 315,160Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 268 254,000 795,000
Netherlands 10 992 901,000 81 791,000
Austria 2 583 251,804 166 149,196
Portugal1 863 166,000 9 295,000
Finland 2 397 527,921 9 120,645
Sweden 3 300 000,000 3 000,000
United Kingdom 14 427 921,479 181 825,521
(d) Total reference quantities referred to in Article 3(2) as applicable from 1
April2005 to 31 March 2006
(tonnes)
Member State Deliveries Direct sales
Belgium 3 187 831,539 139 151,461
Denmark 4 476 893,417 731,583
Germany 27 908 010,841 96 129,159
Greece 699 671,000 842,000
Spain 6 028 977,475 87 972,525
France 23 953 411,240 403 565,760Ireland 5 386 448,840 9 315,160
Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 269 599,000 795,000
Netherlands 11 048 274,000 81 791,000
Austria 2 596 998,804 166 149,196
Portugal1 872 528,000 9 295,000
Finland 2 409 550,921 9 120,645
Sweden 3 316 515,000 3 000,000
United Kingdom 14 500 871,479 181 825,5211992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2001 — 012.001 — 11
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(e) Total reference quantities referred to in Article 3(2) as applicable from 1
April2006 to 31 March 2007
(tonnes)
Member State Deliveries Direct sales
Belgium 3 204 383,539 139 151,461
Denmark 4 499 169,417 731,583
Germany 28 047 334,841 96 129,159
Greece 699 671,000 842,000
Spain 6 028 977,475 87 972,525
France 24 074 590,240 403 565,760
Ireland 5 386 448,840 9 315,160Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 270 944,000 795,000
Netherlands 11 103 648,000 81 791,000
Austria 2 610 745,804 166 149,196
Portugal1 881 891,000 9 295,000
Finland 2 421 572,921 9 120,645
Sweden 3 333 030,000 3 000,000
United Kingdom 14 573 821,479 181 825,521
(f) Total reference quantities referred to in Article 3(2) as applicable from 1
April2007 to 31 March 2008
(tonnes)
Member State Deliveries Direct sales
Belgium 3 220 935,539 139 151,461
Denmark 4 521 446,417 731,583
Germany 28 186 658,841 96 129,159
Greece 699 671,000 842,000
Spain 6 028 977,475 87 972,525
France 24 195 769,240 403 565,760Ireland 5 386 448,840 9 315,160
Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 272 290,000 795,000
Netherlands 11 159 021,000 81 791,000
Austria 2 624 492,804 166 149,196
Portugal1 891 253,000 9 295,000
Finland 2 433 595,921 9 120,645
Sweden 3 349 545,000 3 000,000
United Kingdom 14 646 772,479 181 825,5211992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2001 — 012.001 — 12