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►B COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No3950/92
of28December 1992
establishinganadditionallevyinthemilkandmilkproductssector
(OJ L 405, 31.12.1992, p. 1)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Regulation (EEC) No 748/93 of 17 March 1993 L 77 16 31.3.1993
►M2Council Regulation (EEC) No 1560/93 of 14 June 1993 L 154 30 25.6.1993
►M3Commission Regulation (EC) No 647/94 of 23 March 1994 L 80 16 24.3.1994
►M4Council Regulation (EC) No 1883/94 of 27 July 1994 L 197 25 30.7.1994
►M5Commission Regulation (EC) No 630/95 of 23 March 1995 L 66 11 24.3.1995
►M6Council Regulation (EC) No 1552/95 of 29 June 1995 L 148 43 30.6.1995
►M7Commission Regulation (EC) No 635/96 of 10 April 1996 L 90 17 11.4.1996
►M8Commission Regulation (EC) No 1109/96 of 20 June 1996 L 148 13 21.6.1996
►M9Commission Regulation (EC) No 614/97 of 8 April 1997 L 94 4 9.4.1997
►M10Council Regulation (EC) No 551/98 of 9 March 1998 L 73 1 12.3.1998
►M11Commission Regulation (EC) No 903/98 of 28 April 1998 L 127 8 29.4.1998
►M12Commission Regulation (EC) No 751/1999 of 9 April 1999 L 96 11 10.4.1999
►M13Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/1999 of 17 May 1999 L 160 73 26.6.1999
►M14Commission Regulation (EC) No 749/2000 of 11 April 2000 L 90 4 12.4.2000
►M15Commission Regulation (EC) No 603/2001 of 28 March 2001 L 89 18 29.3.2001
►M16Commission Regulation (EC) No 582/2002 of 4 April 2002 L 89 7 5.4.2002
►M17Council Regulation (EC) No 2028/2002 of 11 November 2002 L 313 3 16.11.2002
►M18Commission Regulation (EC) No 572/2003 of 28 March 2003 L 82 20 29.3.2003
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
Corrected by:►
C1Corrigendum, 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) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).
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COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)No3950/92
of28December 1992
establishinganadditionallevyinthemilkandmilkproductssector
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 proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Whereas, pursuant to Council Regulation (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 dueto expire of 31 March 1993, wasto reduce the imbalance between
supply and demand on the milk and milk-products market and the
resulting structural surpluses; whereas the scheme remains necessaryin the future in order to achieve a better market balance; whereasitshould therefore continue to be applied for seven further consecutive12-month periodss tarting on 1 April 1993;
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 sepa-
rate regulation, their scope and diversity should be reduced andCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 2074/92 of 30 June 1992 establishingan additional levy on the milk and milk-productss ector (
4), adopted as
an interim measure by the Council, and Regulation (EEC) No 857/84
of 31 March 1984 laying down general rulesfor the application of the
levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in themilk and milk-productss ector (
5), should both be repealed, without
prejudice to the obligationsand undertakingsentered into under thesaid Regulation;
Whereas the method adopted in 1984, consisting of the application of a
levy to quantities of milk collected or sold for direct consumptionabove a certain guarantee threshold, must be maintained; whereas the
said threshold is expressed for each Member State by a guaranteed total
quantity which may not be exceeded by the sum of the individuallyallocated quantities for both deliveries and sales for direct consump-tion; whereas the quantities are established for the seven periods asfrom 1 April 1993 and take account of the variousfactorsrelating to
the scheme in 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 Statesby the implementation of a s cheme for controllingmilk production; whereas the said reserve had been increased severaltimesto meet the s pecial needsof certain Member Statesand certainproducers; whereas in the light of this experience the various parts ofthe Community reserve should be incorporated into the guaranteed total
quantities and the reserve be abolished;
Whereasthe Council hasdecided, in the context of the reform of the
common agricultural policy, to take a definitive decision on the level
of the total quantitiesto apply during the firs t of the two periodsoftwelve months, in the light, in particular, of a report on the market1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2003 — 014.001 — 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 aslas t amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 817/92 (OJ No L 86, 1. 4. 1992, p. 85).
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situation which the Commission will present before each of these
periods;
Whereasif any of the total guaranteed quantitiesisoverrun, the cons e-
quence for the Member State isthat the producerswho contributed tothe overrun must pay the levy; whereas the levy on deliveries and salesfor direct consumption should be fixed at 115 % of the target price formilk; whereasa difference in ratesisno longer jus tified if producers
are placed in a comparable position as regards the calculation of the
levy;
Whereas, in order to keep the management of the scheme sufficiently
flexible, provision should be made for individual overruns to be
equalled out over all the individual reference quantitiesof the s ame
type within the territory of a Member State; whereasin the cas e ofdeliveries, which constitute nearly all the quantities marketed, theneed to ensure that the levy is fully effective throughout the Commu-nity justifies, in principle, continuing to allow Member States thechoice between two methodsof equalling out overrunsof individual
reference quantities, bearing in mind the variety of milk production
and collection structures; whereas, in this connection, Member Statesshould be authorized not to reallocate unused reference quantities atthe end of a period, whether nationally or between purchasers, and touse the amount collected in excess of the levy due for funding national
restructuring programmes and/or to refund it to producers of certain
categories or producers who find themselves in an exceptional situa-tion;
Whereas, in order to avoid, as in the past, long delays between collec-
tion and payment of the levy, which are incompatible with the scheme's
objective, provision should be made for the purchaser, who seems in
the best position to carry out the necessary operations, to be liable forthe levy, and for him to be given the meansto collect the levy from theproducerswho owe it;
Whereasthe individual reference quantity s hould be defined asthe
quantity available, irrespective of any quantities which may have beentransferred temporarily, on 31 March 1993, the expiry date of the nineinitial periodsof application of the levy s cheme; whereasthe principlesor 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;
Whereasit hasbeen agreed that application of the arrangementsto
control milk production must not jeopardize the restructuring of agri-cultural holdingsin the territory of the former German DemocraticRepublic; whereas the difficulties encountered make it necessary toextend for a further period the flexibility introduced into those arrange-
ments for that territory, while ensuring that it remains the sole
beneficiary;
Whereas reference quantities for deliveries and direct sales should be
adapted to reflect economic realitiesand whereasa producer s houldtherefore be entitled to have a reference quantity increased or estab-
lished where another is reduced or abolished commensurately, on
condition that the request is duly justified by the need to take accountof changesin hismarketing requirements ;
Whereas experience has shown that that implementation of this scheme
presupposes the existence of a national reserve to accommodate all
those quantities which, for whatever reasons, are not, or are no longer,allocated individually; whereasa Member State may need to havereference quantities available to cater for special situations, determinedby objective criteria; whereasit s hould be authorized, to thisend, to
top up its national reserve, especially following a linear reduction in
all reference quantities;
Whereasthe temporary trans fer of partsof individual reference quanti-
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extended to all producers; whereas, however, implementation of this
principle should not stand in the way of further structural change andadjustment, nor fail to take account of the resulting administrative diffi-
culties;
Whereas when the additional levy 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 deci-sion should not be changed; whereas, however, national provisions tosafeguard the legitimate interests of the parties should be implemented
in all cases of transfer, where the parties are not in agreement;
Whereas, in order to continue restructuring milk production and
improving the environment, certain derogationsto the principle linkingreference quantitiesto holdingss hould be extended, and Member Statesshould be authorized to continue implementing national restructuringprogrammesand to organize s ome degree of mobility for referencequantitieswithin a given geographical area, on the bas isof objective
criteria;
Whereasthe purpos e of the levy provided for in thisRegulation isto
stabilize the market in milk products; whereas the revenue accruingfrom this Regulation should therefore be used for financing expenditurein 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 ofcow'smilk on quantitiesof milk or milk equivalent delivered to apurchaser or sold directly for consumption during the 12-month periodin question in excess 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
between the producerswho 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 theunused reference quantities have been reallocated or not, either at thelevel of the purchaser, in the light of the overrun remaining afterunused reference quantities have been allocated in proportion to the
reference quantitiesof each producer, or at national level, in the light
of the overrun in the reference quantity of each individual producer.
2. Asregardsdeliveries , before a date and in accordance with
detailed rules to be laid down, the purchaser liable for the levy shallpay to the competent body of the Member State the amount payable,which he shall deduct from the price of milk paid to producers whoowe the levy or, failing this, collect by any appropriate means.
Whereasa purchas er replacesin whole or in part one or more purcha-
sers, 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 quantitiesdelivered by a producer exceed hisreference quantity,
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State, to deduct an amount from the price of the milk in respect of any
delivery by that producer in excess of his reference quantity.
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 accor-
dance with rulesto be laid down.
4. Where the levy ispayable and the amount collected isgreater
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 redistributeit to producers who fall within priority categories established by theMember State on the basis of objective criteria to be determined orwho are affected by an exceptional situation resulting from a nationalprovision unconnected with this scheme.
Article 3
1. The sum of the individual reference quantities of the same type
may not exceed the corresponding total quantities for each MemberState.
2. The total quantities set out in the Annex shall be 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 Community legisla-tion. This reserve must be non-transferable and used exclusively onbehalf of producerswhos e right to take up production again will beaffected as a result of accession.
The increase in overall quantities, and the conditions under which the
individual reference quantitiesprovided for in the preceding s ubpara-
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
March2000
(tonnes)
Member State DeliveriesDirect s ales
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
Netherlands10 990 667 84 025
Austria 2 563 309 186 092
Portugal 1 862 977 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 tonnesfor deliveriesfrom producersin 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 beadjusted, where appropriate, for each of the periods concerned, so thatthe sum of the individual reference quantities of the same type does notexceed the corresponding global quantities referred to in Article 3,
taking account of any reductionsmade for allocation to the national
reserve provided for 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 correspondingreduction or cancellation of the other reference quantity the producerowns. Such adjustments may not lead to an increase in the sum of the
deliveriesand direct s alesreferred to in Article 3 for the Member State
concerned.
Where the individual reference quantitiesundergo 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 quantitiesreferred to in Article 3, the Member State may
replenish the national reserve following an across-the-board reduction
in all the individual reference quantitiesin order to grant additional orspecific quantities to producers determined in accordance with objec-tive criteria agreed with the Commission.
Without prejudice to Article 6(1), reference quantitiesavailable to
producerswho have not marketed milk or other milk productsfor oneof the 12-month periods shall be allocated to the national reserve andmay be reallocated in accordance with the first subparagraph. Where
the producer resumes production of milk or other milk products within
a period to be determined by the Member State, he shall be granted areference quantity in accordance with Article 4(1) no later than 1 Aprilfollowing the date of hisapplication.
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 theindividual reference quantity available to him, Member Statesmaydecide in compliance with the general principlesof Community law:
— whether and under which conditionsthe total or part of the unus ed
reference quantity shall revert to the national reserve. However,unused reference quantities shall not revert to the national reservein case of force majeure and in duly justified cases affecting the
production capacity of the producersconcerned and recognis ed by
the competent authority;
— under which conditionsa reference quantity s hall be reallocated to
the producersconcerned.
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 periodconcerned, temporary transfers of individual reference quantities whichproducerswho are entitled thereto do not intend to us e.
Member Statesmay vary trans fer operationsdepending on the category
of producers or dairy production structures, may limit them at the levelof the purchaser within regions and may determine to what extenttransfer operations may be renewed.1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2003 — 014.001 — 6
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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 producerstaking it over in accordance with detailed rulesto bedetermined by the Member Statestaking account of the areasus ed fordairy production or other objective criteria and, where applicable, ofany agreement between the parties.
Any part of the reference quantity, which isnot trans ferred with the
holding, shall be added to the national reserve. However, if a partreverted to the national reserve on the occasion of a transfer of refer-
ence quantities the reduction shall not apply to cases where reference
quantitiesare trans ferred back.
The same provisions shall apply to other cases of transfers involving
comparable legal effectsfor 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-agri-cultural purposes, Member States shall provide that the measuresnecessary to protect the legitimate interests of the parties are imple-mented, and in particular that the departing producer isin a pos ition
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 producerstaking 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 envir-
onmental improvement, Member Statesmay take one or more of thefollowing actionsin accordance with detailed ruleswhich they s halllay down taking account of the legitimate interests of the parties:
(a) grant compensation in one or more annual instalments to producers
who undertake to abandon definitively all or part of their milkproduction and place the reference quantitiesthusreleas ed in the
national reserve,
(b) determine on the basis of objective criteria the conditions under
which producersmay obtain, in return for payment, at the begin-ning of a 12-month period, the reallocation by the competentauthority or by the body designated by that authority, of referencequantitiesreleas ed definitively at the end of the preceding 12-
month period by other producersin return for compens ation in
one or more annual instalments equal to the abovementionedpayment,
(c) provide, in the case of land transferred with a view to improving
the environment, for the allocation of the reference quantity avail-
able on the holding concerned to the departing producer if he
intendscontinuing milk production,
(d) determine, on the basis of objective criteria, the regions or collec-
tion areaswithin which the definitive trans fer of referencequantities without transfer of the corresponding land is authorised,with the aim of improving the structure of milk production,1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2003 — 014.001 — 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 rulesunder (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 principlesof 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 quantitieshave been or are trans ferred with or withoutthe corresponding 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
all or part of the transferred reference quantity shall revert to the
national reserve.
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 quantitiesin Article 7(1).
Article 9
For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a) ‘milk’ meansthe produce of the milking of one or more cows ;
(b) ‘other milk products’ means cream, butter and cheese in particular;
(c) ‘producer’ meansa natural or legal pers on or a group of natural or
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’ meansall production unitsoperated by the s ingle
producer and located ►M2within the geographical territory of a
Member State ◄;
(e) ‘purchaser’ means an undertaking or grouping which purchases
milk or other milk productsfrom 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 geographical area
which carries out administrative and accounting operations neces-sary for the payment of the levy on behalf of its members shall be
regarded as a purchaser. For the purposes of applying this provi-
sion, Greece shall be deemed a single geographical area and itmay deem an official body to be a group of purchasers as referredto above;
(f) ‘untertaking treating or processing milk or other milk products’
meansan undertaking or grouping which isinvolved in collection,packaging, storage, chilling and processing operations or whosedairying activities are restricted to one of those operations;
(g) ‘delivery’ meansany delivery of milk or other milk products ,
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(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 processing
milk or other milk products.
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 rulesfor the application of thisRegulation and in parti-
cular the characteristics of milk, including fat content, which areconsidered representative for the purposes of establishing the quantitiesof 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 national average representative fat content of the milkdelivered shall be set at 4,03 % for Austria, at 4,34 % for Finland andat 4,33 % for Sweden.
Article 12
Regulations(EEC) Nos857/84 and 2074/92 are hereby repealed.
Article 13
ThisRegulation s hall enter into force on the third day following that of
itspublication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply from 1 April 1993.
ThisRegulation s hall be binding in itsentirety and directly applicable
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ANNEX
(a) Total reference quantitiesreferred to in Article 3(2) asapplicable from 1
April 2000 to 31 March 2001
(in tonnes)
Member State DeliveriesDirect s ales
Belgium 3 171 279,539 139 151,461
Denmark 4 454 616,417 731,583Germany 27 768 686,841 96 129,159
Greece 674 471,000 842,000
Spain 5 828 977,475 87 972,525France 23 832 232,240 403 565,760Ireland 5 332 448,840 9 315,160
Italy 10 100 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 268 254,000 795,000Netherlands10 992 901,000 81 791,000Austria 2 583 251,804 166 149,196
Portugal 1 863 166,000 9 295,000
Finland 2 397 527,921 9 120,645Sweden 3 300 000,000 3 000,000United Kingdom (
1) 14 420 829,479 181 825,521
(1) Specific quota increase for allocation to Northern Ireland.
(b) Total reference quantitiesreferred to in Article 3(2) asapplicable from 1
April 2001 to 31 March 2002
(in tonnes)
Member State DeliveriesDirect s ales
Belgium 3 188 202,403 122 228,597
Denmark 4 454 709,217 638,783Germany 27 769 228,612 95 587,388
Greece 699 626,000 887,000
Spain 6 035 564,833 81 385,167France 23 844 318,264 391 479,736Ireland 5 386 176,780 9 587,220Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 268 554,000 495,000
Netherlands11 001 277,000 73 415,000Austria 2 599 130,467 150 270,5331992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2003 — 014.001 — 10
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(in tonnes)
Member State DeliveriesDirect s ales
Portugal (1) 1 861 171,000 9 290,000
Finland 2 398 275,179 8 685,339
Sweden 3 300 000,000 3 000,000
United Kingdom (2) 14 437 481,500 172 265,500
(1) Except Madeira.
(2) Specific quota increase for allocation to Northern Ireland.
(c) Total reference quantitiesreferred to in Article 3(2) asapplicable from 1
April 2002 to 31 March 2005
(in tonnes)
Member State DeliveriesDirect s ales
Belgium 3 201 362,123 109 068,877
Denmark 4 454 792,582 555,418
Germany 27 769 340,687 95 475,313
Greece 699 730,000 783,000Spain 6 040 044,766 76 905,234France 23 853 793,108 382 004,892Ireland 5 386 269,231 9 494,769
Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 268 554,000 495,000Netherlands10 994 730,000 79 962,000Austria 2 614 482,344 134 918,656
Portugal (
1) 1 860 406,000 10 055,000
Finland 2 398 447,939 8 555,385Sweden 3 300 000,000 3 000,000United Kingdom 14 448 036,993 161 710,007
(1) Except Madeira.
(d) Total reference quantitiesreferred to in Article 3(2) asapplicable from 1
April 2005 to 31 March 2006
(in tonnes)
Member State DeliveriesDirect s ales
Belgium 3 217 914,123 109 068,877
Denmark 4 477 069,582 555,418
Germany 27 908 664,687 95 475,313Greece 699 730,000 783,0001992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2003 — 014.001 — 11
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(in tonnes)
Member State DeliveriesDirect s ales
Spain 6 040 044,766 76 905,234
France 24 096 151,108 382 004,892
Ireland 5 386 269,231 9 494,769
Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000Luxembourg 269 899,000 495,000Netherlands11 050 103,000 79 962,000Austria 2 628 229,344 134 918,656
Portugal (
1) 1 869 768,000 10 055,000
Finland 2 410 470,939 8 555,385Sweden 3 316 515,000 3 000,000United Kingdom 14 520 986,993 161 710,007
(1) Except Madeira.
(e) Total reference quantitiesreferred to in Article 3(2) asapplicable from 1
April 2006 to 31 March 2007
(in tonnes)
Member State DeliveriesDirect s ales
Belgium 3 234 466,123 109 068,877
Denmark 4 499 345,582 555,418
Germany 28 047 988,687 95 475,313
Greece 699 730,000 783,000Spain 6 040 044,766 76 905,234France 24 096 151,108 382 004,892
Ireland 5 386 269,231 9 494,769
Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000Luxembourg 271 244,000 495,000Netherlands11 105 477,000 79 962,000
Austria 2 641 976,344 134 918,656
Portugal (
1) 1 879 131,000 10 055,000
Finland 2 422 492,939 8 555,385Sweden 3 333 030,000 3 000,000United Kingdom 14 593 936,993 161 710,007
(1) Except Madeira.1992R3950 — EN — 05.04.2003 — 014.001 — 12
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(f) Total reference quantitiesreferred to in Article 3(2) asapplicable from 1
April 2007 to 31 March 2008
(in tonnes)
Member State DeliveriesDirect s ales
Belgium 3 251 018,123 109 068,877
Denmark 4 521 622,582 555,418Germany 28 187 312,687 95 475,313
Greece 699 730,000 783,000
Spain 6 040 044,766 76 905,234France 24 217 330,108 382 004,892Ireland 5 386 269,231 9 494,769
Italy 10 316 482,000 213 578,000
Luxembourg 272 590,000 495,000Netherlands11 160 850,000 79 962,000Austria 2 655 723,344 134 918,656Portugal (
1) 1 888 493,000 10 055,000
Finland 2 434 515,939 8 555,385
Sweden 3 349 545,000 3 000,000United Kingdom 14 666 887,993 161 710,007
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