NoL64/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 6.3.84
COMMISSION DECISION
of24February1984
onthesaleofbuttertocertainclassesofconsumersreceivingsocialassistance
(84/119/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,WhereastheMemberStatesshouldinformthe
Commissionofthearrangementsproposedbythem
andofthequantitiesofbuttersoldpursuanttothis
Decision;
WhereasthisDecisionisintendedtoreplaceCommis­
sionDecision78/737/EEC(8),adoptedpursuantto
CouncilRegulation(EEC)No1762/78(9),whichwas
repealedbyRegulation(EEC)No2990/82;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheManagement
CommitteeforMilkandMilkProducts,HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68
of27June1968onthecommonorganizationofthe
marketinmilkandmilkproducts(*),aslastamended
byRegulation(EEC)No1600/83(2),andinparticular
Articles12(3)and28thereof,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :Whereas,underCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2990/82
of9November1982onthesaleofbutteratreduced
pricestopersonsreceivingsocialassistance(3),aidmay
begrantedforthepurchaseofbutteratreducedprices
bypersonsreceivingsocialassistance;
Whereas,inordertoensurethatthebutterinfact
reachesthoseforwhomitisintended,provision
shouldbemadeforittobesoldonlyuponproduction
ofdocumentaryevidenceofthepurchaser'sentitle­
menttothebutter,andamaximummonthlyquantity
perconsumershouldbefixed;Article1
1.TheaidprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No
2990/82shallbegrantedonlytoindividualconsumers
belongingtotheclassesdefinedbytheMemberState
concernedwho,becauseoftheireconomicsituation,
receivesocialassistancefromapublicauthorityinthe
MemberStateconcerned.
2.Thebuttermaybeobtainedbyrecipientsonly:
—onproductionofadocumentestablishingtheir
entitlementthereto,issuedbythecompetent
authoritydesignatedbytheMemberState
concerned,and
—subjecttoamaximumofonekilogrampermonth.
3.Theaidshallbepaidtosuppliersofbutterupon
submissionofthedocumentreferredtoinparagraph
2,collectedbythematthetimeofsaletotheconsu­
mersconcerned .
Documentsmustbesubmitted,onpainofrefusalof
payment,within18monthsoftheexpirydatesetby
theMemberStateconcernedfortheperiodofvalidity
ofthedocumentinquestion.WhereastheaidprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No
2990/82isgrantedinadditiontothepricereductions
onbuttersoldfordirectconsumptionpursuantto
otherCommunitymeasures,andinparticularpursuant
toCommissionRegulation(EEC)No649/78of31
March1978onthesaleatreducedpricesofinterven­
tionbutterfordirectconsumption asconcentrated
butter(4),aslastamendedbyRegulation (EEC)No
1447/83(*),andCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1269/79
of25June1979onthemarketingofreduced-price
butterfordirectconsumption (*),aslastamendedby
Regulation(EEC)No1208/83f);
(')OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13.
I1)OJNoL163,22.6.1983,p.56.
(3)OJNoL314,10.11.1982,p.26.
OOJNoL86,1.4.1978,p.33.
0OJNoL146,4.6.1983,p.19.
(«)OJNoL161,29.6.1979,p.8.
OOJNoL132,21.5.1983,p.5.(')OJNoL245,7.9.1978,p.31.
OOJNoL204,28.7.1978,p.7.

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Article2
MemberStateswhichavailthemselvesoftheauthori­
zationprovidedforinArticle1ofRegulation(EEC)
No2990/82shalltakeallappropriatemeasuresto
ensurethat:
(a)thedistributionofbutterandthegrantingofaid
takeplaceaccordingtotheconditionsspecifiedin
Article1ofthisDecision;
(b)theconsumersconcernedmayalsobuyunderthe
conditionsofthisDecisionbutteronsaleat
reducedpricesfordirectconsumptionpursuantto
otherCommunitymeasures.
Article3
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionwhich
shalltheninformtheotherMemberStates:
(a)ofthecriteriaenvisagedfordeterminingtheclasses
ofconsumersreferredtoinArticle1(1),the
numberofpotentialrecipientsandanestimateof
thecorrespondingmonthlyquantitiesofbutterto
bedistributed ;
(b)ofthemeasurestakeninaccordancewithArticle
2;(c)beforetheendofthefirstmonthofeachquarterof
thecalendaryearandinrespectoftheprevious
quarter:
—ofthequantitiesofbuttercorresponding tothe
documentsissuedbythecompetentauthority
inaccordancewithArticle1(2),
—ofthequantitiesofbutterinrespectofwhich
aidhasbeenpaidinaccordancewithArticle1
(3).
Article4
Decision78/737/EECisherebyrepealed.
Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,24February1984.
FortheCommission
PoulDALSAGER
MemberoftheCommission