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( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , P . 13 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 204 , 28 . 7 . 1978 , P . 6 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 216 , 4 . 8 . 1978 , P . 43 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 204 , 28 . 7 . 1978 , P . 10 .

( 5 ) OJ NO L 106 , 29 . 4 . 1977 , P . 31 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 134 , 22 . 5 . 1978 , P . 7 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , P . 13 .

( 8 ) OJ NO L 295 , 30 . 12 . 1972 , P . 1 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2574/78

OF 30 OCTOBER 1978

ON THE GRANTING OF ADDITIONAL AID FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF BUTTER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

THE COUNCIL 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 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1761/78 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 12 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS LARGE QUANTITIES OF BUTTER ARE AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET AND IT IS THEREFORE ADVISABLE TO INCREASE THE CONSUMPTION OF BUTTER BY ALL APPROPRIATE MEANS ;

WHEREAS THE REDUCTION OF FINAL CONSUMER PRICES IS AN EFFICIENT MEANS OF ATTAINING THIS OBJECTIVE ; WHEREAS , TO THIS END , COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1901/78 OF 4 AUGUST 1978 ON THE SALE OF BUTTER AT A REDUCED PRICE DURING THE 1978/79 MILK YEAR FOR DIRECT CONSUMPTION IN THE COMMUNITY ( 3 ), WAS ADOPTED ; WHEREAS THIS MEASURE WAS ADAPTED TO THE SPECIAL SITUATION IN ITALY BY COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1764/78 OF 25 JULY 1978 ON THE GRANTING OF AID FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF BUTTER IN ITALY ( 4 );

WHEREAS ON THE BUTTER MARKET IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THERE ARE LARGE STOCKS OF IMPORTED BUTTER WHICH HAVE A DEPRESSIVE EFFECT ON PRICES ; WHEREAS THE MARKET PRICE IS BELOW THE INTERVENTION PRICE ; WHEREAS TO PUT INTERVENTION BUTTER BACK ON THIS MARKET MIGHT AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION ; WHEREAS REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1901/78 DOES NOT THEREFORE APPLY TO THE UNITED KINGDOM ; WHEREAS A DIFFERENT SOLUTION SHOULD BE FOUND TO ENABLE CONSUMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO BENEFIT FROM A SUPPLEMENTARY REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BUTTER ;

WHEREAS , TO THIS END , IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE TO PROVIDE , IN RESPECT OF THE CORRESPONDING QUANTITY OF BUTTER PRODUCED IN THE COMMUNITY ON THE UNITED KINGDOM MARKET , AN AID IN ADDITION TO THAT APPLIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 880/77 OF 26 APRIL 1977 ON THE GRANTING OF A CONSUMER SUBSIDY FOR BUTTER ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1040/78 ( 6 ); WHEREAS THIS ADDITIONAL AID IS FINANCED ENTIRELY BY THE COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 3 OF COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 729/70 OF 21 APRIL 1970 ON THE FINANCING OF THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY ( 7 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2788/72 ( 8 ),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

1 . THE UNITED KINGDOM SHALL GRANT AID OF 20 UNITS OF ACCOUNT PER 100 KILOGRAMS IN RESPECT OF A MAXIMUM QUANTITY OF 51 025 TONNES OF BUTTER PRODUCED IN THE COMMUNITY , SOLD FOR DIRECT CONSUMPTION FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1978 .

2 . THIS AID SHALL BE ADDED TO THAT WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 880/77 . ARTICLE 2 OF THAT REGULATION SHALL APPLY TO THE GRANTING OF AID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS REGULATION .

3 . THE UNITED KINGDOM SHALL TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE QUANTITY OF BUTTER REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 , IN PARTICULAR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE QUANTITY OF BUTTER NORMALLY DISPOSED OF BY THOSE CONCERNED FOR DIRECT CONSUMPTION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY OF ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 30 OCTOBER 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . ERTL