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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)482 final .
Brussels .22September 1978
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Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
on -thegranting ofadditional aidfor theconsumption of "butter
intheUnited Kingdom
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(78 )482final .

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.Atitsmeetingon12-16May1978theCouncilapprovedtheCommission's
proposaltograntanadditionalamountof50millionu.a.tofinance
supplementary measurestoencouragetheconsumptionof"butterinthe,
Communityduringthe1978/79milkyear.
AtthesametimetheCouncilnotedtheCommission'sintentionstouse
thisamounttooffertwospecifioalternativestoMemberStates.The
"buttertobesoldcomesfrominterventionstocksorhas"beencovered
"byaprivatestoragecontract.
II.Themeasuresinquestionwereimplemented "byCommissionRegulation (EEC)
1901/78of4August1978onthesaleof"butteratareducedprice
duringthe1978/79milkyearfordirectconsumptionintheCommunity^
ThisRegulationcontainsspecialarrangementsforItalyinaccordance
withCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1764/78of25July1978onthegranting
ofaidfortheconsumptionofbutterinItaly^2\TheUnitedKingdom.
wasexcludedfromtheapplicationof.Regulation (EEC)NO1901/78soas
nottoaggravatethesituationonthemarketinbutterinthatMember
Statebyplacingadditional'quantitiesofintervention butteronthe
market.TheCommissionreservedtherighttoseekanotherformulato
enable'UnitedKingdomconsumerstobenefitfromacomparablereduction
inthepriceofbutter.
III.Thisproposalfor,aCouncilRegulationprovidesthisformulaonthe
basisofArticle12(2)ofRegulation (EEC)No804/68,intheformof
supplementary aidforaspecificquantityofbutterofCommunityorigin,
IV.Inviewofthefaotthattheexpenditure onthismeasureisincluded
inthe50millionu.a.referredtoinpointI,thisproposaldoesnot
involveanyadditonalexpenditure. ■*
(1)OJNoL216,5V8.1978,p.43
(2)OJNoL204,28.7.1978,p.10

proposal for
Council Regulation (EEC!)
on "thegranting ofadditional aidfortheconsumption ofbutter inthe
United Kingdom
THE COUNCIL OPEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No804/68of27June I968 on
thecommon organization ofthemarket inmilkandmilkproducts ^,as
/Λ\
last amended "byRegulation (EEC)NO1761/78^;,andinparticular Article
12 (2)thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas large quantities ofbutter areavailable onthemarket and it
istherefore advisable toincrease theconsumption of "butter "byall
appropriate means ;
Whereas thereduction offinal consumer prices isanefficient means of
attaining this objective ;vrhereas ,tothis end ,Commission Regulation
(EEC)NO1901/78of4August 1978 onthesale ofbutter atareduced price
during the1978/79milkyear fordirect consumption intheCommunity 1" ,
was adopted ;whereas this measure was adapted tothe special situation
inItaly byCouncil Regulation (EEC)No1764/78of25July 1978 on "the
granting ofaidfortheconsumption ofbutter inItaly^^;
Whereas onthebutter market intheUnited Kingdom there arelarge stocks
ofimported butter which have adepressive effect onprices ;whereas the
market price isbelow theintervention price ;whereas placing intervention
butter onthis market might aggravate thesituation' ;whereas Regulation
(EEC )No1901/78does nottherefore apply totheUnited Kingdom ;whereas
adifferent solution should befound toenable consumers inthe United
Kingdom tobenefit from asupplementary reduction intheprice ofbutter ;
(1)OJNoL148 ,28.6,1968 ,p.13
(2)OJNoL204 ,28.7.1978 ,p.6
(3)OJNoL216 ,4.8.1978 ,p.43
(4)OJNoL204 ,28.7.1978 ,p.10

Whereas ,tothis end ,itseems ,appropriate toprovide ;inrespect ofthe
corresponding quantity ofbutter ofCommunity origin ontheUnited Kingdom
market ,anaidinaddition tothat applied inaccordance with Council
Regulation (EEC)No880/77of26April 1977 ,onthegranting ofaconsumer
subsidy forbutter ,aslastamended byRegulation (EEC)NO1040/78^ ;
whereas this additional aidisfinanced entirely bytheCommunity in ' 1
accordance with Article 3ofCouncil Regulation (EEC)NO729/70of21April
1970 onthefinancing ofthecommon agricultural policy aslast amended
byRegulation (EEC)No2788/72^ ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION s
Article 1
1»TheUnited Kingdom shall grant anaidof20units ofaccount per100
kilogrammes inrespeot ofamaximum quantity of51*025 tonnes ofbutter
ofCommunity origin sold fordirect consumption from 1November 1978 .
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2«This aidshall "beadded tothat which theUnited Kingdom grants in
accordance with Regulation (EEC)NO880/77.Article 2ofthat Regulation
shall apply tothegranting ofaid inaccordance with this Regulation .
3.TheUnited Kingdom shall take appropriate measures toensure the
equitable distribution ofthequantity ofbutter referred toinparagraph
1,inpari ;icular taking into account thequantity ofbutter normally sold
bytheinterested parties fordirect consumption intheUnited Kingdom .
Article 2
/'.
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird dayfollowing its
publication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States . • • •/
Brussels - For 1:116Council
(5)OJNoL106,29.4.1977 ,p.31
(6)OJNoL134 122.5.1978 ,p.7
(7)OJNoL94 .28.4.1970 ,p.13
(8)OJNoL295 >30.12.1972 ,p.1