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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)481 final
Brussels,14September1976
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
fixingfortheremainderofthe1976/1977milk
yeartheguidelinefigureforthefatcontentof
standardized wholemilkimportedintoIreland
andtheUnitedKingdom
(submittedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
C0M(76)481final

EXPIANATORr MEMORANDUM
Pursuant toRegulation (EEC)No141l/71^asamended byRegulation
(EEC)NO566/76^^theMember States must ,asof1Ootober 1976 ,
aPPly towhole milk forhuman consumption either theformula of
standardized whole milk with aminimum fatcontent of3«5$ orthe
formula ofnon-standardized whole milk whose fat content has not
been altered since themilking stage .
Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom have opted fortheformula of?on-
standardized whole milk while theother Member States aremaintaining
the formula ofstandardized whole milk .
Pursuant toArticle 3ofRegulation (EEC)No141l/71»Ireland andthe
United Kingdom must ,however ,permit themarketing ontheir territories
ofstandardized whole milk coming from another Member State ifthefat
oontent ofsuch milk isnotless than apercentage tobefixed and
corresponds totheweighted average fatcontent ofthewhole milk produced
and .marketed intheMember State inquestion during theprevious year
(guideline figure ).
According tothefigures supplied totheCommission bythetwoMember
States concerned ,theabove-mentioned weighted average is3»5$ f°r
Ireland and3«7<$ fortheUnited Kingdom .
Itistherefore proposed that theCounoil should ,pursuant toArticle 3(7)
ofRegulation (EEC)HoI4II/7I,fixthose figures asguideline figures .
(1)OJNoL148 ,3.7.1971 »P.4
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976 ,P.23

proposalfor
COUNCILREGULATION :(EEC)
fixingfortheremainderoftheI976/I977milkyeartheguidelinefigure
forthefatcontentofstandardized wholemilkimportedintoIrelandand
theUnitedKingdom
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEoonomioCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1411/71of29June1971laying
downadditionalrulesonthecommonorganization ofthemarketinmilkand
milkproductsforproduotsfallingwithintariffheadingNo04«01^\as
lastamendedbyRegulation(EEC)No566/76^,andinparticularArtiole3
(6)(b)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3(5)ofRegulation(EEC)NoI4H/7I1Ireland
andtheUnitedKingdomhavedecidedtoapplywithintheirterritories ,as
from1Ootober1976,theformulaofnon–standardized wholemilkwithinthe
meaningofthesecondindentofArticle3(l)(^)ofthatRegulation;
Whereas,pursuanttoparagraphs6and^ofthesaidArticle,aguideline
figuremust"befixedforthefatcontentofstandardized wholemilkcoming
fromanotherMemberStateformarketingwithintheterritoryofthetwo
abovementioned MemberStates;whereasthisguidelinefiguremustbethe
weightedaveragefatoontentofthewholemilkproducedandmarketedin
theimportingMemberStateduringthepreviousyear;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
aOJNoh148,3.7.1971»P.4
OJNoL67,15.3.1976,P.23

Article 1
Fortheperiod between 1Ootober 1976 andtheendofthe1976/1977 milk
year ,theguideline figure referred toinArtiole 3(6)(b )ofRegulation
(EEC)NoI4.ll/7ishall be3*51$ forIreland and3*7^fortheUnited
Kingdom *
Article 2
This Regulation ahall enter into force on1Ootober 1976 *
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddireotly applicable
inall Member Stateso
Done atBrussels ,
For the Counoil