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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)273final
Brussels,16June1978
Proposalfora
COUNCIL REGULATION
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomtograntanationalaidtomilk
producersinNorthernIreland
(submitted "bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(78)273final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.Under Article 5HQFtheActofAccession ,theUnited Kingdom uas
authorized under certain conditions toretain production subsidies
fora"standard quantity "ofmilk aspart ofthesystem ofguaranteed
prices .With ,thewithdrawal ofthis system with effect from 1January
1978 milk producers inNorthern Ireland areindanger ofbeing putat
aserious disadvantage compared toproducers intherest ofthe Uniteld
Kingdom .Northern Ireland istheonly region intheUnited Kingdom
where ,forgeographical ariddemographical reasons ,most ofthemilk
produced cannot besold atabetter netreturn fordirect human
consumption .
II.This situation isexacerbated bythefact that ,because ofthe
different representative rates fixed forthepound sterling andthe
.Irish pound ,milk producers inNorthern Ireland areparticularly
disadvantaged ,also because ofthefact that there isamonetary
union between these two countries .
III.Inview oftheeconomic andpolitical situation inNorthern Ireland ,
itisnecessary toauthorize theUnited Kingdom ,byderogation from -'-
Article 2k(1)ofthebasic regulation (EEC)N°80V6Q ,togrant these
producers atemporary national aid .
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■Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing theUnited Kingdom togrant anational aidtomilk producers
inNorthern Ireland
THECOUNCIL DFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard tothetreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article ^+3thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ,
(1)Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
(2)Having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ,
liihereas under Article 5^ofthe ActofAccession ,theUnited Kingdom
isauthorized ,under certain conditions ,toretain production subsidies
for a"standard quantity "ofmilk aspart ofthe system ofguaranteed
prices ;
Whereas ,with thewithdrawal ofthis system with effect from 1January
1978 ,milk producers inNorthern Ireland are indanger ofbeing put at
adisadvantage compared toproducers intherest oftheUnited Kingdom ,
since Northern Ireland istheonly region thereof where ,
forgeographical anddemographical reasons ,most ofthemilk produced
cannot besold for direct human consumption which produces "better netreturn ;
Whereas this situation ismade worse bythefact that ,because different
representative rates have been fixed forthe Irish pound andthepound
sterling ,milk producers inNorthern Ireland areparticularly affected
bytheresulting difference inincome from milk production ,andallthe
more sobecause there isamonetary union "between these twocountries ;
whereas ,bywayofderogation from Article 2.U(1)of
Council Regulation (EEC )N°80^/68of27June 1968 onthecommon
(1)0JN°C
(2)0J l\l°C

organization ofthemarket inmilk andmilk products ,aslast amended
byRegulation (EEC)IM°1038/78 theUnited Kingdom ,should therefore
beauthorized togrant atemporary national aidforthese producers in
order toalleviate thesaid difficulties ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:'
Article 1
TheUnited Kingdom ishereby authorized togrant milk producers in
Northern Ireland ,until theendDfthe1978/79milk year ,an (aidnot
exceeding *\,kpence perlitre ofmilk delivered todairies .
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed totheUnited Kingdom .
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
(3)03N°L1^8 ,28.6.1968 ,p.13
(.<*)0JN°LL3*t ,22.5.1978 ,P.5