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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77 )17final
Brussels .4February 1977
Proposal fora
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
fixing forthe1977/1978milk year theguideline figure forthe
fatcontent ofstandardized whole milk imported into Ireland and
theUnited Kingdom
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(77 )17final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1Pursuant toRegulation (EEC)No1411/719asamended byRegulation (EEC)
No566/76theMember States must ,asof1October 1976 ,have applied
towhole milk forhuman consumption either the formula ofnon-standardized
whole milk whose fatcontent hasnotbeen altered since themilking stage
(Ireland andtheUnited Kingdom )ortheformula ofstandardized whole milk
with aminimum fatcontent of3.5$ (theother Member States ^except forItaly ,which uses theauthorisation provided forinArticle 6(3)ofthesaid Regulation ).
Pursuant toArticle 3ofRegulation (EEC)No1411/71,Ireland andthe
/
United Kingdom must ,however ,pgrmit themarketing ontheir territories
ofstandardized whole milk foming from another Member State ifthe fat
content ofsuch milk isnot less than apercentage tobefixed foreach
milk year andcorresponds totheweighted average fatcontent ofthewhole
milk produced andmarketed intheMember State inquestion during the
previous year (guideline figure ).
According tothefigure supplied totheCommission bythetwoMember
States concerned ,theabovementioned weighted average is3.52$ forIreland
and3.77$ fortheUnited Kingdom .
Itistherefore proposed that theCouncil should ,pursuant toArticle 3(7)
ofRegulation (EEC)No1411/71*fixthose figures asguideline figures ,
forthemilk year 1977/78.
QJNoL148 ,3.7.1971 ,p.4
20JNoL67,15.3.1976 ,p.23

,proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATEOlí(EEC)
fixingforthe1977/1978milkyeartheguidelinefigureforthe
fatcontentofstandardized wholemilkimportedintoIrelandand
theUiiitedKingdom
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES »
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No1411/71of29June1971laying
downadditionalrulesonthecommonorganization ofthemarketinmilkand
milkproductsforproductsfallingwithintariffheadingNo04.01,aslast
2amended "byRegulation(EEC)No566/76,andinparticularArticle3(6)(b)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3(5)ofRegulation(EEC)No1411/71,Ireland
andtheUnitedKingdomapplywithintheirterritoriestheformulaof
non-standardized wholemilkwithinthemeaningofthesecondindentof
Article3(1)("b)ofthatRegulation;
Whereas,pursuanttoArticle3(6)and(7)»aguideline
figuremust"befixedforthemilkyear1977/78forthefatcontentof
standardized wholemilkcomingfromanotherMemberStateformarketing
withintheterritoryofthetwoabovementioned MemberStates;whereas
thisguidelinefiguremustbetheweightedaveragefatcontentofthewhole
milkproducedandmarketedintheimportingMemberStateduringthe
previousyear,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
./.
QJNoL148,3.7.1971,p.4
20JNoL67,15.3.1976,p.23

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Sole Article
Forthe1977/78milk year ,theguideline figure referred toinArticle
3(6)(b )ofRegulation (EEC)No1411/71shall be3.52$forIreland and
3.77$ fortheUnited Kingdom ,
This Regulation shall hebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable
inallMember States .
Done atBrussels ,4February 1977 ..
For the Council