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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
temporarily suspending certain national andCommunity
aids inthe milk and milk products sector
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(76 )527final .

Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
temporarily suspending certain national and Community aids
inthe milk and milk products sector
The Council ofthe European Communities ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic
Community ,and inparticular Articles k2and *+3thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion ofthe European Parliament ,
Whereas there isaserious imbalance onthe market inmilk ,
Whereas this calls for aset ofmeasures capable ofrestoring balance to
themarket ,whereas theimpact ofthese measures might beadversely'
affected byfurther investment intheproduction ,processing and
marketing ofcow'smilk ,and whereas accordingly all national aids
forsuch investment should betemporarily discontinued ;
Whereas thenational aids referred toinArticle 9?.(2oftheTreaty ,
andthose forinvestment in/nountain andhill regions andinthe
less-favoured areas delimited under Council Directive 75/268/EEC of
28At>ril 1975-on farming inmountain andhill regions andcertain
^less-favoured areas ,^"meet special needs ,andwhereas sotoodonational aids
forresearch onandinvestment innewproducts calculated toincrease sales
outlets for milks
r
Whereas the investment aids provided for inCouncil Directive No
?72/159/EECof17April 1972 onthemodernization offarms should be
confined tofarms thedevelopment plans forwhich are not such asto
make forany great intensification ofmilk production ;
OJNoL128 ,19.6.1975 ,p.1 .
20JNoL96,23.^.1972 ,p.1.

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Article 1
1.Without prejudice toArticle 92(2 )oftheTreaty ,noaidshall
begranted byMember States orfrom State funds forinvestment
relating to:
-production ofcow's milk ;
-processing ormarketing ofcow'smilk ormilk products ,
including collection ,packaging and preparation ofthose
products .
2.The above prohibition shall notapply toaids forresearch on
orinvestment innew products calculated toincrease sales outlets
for milk .
Article 2
Theprovisions inDirective No72/159/EECconcerning thegranting
ofinvestment aids shall besuspended with respect tomilk production .
Notwithstanding ,theinvestment aids referred toinArticle 8
thereof may begranted tofarms possessing dairy cattle ,provided
that under thedevelopment plan notless than 80%ofthefodder
needed tofeed the cattle isproduced onthe farm itself and that
oncompletion ofthe plan thenumber ofdairy cattle does not
exceed 1.3 cows per hectare ofthearea farmed .
Article 3
Article 1(1 )andArticle 2shall notapply tofarms inmountain
and hill regions and other less-favoured areas within themeaning
ofDirective No75/268/EEC .
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Article k
This Regulation shall enter into force onthe day ofits publication .
Itshall apply toapplications lodged with thecompetent authorities
intheMember States from 1October 1976 .Itshall apply until
30June 1979 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
applicable inallMember States .
Done at For the Council
The President