14. 4. 86 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 85/75 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 adopting general rules for 
the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and 
milk products sector 
COM(86) 20 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 14 February 1986) 
(86/C 85/43) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 
27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in 
milk and milk products (]), as last amended by Regulation 
(EEC) No , and in particular Article 5 c (6) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1305/85 (2), amending 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 (3), which provided 
for the additional levy to be collected by means of quarterly 
payments, authorized the levy to be collected in a single 
annual payment at the end of a 12-month period of 
application of the scheme; 
Whereas, in order to prevent excess quantities from being too 
high at the end of the 12-month period and the serious effect 
which this would have on producers' incomes, half-yearly 
payment should be introduced, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 9 (1) is replaced by the following: 
' 1. Where formulas A and B are applied, the levy shall 
be collected: 
(a) by means of a provisional levy at the end of the first 
half-year of the 12-month period of application of 
the scheme, on the basis of the quantities of milk or 
milk equivalent which, for each person liable, 
(') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13. 
(2) OJ No L 137, 27. 5. 1985, p. 12. 
(3) OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 13. exceed, for the relevant half-year, the reference 
quantity calculated at the end of the corresponding 
half-year of the reference calendar year chosen by 
the Member State; 
(b) by drawing up a final account for each person liable 
after the end of the 12-month period concerned, on 
the basis of the actual excess during this same period 
beyond his annual reference quantity. 
Provisional half-yearly statements shall be made in 
accordance with rules to be determined.' 
2. Article 10 is replaced by the following: 
'Article 10 
Where formula B is applied: 
1. A purchaser liable for the levy shall recover it through 
the price paid to the producers for the half-year 
concerned by reference to the quantity of milk or milk 
equivalent which each of them has, for the same 
half-year, delivered in excess of a half-yearly quantity 
corresponding to that used for establishing the 
purchaser's reference quantity; 
2. After the end of the 12-month period concerned, the 
purchaser shall, where appropriate, on the basis of 
the final account referred to in Article 9 (1) (b), make 
the necessary adjustments by reference to the milk or 
milk equivalent quantity by which each of the 
producers has, for the relevant period, exceeded an 
annual quantity corresponding to that used for 
establishing the purchaser's reference quantity. 
For the purposes of this Article in Greece, all 
purchasers taken as a whole shall be considered as 
one purchaser.' 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member States.