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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73 )1961 final
Brussels ,22November 1973
Proposal for a
REGULATION (ESC)' OPTHECOUNCIL
extending theperiod ofvalidity ofRegulation (EEC )
No2716/72laying down general rules formeasures to
increase the use ofbutter bycertain classes ofconsumers
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(73)1961 final

Explanatory Memorandum
1.ByitsRegulation(EEC)No2716/72of19December1972,theCouncil
establishedthelegal "basisforaCommissionDecisionunderwhichtheMember
Statesmaygrantaidstoenablebuttertobepurchasedatreducedprices
bypersonsreceivingsocialassistance.TheCommissionusedthispowerto
drawupthedetailedrulesforapplication containedinitsDecisionof'■
29December1972Regulation(EEC)No2716/72isrhowever,applicable
Onlyupto31December1973* .
2.ThebuttersurpluswhichinducedtheCounciltotakethismeasurehas
diminishedin1973,butareturntoequilibrium cannotbecountedupon.
Pgr,theforwardassessmentofbuttersuppliesfor1974indicatesthatthe
quantityofbutterproducedwillexceedsalesatmarketpriceintheCommunity
byatleast300,00metrictons.Measuresaimedatincreasingconsumption
willthusneedtobemaintained .
3.Sincerecentexperiencehasdemonstrated theeffectiveness ofthepresent
measure,whichbenefitstheleastfavouredconsumers,itisproposedthat
theperiodofvalidityofRegulation (EEC)No2716/72beextendeduntil
31December1974,thusenablingtherelevantmeasurestobemaintained.
(1)OJNoL291,2&.12.1972,p.18.
(2)OJNoL40,13&2.1973,p.15.

ProposalforaRegulationoftheCouncilextendingtheperiodofapplication
,TofRegulation(EEC)No2716/72layingdowngeneralrulesformeasuresto
increasetheuseofbutterbycertainclassesofconsumers.
Financialeffectsoftheproposedextension.
In1973thepowertograntaidstocertainclassesofconsumerstinderRegulation
(EEC)No2716/72wasusedintheFederalRepublicofGermany,Ireland,the
UnitedKingdomandFrance.Allowingforanincreaseinthenumberofrecipients
in1973,thequantitieseligibleforaidin1974maybeestimatedat40,000
metrictonsofbutter,ofwhich20,000metrictonsintheUnitedKingdom.
Theresultingexpenditurein1974wouldbeapproximately 37millionUA.

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Proposalfora
REGULATION (EEC)0?THECOUNCIL
extendingtheperiodofvalidityofRegulation(EEC)No2716/72layingdown
generalrulesformeasurestoincreasetheuseof"butter "bycertainclasses
ofccrsur.ers
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)No804/68^of27June1968on
thecommonorganization ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts,aslast
amended "bytheActconcerningtheConditionsofAccessionandtheAdjustments
(2)totheTreaties v,andinparticularArticle12(2)thereof?
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ?
WhereasCouncilRegulation(EEC)No2716/72of19December1972layingdown
generalrulesformeasurestoincreasetheuseofbutterbycertainclasses
ofconsumersisapplicableonlyupto31December19973,
WhereasthesituationonthebuttermarketintheCommunityischaracterized
bythepresenceoflargestocksformedasaresultofinterventions onthe
buttermarket;whereasitisnotpossibleduringthepresentmilkyearto
disposeofallthesestocksinthenormalwayswhereas,topreventstocks
increasinginthenearfuture,itisthereforenecessarytoextendtheperiod
ofvalidityofthemeasuresprovidedforinRegulation(EEC)No2716/72
facilitating thedisposalofsurplusesofbutyricoilsandfats?
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
InArticle4ofRegulation(EEC)No2716/72,thedateW31December1973"is
replacedby"31December1974"•
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayfollowingitspublicationin
theOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicablein
allMemberStates.Article2
(1)0JNoL148,28.671968,p.13.
(2)0JNoL73,27.3.1972,p.14.DoneatBrussels FortheCouncil
(3)0JNoL291,28.12.1972,p.18.