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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)12final.
Brussels ,25January'1978.
Proposal fora
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
supplementing Directive72/280/EECof
31July1972onthestatistical surveysto"bemade
"byMemberStatesonmilkandmilkproducts
(submitted totheCouncil "bytheCommission )
COM(78)12final.

Explanatory memorandum
CouncilDirective 72/280/EE3Chasalreadybroughtaboutspectacular progress
towardstheharmonization ofmilkandmilkproductstatistics withinthe
European Community since1973®
However,afterfiveyearsofapplyingthebasicDirective ,theCommission
considers thattheMemberStatescansupplement therapidlyavailable
information onmilkproduction byforvarding weeklydataonthecollection
ofmilk.Suchasurveywasprovisionally ruledoutin1971-1972 ,whenthe
basicdirective wasdrafted,inviewoftheextentofthestatistical
surveyBwhichneededtobeintroduced bytheMemberStatesatthattime#
Inaddition ,therecent ,guidelines laiddownbytheCouncilonaproposal
fromtheCommission concerning certainmarketsupportmeasures andaffecting ,
amongotherthings,theabsorption ofskimmedmilkandwhey,callfora
betterstatistical knowledge oftheproteincontentofmilkandtheuse
ofwhey.
Consequently ,theCommission requests ,theCounciltosupplement Directive
72/280/EECwithaweeklysurveyonthecollection ofmilkandthemonthly
transmission bytheMemberStatesofdataontheproteincontentofmi3kand
theuseofwhey.Sincetheweeklysurveyonthecollection ofmilkconstitute
anewoperation ,provision shouldbemadeforaflat-rate contribution by
theCommission towardsthesurveycostsincurred bytheFemberStatesduring
thefirstthreeyearsofapplication 1979-1980-1981•
*
* *

Proposal fora
CouncilDireotive
of
supplementing Directive 72/280/EEC
onthestatistical surveystobemadebyMemberStateson*milkand
milkproducts (78//EEC)
TheCounciloftheEuropean Communities ,
ilavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Articles 43and209thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ,
Whereas,inorderfortheCommission tohavecurrentdatarapidlyavailable ,
weeklyinformation onthedeliveryofmilktoundertakings orestablishments
whichtreatorprocessmilkshouldbesuppliediaadditiontothemonthly
results ;
Whereastheproteincontentisbecomingadetermining factorinthepriceof
silkandwhereasthe.permanent surpluses ofmilkproteinsentailconsiderable
difficulties inthemanagement bytheCommission ofthemarketinmilkand
nilkproducts ;
WhereastheCommunity measures concernwheyandderivedproducts andtherefore
Jheseproducts shouldbeaddedtothecomprehensive estimateoftheuseof
rawmaterials ;
Whereasthegeneralprovisions containedinthebasicDirective 72/280/EEC
shouldapplytothesupplementary provisions providedforinthisDirective ;
Whereat?,forthebetterharmonization ofregionaldata,itisnecessary
torevisetheprevisions ,particularly thoseCouncilDirective 73/358/EEC
of19November 3973amendingcertainDirectives following theenlargement
oftheCommunity^;
Whereastheprocedure involving theStanding Committee forAgricultural
Statistics shouldbemaintained inordertospecifyanytransitional measures
'•odealwithtb=sdifficulties whichtheMemberStatesmightmeetinimplementing
thesupplemental ?;provisions adoptedbytheCouncil ;
Whereasthefiner .c:isicontribution oftheCommunity towardstheexpenses
Incurred dringthefirstthreeyearsbyMemberStateswhenconducting surveys
providedtoibythisDirective shouldbespecified ,
HASADOPTLTD?HI3DIRECTIVE :
X)0Jhy^Sf7.11.1973 ,p.17

Article 1
1.Totheinformation inArticle4(l)ofDirective 72/280/EECthereis
herebyadded:"thequantityofthecow'smilkcollected".
2.Totheinformation inArticle4(2)(a)thereisherebyadded:
"anestimateoftheproteincontentofthecow'smilkcollected";
3«InArticle4(3)(a)theterritorial divisionslistedshallbe:
-Germany :Regierungsbezirke
–France :Régionsdoprogramma-Italy jRegicni-Netherlands :Provincies
-Belgium jProvence a
-Luxembourg :-
–UnitedKingdom :Standardregions-Ireland •-
-Demnark ' •_
4.InArticle4(3)(o),thetermMfatswshallread"whey".
Article 2
Incases,whereseriousdifficulties ariseinimplementing thisDirective
bythedatelaiddown,provisional measuresshallbeadoptedinaccordance
withtheprooedurelaiddowninArticle^ofDirective72/280/EEC.
Article 3
Theexpenditure necessarytocarryoutthesupplementary surveysunder
Article1(l)ofthisDirectiveshallbemetforthreeyearsbywayof
provisional estimatestobeinoludedintheBudgetoftheEuropean
Communities *
Article 4
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels ,FortheCouncil
ThePresident

■STATISTICAL OFFICE
OPTJIEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Agricultural Statistics
Flanforfinancing -CommunityparticiDatirm -ïr»+>,„,surveytobecarrin xnthesupplément ary
products ,amountingto135.000uYa..^ate8°nmilk8114mil*
ProposalforaCouncilDirective(78/EEC),Article3
TheCommunitycontribution takesintoaccountthefollowing.
1.Theweeklystatementonailkcollectedwillrequireanewsurvey(returns
cohering.oreundertakings thantheweeklysurveyonbuttera.d
BKimmea ini3 nsr./i...,Li _..Tvâwta?*"d"0,1~e*"ied"" 10
.Toensureit,quality,theinformationwill„eedtobecheckedandto
receivespecialprocessing fromthenationalstatisticsdepartments .
i.Themaximum„„w„fto p„^^^d,"°r,"^°™WW«°{*>»Itoee-jearl,sur,.,p„suail,toCouncilDirective72/28o/EEC,Article4(4).
SlsJ.o^trlhrtln^,rhec™,autycontrition'i,rta,„
Per„dperyear,.Hat-ratepartioipatio,,lB
endthepr...essirgoftheinformation .
eoli^~t , 4aS22dairyundertakings orestablishments^1,r?TaeI"17'M'l0,,"–^f™°«»«'"-«<■"i.aaiionaat j.r>i*fc#i J__ information totï/,eCommission «■
1
OJKoL179,7August1972,p,;?.

-2-
TheCommunity contribution 'stotalcostandfinancing planareasfollows:
Cotmtry Numberofdairies
Establishment sFixedsum
perdairy
30u*a»Financing plan
u.a * %
UT
Germany 982 864 850 25500 13.9
France 2315 1973 1900 30 57000 42.2
Netherlands 227 196 1S0 3CT 5400 4.0
Belgium* 94 7976 ■30 2280 1.7
Luxembourg 5 4 4 30 120 0.1
UnitedKingdom 819 1152 1110 30 33300 24.6
Ireland 118 110 110 30 3300 2.4
Denroark * 324 293 270 30 8100 6.0
EUR–9 488446724500 135000 100.0
Situation aeof31December 1973 *Undertakings
Situation asof31December 1$16*
Situation asof31December 197^»estimated "bytheCommission departments *
4Italyexclude .
Thenumberofdairiesdecreases fromyeartoyearasthesectoris
progressively restructured ,which,.tosomeextent,erableBthenumberof
undertakings tobedetermined ■whichareto"becovered "bythesurvey,so
thatthecontribution perMemberStatecanbesetwhichistobeincluded
inthebudgetfor1979»whichwillbethefirstyearinwhichthfmeasures
providedforintheCouncilDirective willapply#
TheCommunity contribution willintheandamountto135.000vt-a.«
tobechargedagainsttheEuropeanCommunities *budgetsfor1979/80and1931*
**

SIMPLIFIED FINANCIAL RECORD
^ subject
SuppJomcntary curveyonmilkandmilkproducts
Di/EBCiVe^EE°811,1CommiesionDécisionof
Reference:1979-1981EuropeanCommunities' statistics programme.----
1977editions NumbersD.2.6.
2«Crovindr »
Supplementary statistical surveysonmilkandmilkproducts.'
InordartocarryoutitsdutiesundertheTreatv „
provision,™thoorganisation ofth.«,tettorilkaStheCommissionneedspreciseinformation abouttrendsinmilkSLlfl–Mar»„h,v.adire*todictwfor S
■Usefulness.andeconomic criteria
Usefulness criterions.1
Economiccriterion :A
4*£2gal2aj-.o».dc partment3unabla*0carryoutatufly
t0b8Sathered *herelevantstatistics departments
ofsurvey^ts?'WMChindeXSSth°irdairieS«<**network
5* (name,grade,administrativa unit)•'
TH ^rviaM–« pSSL?'ïhied°'Head°fSivlsionD-2'Jean*«»*building,ter.2989,
anticit>ated
Theiiixom*&tion onmilkcollected wefeklvw*ni 4._.%actualBilkpActionputonthemarfcet,rticT£"d tuf®81516^°fdepartmentstomodifythemeasurestosupportthe^ketfGoBuniBS^n
Similarpreviousstudies
72?35« Mrec"™72A60/EK0uiComLjiaiD.olsim,
8.Scheduledlengthofoperation
lengthoftheoperationwillnotexceedtheperiodforwhichtheappropriations areavailable. Cfle
9* ...costofstudy;135,000u.a.
9.1FormoffinancingsPlat-rateparticipation bytheCommission
(CouncilDirective 78//EECof
9^breakdownofestimates ,costofstudy1seefinancingplan,EDHOSTAT.
1"lgg^g^7to.1)e.-ichaM..^lngt Article264inthe1979budget,»dvisi :,valotudies aiid -s»»
inpreparingtheotudyandmakinguseofthe
s?coiiujT;c+or
GT.aT'fr'icsdepartments oftheMemberStates.•
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