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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(83) 127 final  
Brussels 8 March 1983
PROPOSAL FOR A  
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC) No 80k/88 on the common organization  
of the market in milk and milk products
(submitted to the Council by the Commission^
COM(83) 127 final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Under Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common organization of the market in 
milk and milk products:
- Member States are authorized to grant national aids in respect of the 
supply of certain milk products to schoolchildren;
the Council may decide to make a Community contribution to the financing 
of such aid schemes.
In their present form these arrangements have not achieved the aims laid 
down; the quantity of milk distributed as part of the national schemes in 
question has fallen in the last three years.
Taking into account the importance, for the dairy sector, of increasing the 
consumption of milk in schools, adopting a Community scheme is likely better 
to achieve the aims concerned.

Proposal for 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on bhe common organization 
of bhe market in milk and milk products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and 
in particular Article ^2 amd thereof
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas, pursuant to Article 26 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/6b of 
27 June 1968 (l), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1183/82 (2), Member 
States may grant aid for the supply to schoolchildren of processed milk 
products falling within heading 04*01, heading 04*04 or subheading 22.02 B or 
yoghurt falling within subheadings 04*02 B, 18*06 D and 21.07 D of the Common 
Customs Tariff; whereas under paragraph 2 of that Article the Council may 
decide to make a Community contribution to the financing of aid programmes;
Whereas, in the light of experience acquired, and in order better to achieve 
the objective concerned, the granting of Community aid should not be subject 
to financing by the Member State,
(1) OJ No L 148, 28. 6.1968, p. 13
(2) OJ No L 146, 20. 5*1982, p. 1

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :  j
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Article 1 1
Article 26 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be replaced by the following:
"Article 26
1. Subject to the conditions laid down in paragraph 2, Community aid shall be Î
granted for supplying to schoolchildren in schools, processed milk products j
falling within heading 04*01, heading 04*04 or subheading 22.02 B, or
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yoghurt falling within subheadings 04*02 B, 18.06 D and 21.07 D of the
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Common Customs Tariff. !
2. T h e  M e m b e r  States m a y  gran t national aid for the distribution to schoolchildren1  
of the products specified in  the previous p ara g ra p h  in  ord er to su p p lem en t”  th e ;
aid m e r f t io h 'e c l in  p ara g ra p h  1. !
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3* The general rules governing the aid scheme shall be decided by the Council j 
on a proposal from the Commission in accordance with the voting procedure \ 
laid down in Article 43(2) of the Treaty.
4* The detailed rules for the implementation of this Article and the amount of i  
aid shall be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 30 of this Regulation." j
Article 2 j
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its ■
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. i
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in j
all Member States. !
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Done at Brussels, For the Council