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COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels .11January 1977
Proposal for a
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amending Regulation (EEC)No986/68laying down general rules forgranting
»
aidforskimmed milk andskimmed milk powder foruse asfeed
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.Inits"1977-1980 actionprogramme "(paragraphs 38and43)»theCommission
informed theCounciloftheneedtograntadditional aidforliquidskimmedmilk
usedforfeedingpigs,inordertoencourage theuseofmoreskimmedmilkforthis
purpose bybringingitspricedowntoalevelcompetitive withvegetable protein.
Inimplementing thismeasure ,the"appropriate relationship "referred toin
Article2a(3)ofRegulation (EEC)NO986/68cannotbemaintained .
2.Toreducethecostsoftransporting liquidskimmedmilkandthuspermitanincrease
initsuse,itisproposed togrant4idtoconcentrated skimmedmilk.
3.Asregards skimmedmilkpowder,provision shouldbemadeforgranting aidin
excessofthatfallingwitlrtherangeofArticle2a(3)ofRegulation (EEC)NO
986/68whereitisusedforfeedingpigsorpoultry,inordertoreducethequantites
offered forintervention .
4.Ontheotherhand,theabsenceofanyCommunity requirement regarding thequality
ofskimmedmilkpowderreceiving aiddoesnotappearjustified andcanleadto
abuses.Althoughitisnotnecessary tolaydownrequirements comparable tothose
existing inrespectofskimmedmilkpowderofferedforintervention ,aminimummoisture
content shouldbefixecl.
5.Inordertomakeeffective theobligation toincorporate atleast6Qffoofskimmed
milkpowderincompound feedingstuff swhenaidisrequested ,thegranting ofaidto
denatured skimmedmilkpowdermaybelimitedpursuanttoArticle2(6)ofRegulation (EEC)
N°986/68,aprovision whichisapplicable onlyuntiltheendofthe1976/77milkyear.
Experienoe has&ownittobenecessary todoawaywuththistimelimit.
6.TheaimofthisproposalforaRegulation istoamendandsupplement Regulation
(EEC)No986/68as\ndicated above.
Asregardsthespecialaidreferred toin1above,whichmaybegrantedinrespectof
skimmed ...ilkboughtbypigbreeders ,itmaybenecessary toadoptadditional measures
inordertoensuresupplies tothesaidbreeders .TheCommission therefore reserves
therightsubsequently tcpropose suchmeasures intended toincrease theuseof
liquidskimmedmilk. *

proposal for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)NO986/68layingdowngeneralrulesforgrantingaid
forskimmedmilkandskimmedmilkpowderforuseasfeed
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)NO804/68of27June1968onthe
commonorganisation ofthemarketinmilkandmilkproducts^^,aslastamended
"byRegulation (EEC)No559/76^^,andinparticularArticle10(2)thereof,
Havingregardtotheproposal fromtheCommission ,
Whereastherearelargeintervention stocksofskimmedraijkpowderintheCommunity ;
whereas ,becauseofthehighcostsresulting fromprolonged publicstorage ,itis
necessary totakespecialmeasures tofacilitate theuseofsurplus skimmedmilkfor
purposes otherthanthemanufacture ofskimmedmilkpowder,andtoamendforthat
purposeCouncilRegulation (EEC)NO986/68of15July1968layingdowngercra'irulesfor
grantingaidforskimmedmilkandskimmedmilkpowderforuseasfeed,^"^aslast
amendedbyRegulation (EEC)NO1530/76,
Whereas ,mordertoencourage themaximumuseofliquidskimmedmilkasfeed,
anaidshouldbegrantedforskimmedmilkusedforthispurposeinaconcent:' ted,
andsoeasilytransportable ,formandthemethodofcalculating theaidgranted
insuchcasesshouldbedetermined ;
Whereas ,forthesamereasons ,itisnecessary toencourage thedisposal ofc.iry-pro -
ducedsximmedmilkwhichissoldtofarmswhereitisusedforfeedingpigs;
(1)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976 ,p.9
(3)OJNoL169,18.7.1968 ,p.4
(4)OJNoL170,29.6.1976 ,p.4

Whereas theuseofskimmed milk forthis purpose should therefore "be
encouraged anditshould "bemade possible togrant tothis endalarger
amount ofaidthan that resulting from theapplication ofArticle 2aof
Regulation (EEC)No986/68;whereas asimilar measure should "beadopted
forskimmed milk powder inorder topermit itsuseinthemanufacture of
compound feedingstuffs forpigs andpoultry ;
Whereas therules inforce tonotlaydown anyquality requirements which
skimmed milk powder must meet inorder toqualify fortheaidreferred to
inArticle 10ofRegulation (EEC)Ho804/68;whereas itisessential to
specify amaximum moisture content ;
Whereas ,Article 2(6)ofRegulation (EEC)No986/08allow ,until theend
ofthe1976/77milk year ,thegranting ofaidtodenatured skimmed milk
powder to "belimited ifitislikely toimpair theeffectiveness ofaid
forother products ;whereas thereasons which ledtotheadoption ofthis
measure still hold good andmake itnecessary todelete thetime limit
foritsapplication ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

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Article 1
Regulation (EEC )No986/68ishereby amended asfollows :
1.Article l(c)and (d)read asfollows :
'(c)skimr.ied milk :
-milk andbuttermilk with amaximum fatcontent of!>,
-concentrated skimmed milk with amoisture content ofnotmore than 5&foandnot
less than 35% ;
'(d)skimmed milk powder :
milk and "buttermilk inpowder form with amaximum fatcontent of11%andamaximum
moisture content of5%•"
2.InArticle 2(l)(d ),thesecond sentence isdeleted .
3.InArticle 2(6),thewords "until theendofthemilk year 1976/77"arede'-eted .
4.Thefollowing paragraph 7isadded toArticle 2:
"7«For agiven quantity ofskimmed milk sold tofarms inthe form ofconcentrated
skimmed milk inaccordance with paragraph 1(a),theaidshall
"bethat laid down for thecorresponding quantity ofliquid skimmed milk used .
For agiven quantity ofskimmed milk used assuch orinthe form ofconcentrated
skimmed milk inthemanufactire ofcompound feedingstuf fsinaccordance with the
paragraph 1(d),theaidshall beequal totheaidwhich would be
granted for thequantity ofskimmed milk powder which could have been obtained
from that quantity ofskimmed milk ."
5.Thefollowing paragraph 4isadded toArticle 2a:
"4.However *theaidmay befixed atlevels higher than those resulting frc ;.rithe
application ofparagraph 3if:
-thenkimmed milk referred toinArticle 2(l)(a )isused forfeeding pigs and is
delivered topigbreeders ,atamaximum -price tobefixed ,under contracts which
meet conditiom tobedetermined ,
-theskimmed milk andskimmed milk powder referred toinArticle 2(l)(d )are
used inthemanufacture ofcompound feedingstuf fsforpigs orpoultry ."

This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird day following itspublication in
the Official Journal ofthe European Communities .
This Regulation shall hebinding inits entirety and directly applicable inallMember
States .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council

*
FINANCIAL STATiMENT
DATEI22.12.76
1.BUDCI.T LINSCOÎICL.HNED LArticle621(interventions skimmedmilk)
2.ACTION.ProposalforCouncilRegulation amendingRegulation (EEC)NO986/68layinjdowngeneralrulesforgrantingaidforskimmedmilkandskimmedmilkpowderfor1useasfeed I
3.LEGALBASIStArticle10ofRegulation (EEC)No804/68
4.OBJECTIVES :
Reducesurpluses ofskimmedmilktoyfacilitating "thedisposalat"thelicfuidstage
andavoiding recourse tointervention forfreshpowder
1
5.FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
5.0EXPENDITURE
-CHARCED TOTHEECBUDGET
(REH'UNLS/INTERVENTIONS)
-CHARGED TONATIONAL ADMINISTR .
-CHARCED TOOTHERNATIONAL CROUPS
5.1RECEIPTS
-ovoiRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEVIE3/CUSTOMSUJT1ES)
-NATIONALFORTHEKARKETI HOYEAR
ICUi7RZOT FINANCIAL YEARUD ■JFOLLOWING^NAJICIALYEAR
235MUC 285MUC
5.0.1PLURIA-VNUAL PATTERN OFEXPENDITURE
5.1.1PLURIANNUALPATTERN OFRECEIPTSYEAR A37.8 YEAR -A57.9 ..1980
285MUC 285MUC 285MUC
15.2METilODOFCALCULATION
Iliquidmilk:aidof57UC/tx3mio» 171MUC
Ipowdermilk:aidof760UC/tx150,000t=114MUC
285MUC
The"doublerate"effectisnotincluded .
6.0FINANCING POSSIBLE V.'ITHCREDITS INSCRIBED INRELEVANT CHAPTER OFCURRENT BUDGET? ÏES/3KX
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6.3CR3DIToTOBB INTOJgjx'jaeBUDGiSTSJ
1978ÏE5/1&
COMMENTS 1
Toberiotedthatfiiismeasurecouldavoidsupplementaiy entrances ofskimmedmilk
powdcintointervention ,andthusshouldavoidintervention costsforthe
corresponding quantities .
The.nancingofthemeasureispossibleintheframework ^ofthecreditsforeseen
inA„,cle621ofthe"budgetparticularly frompost6214(specialmeasuresof
die.-,al).