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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)514final
Brussels,17October1977
\
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
onthegrantingofaidfortheconsupmtion
of"butterinItaly
(submitted ,totheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COMC77)514final

Explanatory Note
InaccordancewiththeDecisionstakenbytheCouncilwhentheprices
werefixedforthemilkyear1977/78JtheCommissionnowlaysdowna
specialmeasureinvolvinganadditionalreductioninthepriceof"butter
inintervention andundercontractforprivatestorage.Thisbutteris
fordirectconsumptioninviewoftheChristmasandNewYearholidays.
Theimplementation ofthismeasurepresentsparticularproblemsinItaly.
Infact,theItalianbuttermarketischaracterized ontheonehandby
theabsenceofpublicstockandquantitiesunderprivatestoragecontracts,
andontheotherhand,byanindigenousproductionwhichcannotbesold
tointerventionandthenormalsales/w^ichwouldbejeopardizedbythe
admission,undertheaforesaidmeasure,oflargesupplementary quantities
ofbutter.Inordertoavoidsuchdisturbances ontheItalianmarket
andtoavoiddiscrimination oftheItalianconsumerswithregardtothose
ofotherMemberStates,itisnecessarytoprovideforthepossibility
ofsubsidizing acorresponding quantityofItalianbutteronthesame
conditionsasthebutterreferredtointheabove-mentioned measure.

Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION(EEC)
onthegrantingofaidfortheconsumptionof"butterinItaly
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation(EEC)NO804/68of27June1968on
thecommonorganizationofthemarketinmilkandmilkproduots^,as
(r>\lastamended "byRegulation(EEC)No559/76,andinparticularArticle
12(2)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereaslargequantitiesof"butterareavailableonthemarketandthere­
foretheirconsumptionshould "beincreased "byallappropriate means;
Whereasthiscanbeachievedbyreducingfinalconsumerprices}whereas .
forthispurpose,CommissionRegulation(EEC)NO/77ofOctober1977»
onthesaleatareducedpriceofintei*vention butterfordirectconsumption
intheCommunity ,laysdownaspecialmeasureinvolvinganadditional
reductioninthepriceofbutterboughtfordirectconsumptionforthe
ChristmasandNewYearholidays;
Whereastheimplementation ofthismeasuregivesrisetoproblemsinItaly;
whereastheItalianbuttermarketdoesnothaveanypublicstocksor
quantitiesunderprivatestoragecontracts,butitdoeshaveanindigenous
productionwhichcannotbesoldtointervention andthenormalsalesof
(1)OJNoL148,28.6.1968,p.13
(2)OJNoL67,15.3.1976,p.9
(3)OJNoL /•

whichwould,"bejeopardized ,iflargeadditionalquantitiesof"butterwere
admittedundertheabovemeasure?whereas,inordertoavoideuoh
distrubances ontheItalianmarketandinordernottodiscriminate
againstItalianconsumerscomparedwiththoseofotherMemberStates,
provisionshould "bemadeforsubsidizingacorresponding quantityof
Italianbutteronthesameconditionsasthebutterreferredtoin
Regulation(EEC)No/77»
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1'
1.Italyshallgrantanaidforthedirectconsumptionofbutterproduced
withinitsterritory ^
2.Thisaidshallbe10unitsofaccountper100kilograms.
Article2
ThedetailedrulesofapplicationofthisRegulationshalllaydown,in
particular ,atimelimitforthepackagingofthebutterinsmallpackets,
themaximumamountofbuttertobesubsidizedbytheaidreferredtoin
Article1andprovisionsguaranteeing thatthebutterconcerned ,willbe
consumedinItaly.
Article3
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable
inallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. 1977 FortheCouncil

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
DATE«11/10/1977
1.BUDGETLINECONCERNED 1Article622
a.ACTIONI.ProposalforaCounoilRegulationonthegrantingofaidforths
consumptionof"butterinItaly
i.LEGALBASIS:Article43oftheTreaty
4.OBJECTIVES :Grantinganaidfortheconsumptionof"butterinItalyinview
oftheChristmasandNewYearholidays
G5«FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE IFORTHEMARKETING YEARCURRENTFINANCIAL YEAR
(II) :FCLLOWINTGLNANCIAL YEII5.0EXPEÎIDITUHE
1-CHARGEDTOTHEECBUDGET I (KAOCKX/LNTERVENTIONS ) ] (K2E1CK3S/INTERVENTIONS)4.9miou.a.4.9miou.a.(lj
F-CHARGEDTONATIONALADMINISTR..
I-CHARGEDTOOTHERNATIONALCROUPS
I5.1RECEIPTS
I-OWNRESOURCESOFTHEEC (LEVIES/CUSTOMSDUTIES)
I-NATIONAL
TEAR YEAR
5.0.1PLURIANNUALPATTERNOFEXPENDITURE
5.1.1PLURIANNUAL PATTERNOFRECEIPTSlimitedmeasureYEAR
5.2METHODOFCALCULATION
7000to700u.a./t
6.0FINANCINGPOSSIBLEWITHCREDITSINSCRIBEDINRELEVANTCHAPTEROPCURRENTBUDGET?YES/NO
6»1FINANCINGPOSSIBLEBYTRANSFERBETWEENCHAPTERSOFCURRENTBUDGET?
IYES/NO
|6*2NECESSITYFORASUFPLEL-LZNTARY BUDGET? ÏSX/NO
6*3CREDITSTOBEWRITTENINTOFUTUREBUDGETS?ÏS3/N0
COMMENTS >1)withouteffectdoublerate
2)Themeasureisfinancedbythefundslaiddownforthereduction
ofdairysurpluses,inparticularby"Christmasbutter"measures
decidedonatthetimeofthefixingoftheprices1977/78.