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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILDECISION
AUTHORIZING THEUNITEDKINGDOMTOGRANTANATIONAL
AIDTOMILKPRODUCERS INNORTHERN IRELAND
(presentedbytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM !
Until 31.12.1977 theUnited Kingdom authorized ,under Article 54ofthe
ActofAccession ,toretain production subsidies under certain conditions
aspart oftheguaranteed price system fora"standard quantity "ofmilk .
Thewithdrawal ofthis system on1January 1978 was liable toplace milk
producers inNorthern Ireland atadisadvantage compared with those in
ort«c-rregions ofthoUnited Kingdom .Northern IrHnixl theonly region
oftheUnited Kingdom where ,forgeographical anddemographic reasons ,
most ofthemilk produced cannot bedisposal offordirect human consumption ,
athigher prices .
Thesituation hasbeen aggravated bytheintoduction ofdifferent representa­
tive rates forthe Irish and UKpounds ,which putNorthern Ireland Milk
producers inaparticularly unfavourable economic ^.tuation .
TheUnited Kingdom wastherefore authorized ,byaCouncil decision of
<5July 1978 ,togrant milk producers anaidof1.4pence per litre of
milk delivered tocreameries .
.There hasbeen very little change inthe economic situation inNorthern
Ireland since then .There ismoreover still adifference -albeit reduced -
between the representatives rates forthe Irish pound and the UKpound
andmilk producers inNorthern Ireland are still therefore placed at
economic disadvantage .
.Eecause ofthespecific economic andpolitical situation inNorthern Ireland ,
thetemporary authorization togrant aid formilk delivered tocreameries
wust beextended ,bynotwithstanding Article 24 (1)ofbasic Regulation
(EEC )n°804/68,tocover the 1979 /1980 milk year aswell .
.Asthis isanational aid,itentails noCommunity expenditure .

Proposal
for aCouncil decision
authorizing theUnited Kingdom togrant anational aid toNorthern
Ireland milk producers •' •'""
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,I
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Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community and in
particular Articles 42and A3thereof .
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
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Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas  byDecision of25July 1978 ,theUnited Kingdom wasauthorized topay
milk producers inNorthern Ireland ,until theendofthe1978 /79marketing year ,
aidofamaximum amount of1.4pence per litre ofmilk delivered todairies ;
Whereas ,with the immediate withdrawal ofthis system ~milk prducers inNorthern
Ireland are indanger ofbeing put atadisadvantage compared toproducers inthe
rest oftheUnited Kingdom ;
Whereas theperiod ofapplication ofthesystem concerned should therefore be
extended foronemarketing year ,areduction being made inthemaximum rate of

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION
Article 1
The United Kingdom ishereby authorized togrant milk producers inNorthe
Ireland ,from 2July 1979 until the end ofthe1979 /80milk year ,aidof
maximum amount of1.3 pence per litre ofmilk delivered todairies .
Article 2
This Decision isaddressed tothe United Kingdom ofGreat Britain and
Northern Ireland .