Council Regulation (EEC) No 1307/85 of 23 May 1985 authorizing the Member States to grant a consumption aid for butter
Date: 1985-05-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: consumer price, support mechanism













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31985R1307

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1307/85 of 23 May 1985 authorizing the Member States to grant a consumption aid for butter  


Official Journal L 137 , 27/05/1985 P. 0015 - 0015 Spanish special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 34 P. 0211  Portuguese special edition Chapter 03 Volume 34 P. 0211  





COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) N° 1307/85of 23 May  1985authorizing the Member States to grant a consumption aid for butterTHE COUNCIL  OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic  Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the  Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),Whereas the system  established by Council Regulation (EEC) N° 1269/79 of 25 June 1979 on the marketing of  reduced-priced butter for direct consumption (2), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) N° 862/84  (3), expires at the end of the 1984/85 milk year; whereas this may entail an increase in the  consumer price of butter in certain Member States; whereas the situation on the market in butter  continues to be characterized by major surpluses; whereas a sudden increase in the consumer price  of butter that could result in a reduction of consumption should be avoided; whereas, for this  purpose, the Member States should be authorized until the end of the 1987/88 milk year to grant an  aid resulting in a reduction in the price of butter to the final private consumer;Whereas, for  reasons of clarity, Regulation (EEC) N° 1269/79 should be repealed,HAS ADOPTED THIS  REGULATION:Article 1Member States shall be authorized until the end of the  1987/88 milk year to grant an aid for butter in favour of the final private consumer.This aid must  not exceed 50 ECU per 100 kilograms of butter. Article 21.  Member States shall take whatever measures they may consider appropriate in order to  ensure that the aid is granted only for butter purchased for direct consumption and that such aid  is passed on to the final private consumers through its incidence on the final selling price.2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the measures referred to in paragraph 1 and, in  particular, the amount of the aid granted.Article 3For the purposes of this Regulation, butter  purchased for direct consumption shall mean butter purchased by final private consumers from retail  outlets with a view to private consumption, including butter purchased from the retail trade by  hotels, restaurants, hospitals, homes, boarding schools, prisons and similar establishments in  order to cater for persons fed in such establishments, and excluding butter purchased for sale to  the public in the form of other products, for example by cake shops and caterers.Article  4Regulation (EEC) N° 1269/79 is hereby repealed.Article 5This Regulation shall enter into force  at the beginning of the 1985/86 milk year. (1) OJ N° C 94, 15. 4. 1985. (2) OJ N° L 161, 29. 6. 1979, p. 8. (3) OJ N° L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 22.