Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) fixing the guideline figure for the 1992/93 milk year for the fat content of standardized whole milk imported into Ireland and the United Kingdom
Date: 1992-04-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, United Kingdom, marketing standard, milk fat, whole milk

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

C0M(92) 172 final 

Brussels, 30 April  1992 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 

fixing the guideline  figure for the 1992/93 milk year 
for the fat content of standardized whole milk 
imported  into Ireland and the United Kingdom 

(presented  by  the  Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

In accordance with Regulation  (EEC) No  1411/71t1), as amended by Regulation 

(EEC) No 566/76(2), with effect on  1 October  1976 the Member States applied the 

formula for non-standardized whole milk with a fat content that has not been 

altered  since the milking  stage  (Ireland and the United Kingdom) or the  formula 

for standardized whole milk with a fat content of at least 3,5%  (other Member 

States, excepting  Italy, which makes use of the authorization provided  for in 

Article 6(3) of that Regulation) for whole milk  for drinking. 

In accordance with Article 3 of Regulation  (EEC) No  1411/71, Ireland and the 

United Kingdom must however allow standardized whole milk  from other Member 

States to be marketed within their territory where the fat content of the milk is 

not less than the figure to be fixed for each milk year, corresponding  to the 

weighted average of the fat content of whole milk produced  and marketed  in the 

Member state concerned during the preceding year  (guideline  figure). 

On 20 November  1991, the Commission  submitted  a proposal to amend the 

abovementioned arrangements  from the  1992/93 milk year(3).  Given progress in 

discussions on that proposal, it is clear that it will not be possible to abide 

by that date of entry into force. 

Guideline  figures must accordingly be fixed for the 1992/93 milk year in order to 

permit the arrangements  in force to continue to operate temporarily. 

The guideline  figures proposed correspond to the weighted  averages as notified by 

the two Member States in question. 

The measure covered by this proposal has no financial impact. 

(1) OJ No L  148, 3.7.1971, p. 4. 
(2)  OJ No L 67, 15.3.1976, p. 23. 
(3) OJ No C 320, 11.12.1991, p. 9. 

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Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EEC) No 

/92 

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fixing the guideline figure for the  1992/93 milk year 
for the fat content of standardized whole milk 
imported  into Ireland and the United  Kingdom 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing  the European Economic  Community, 

Having regard to Council Regulation  (EEC) No  1411/71 of 29 June  1971 laying down 

additional rules on the common market organization  in milk  and milk products  for 

drinking milkf1),  as last amended by Regulation  (EEC) No 222/88<2>, and in 

particular Article  3(6)(b) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal  from the Commission, 

Whereas, pursuant to Article  3(5) of Regulation  (EEC) No  1411/71, Ireland  and the 

United Kingdom are to apply within their territory  the formula for non-

standardized whole milk within the meaning of the second  indent of Article 

3(1)(b) of that Regulation; 

Whereas the Commission has submitted a proposal(3) to amend  the  arrangements 

laid down in abovementioned Article  3 from the  1992/93 milk year; whereas, 

however, it does not appear possible to abide by that date of entry  into force; 

whereas the guideline  figure which the fat content of standardized whole milk 

from another Member state must meet to be marketed  in the territory  of the two 

abovementioned Member States must accordingly  be set for the  1992/93 milk year in 

accordance with paragraphs  6 and 7 of that Article; whereas  that guideline  figure 

corresponds  to the weighted average  fat content of whole milk  produced and 

marketed  in the importing Member State during  the preceding year; 

(1) OJ No L  148, 3.7.1971, p. 4. 
(2) OJ NO L 28, 1.2.1988, p. 1. 
(3) OJ No C 320, 11.12.1991, p. 9. 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 

Article 1 

The guideline  figure referred to in Article  3(6)(b) of Regulation  (EEC) 

No  1411/71 for the  1992/93 milk year shall be: 

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3,50% for Ireland, 

4,00% for the United Kingdom. 

Article 2 

This Regulation  shall enter  into force on the third day  following  its publication 

in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 

It shall apply until 31 December 1992. 

This Regulation  shall be binding  in its entirety and directly  applicable  in all 

Member states. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

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Draft Council Regulation fixing the guideline figure for the 1992/93 milk year for the fat content of 
standardized whole milk  imported  into Ireland and the United Kingdom 

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Article 3(6)(b) of Regulation  (EEC) ND 1411/71 

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Fixing the guideline figure for the fat content of whole milk  imported  into  Ireland and the United 
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