Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) extending the 1995/96 milk year
Date: 1996-06-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: butter, intervention price, milk, skimmed milk powder, target price

COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  20.06.1996 
COM(96)  294  final 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EC) 

extending  the  1995/96  milk  year 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  1539/95  fixes  the  target  price  for  milk  and  the  intervention 
prices for butter and skimmed-milk  powder for the period from  1  July  1995 to 30 June 1996. 

In  order  to  avoid  any  ambiguity  and  in  the  interest  of  consistency,  the  attached  draft 
Regulation  provides for  the extension  of the  1995/96  milk  year  until  30 June  1996. 

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COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No 

of 

extending  the  1995/96  milk  year 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  establishing  the  European  Community, 

Having  regard  to  Council  Regulation  (EEC)  No  804/68  of  27  June  1968  on  the  common 

organization  of  the  market  in  milk  and  milk  products1,  and  in  particular  Article  2  thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Whereas  the  target  price  for  milk  and  the  intervention  prices  for  butter  and  skimmed-milk 

powder  were  fixed  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1539/95'  for  the  period  from  1 July  1995  to 

30  June  1996;  whereas 

the  1995/96  milk  year  should 

therefore  be  extended  until 

30  June  1996;  whereas,  in  order  to  avoid  any  uncertainty,  the  measure  should  apply  from 

1  April  1996, 

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION 

Article 

The  1995/96  milk  year  shall  end  on  30  June  1996  and  the  1996/97  milk  year  shall  begin  on 

1 July  1996. 

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2 

OJ  No  L  148,  28.6.1968,  p.  13.  Regulation 
No  293 1/95  (OJ  No  L  307,  20.12.1995,  p.  10.). 
O J No  L  148,  30.6.1995,  p.  19. 

last  amended  by  Regulation  (EC) 

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Article 2 

This Regulation  shall  enter  into force  on  the day  of its publication  in the Official  Journal  of 

the European  Communities. 

It  shall  apply  from  1 April  1996. 

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

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 

The President 

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FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

BUDGET  HEADING.  B1-2069 

APPROPRIATIONS: 
ECU  27  million 

TITLE: 
Council  Regulation extending  the  1995/96  milk  year 

LEGAL  BASIS: 
Article  2 of Regulation  (EEC)  No 804/68 

AIMS: 
To extend  the  milk  year 

FINANCIAL  IMPLICATIONS: 

5.0. 

EXPENDITURE 
- CHARGED  TO THE  EC BUDGET 

(REFUNDS/INTERVENTION) 

-  NATIONAL  AUTHORITIES 
- OTHER 

5 1. 

REVENUE 
- OWN  RESOURCES  OF THE EC 
(LEVIES/CUSTOMS  DUTIES) 

- NATIONAL 

PERIOD  OF  12 
MONTHS 

(ECU  million) 

FOLLOWING 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 

(ECU  million) 

CURRENT 
FINANCIAL 
YEAR 
(96) 
(ECU  million) 

+2 

1998 

1999 

2000 

2001 

ESTIMATED  EXPENDITURE 
ESTIMATED  REVENUE 

METHOD  OF CALCULATION: 
Aid  to Portuguese  producers  (Regulation  (EEC)  No  739/93) 
450 000  t  x ECU  (15-10)/t  = (A) ECU  2.25  million  x  1.010  (DR) = (B) ECU  2.27  million 

CAN THE  PROJECT  BE FINANCED  FROM  APPROPRIATIONS  ENTERED  IN THE  RELEVANT 
CHAPTER  OF THE  CURRENT  BUDGET? 

YES/NO 

Ij 

CAN THE  PROJECT  BE FINANCED  BY TRANSFER  BETWEEN  CHAPTERS  OF THE  CURRENT 
BUDGET? 

WILL  A SUPPLEMENTARY  BUDGET  BE  NECESSARY? 

WILL FUTURE  BUDGET  APPROPRIATIONS  BE  NECESSARY? 

¥fiS/NO 

YES/NO 

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5.0.1. 
5.1.1. 

5.2. 

6.1. 

6.2. 

6.3, 

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