Commission Regulation (EC) No 903/98 of 28 April 1998 adjusting the total quantities set in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector
Date: 1998-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural levy, delivery, direct selling, milk, milk product, quantitative restriction

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 903/98

of 28 April 1998

adjusting the total quantities set in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No
3950/92 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92
of 28 December 1992 establishing an additional levy in
the milk and milk products sector (1), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 551/98 (2), and in
particular Articles 3(2) and 4(2) thereof,

Whereas Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92
provides that the guaranteed total quantities for Austria
and Finland may be increased up to a maximum of
180 000 tonnes and 200 000 tonnes respectively in order
to provide quota for Austrian and Finnish ‘SLOM’ produ-
cers; whereas pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 671/95 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1390/95 (4), Austria and Finland have notified the
quantities concerned for the 1997/98 marketing year;
whereas the guaranteed total quantities should therefore
be increased accordingly through the procedure laid down
in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EEC) 804/68 (5), as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (6);

Whereas Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92
provides that individual reference quantities are to be
increased or established at the duly justified request of
producers to take account of changes in their deliveries
and/or direct sales; whereas an increase in or establish-
ment of a reference quantity must be offset by a cor-
responding reduction or deletion of the other reference
quantity held by the producer;

involve for

such adjustments may not

Whereas
the
Member State concerned an increase in the sum of the
delivery and direct sale quantities indicated in Article 3 of
Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92; whereas in the event of
definitive changes to individual reference quantities the
quantities set in the said Article 3 are to be adjusted
accordingly through the procedure laid down in Article
30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;

Whereas pursuant to Article 8 third indent of Commis-
sion Regulation (EEC) No 536/93 (7), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2186/96 (8), Belgium, Denmark,
Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria

(1) OJ L 405, 31. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 73, 12. 3. 1998, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 70, 30. 3. 1995, p. 2.
(4) OJ L 135, 21. 6. 1995, p. 4.
(5) OJ L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
(6) OJ L 206, 16. 8. 1996, p. 21.
(7) OJ L 57, 10. 3. 1993, p. 12.
(8) OJ L 292, 15. 11. 1996, p. 6.

and the United Kingdom have notified the Commission
of quantities definitively modified as mentioned in the
second subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC)
No 3950/92; whereas
these
Member States set in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No
3950/92 should therefore be adjusted accordingly;

the total quantities

for

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Milk and Milk Products,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The table in the first subparagraph of Article 3(2) of
Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 is replaced by:

Member State

Deliveries

Direct
sales

‘Belgium

Denmark

Germany (1)

Greece

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal

Finland

Sweden

3 125 099

185 332

4 454 649

699

27 767 500

97 316

629 817

696

5 452 064

114 886

23 772 759

463 039

5 235 902

9 862

9 698 399

231 661

268 098

951

10 988 594

86 098

2 383 182

366 195

1 835 461

2 388 183

3 300 000

37 000

10 000

3 000

United Kingdom

14 354 321

235 726

(1) Of which 6 243 080 tonnes for deliveries by producers in the new
L(cid:132)nder and 10 287 tonnes for direct sales in the new L(cid:132)nder.’

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Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply with effect from 1 April 1997.

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

Done at Brussels, 28 April 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

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