Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) No ... of ... fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter and skimmed-milk powder for the milk year 1999/2000
Date: 1999-02-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural market, agricultural product, agricultural production, fixing of prices

1.3.1999

EN

Official  Journal  of  the  European  Communities

C  59/23

Proposal  for  a

COUNCIL  REGULATION  (EC)  No  . . ./1999

of  . . .  1999

99/0036(CNS)

fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter and skimmed-milk powder
for  the  milk  year  1999/2000

(1999/C  59/13)

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  organisation  of  the
market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by
Regulation  (EC)  No  1587/96 (2),  and 
in  particular
Articles  3(4)  and  5  thereof,

Having  regard  to  the  proposal  from  the  Commission,

Having  regard 
Parliament,

to 

the  opinion  of 

the  European

long  term  balance  between  supply  and  demand  on  the
milk market, allowing for external trade in milk and milk
products;

Whereas  the  intervention  prices  for  butter  and  for
skimmed-milk  powder  are  intended  to  contribute  to  the
achievement  of  the  target  price  for  milk;  whereas  it  is
necessary  to  determine  price  levels  in  the  light  of  the
overall  supply  and  demand  situation  on  the  Community
market  in  milk  and  the  opportunities  for  disposal  of
butter and skimmed-milk powder on the Community and
world  markets,

HAS  ADOPTED  THIS  REGULATION:

Article  1

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,

For  the  milk  year  1999/2000,  the  target  price  for  milk
and  the  intervention  prices  for  milk  products  shall  be  as
follows:

Whereas,  when  fixing  the  common  agricultural  prices
each  year,  account  should  be  taken  of  the  objectives  of
the common agricultural policy; whereas the objectives of
the  common  agricultural  policy  are  in  particular  to
guarantee  a  fair  standard  of  living  for  the  agricultural
community  and  to  ensure  that  supplies  are  available  and
that  they  reach  consumers  at  reasonable  prices;

(a)  Target  price  for  milk

(b) Intervention  prices:

—  butter
—  skimmed-milk  powder

(EUR/100  kg)

30,98

328,20
205,52

Whereas the target price for milk should bear a balanced
relationship  to  the  prices  for  other  agricultural  products
and  in  particular  to  the  prices  for  beef  and  veal,  and  be
consistent  with  the  desired  general  pattern  of  cattle
farming; whereas it is also necessary, in fixing that price,
to take account of the Community’s efforts to establish a

Article  2

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

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

Done  at  . . .

For  the  Council

The  President

. . .

(1)  OJ  L  148,  28.6.1968,  p.  13.
(2)  OJ  L  206,  16.8.1996,  p.  21.