Council Regulation (EC) No 1670/2000 of 20 July 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products
Date: 2000-07-20
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU aid, State aid, common organisation of markets, educational institution, milk, milk product

L 193/10

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Official Journal of the European Communities

29.7.2000

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1670/2000

of 20 July 2000

amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and
milk products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 36 and 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (3),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 (4)
provides for Community aid for supplying certain milk
and milk products to pupils in educational establish-
ments, the stated objective of which is to stimulate the
consumption of milk by young people. An evaluation of
this measure has shown that the educational establish-
ment milk distribution scheme has an impact, albeit
limited, on the dairy market balance. The evaluation
further underlines that if the measure were withdrawn
and the onus for providing subsidised milk to school-
children consequently placed on Member States, avail-
ability and,
thus, consumption of milk products in
educational establishments would decrease further. It is
therefore in line with the objectives of the common
agriculture policy to continue the measure, although
with a reduced level of Community aid.

(2)

Member States should be able to top up the Community
aid with a national contribution, where appropriate by
means of a tax levied from the dairy sector,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1255/
1999 shall be replaced by the following:

In addition to Community aid, Member States may
‘2.
grant national aid for supplying the products specified in
paragraph 1 to pupils
in educational establishments.
Member States may finance their national aid by means of
a levy on the dairy sector or by any other contribution
from the dairy sector.

3.
In the case of whole milk, the Community aid shall
be equal to 75 % of the target price for milk. In the case of
other milk products, the amounts of aid shall be deter-
mined taking into account the milk components of the
products concerned.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publica-
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall be applicable as from 1 January 2001.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 2000.

For the Council

The President

F. PARLY

(1) OJ C 89, 28.3.2000, p. 22.
(2) Opinion delivered on 3 May 2000 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(3) Opinion delivered on 27 April 2000 (not yet published in the Offi-

cial Journal).

(4) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1040/2000 (OJ L 118, 19.5.2000, p. 1).