Council Regulation (EC) No 1787/2003 of 29 September 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products
Date: 2003-09-29
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: common organisation of markets, intervention price, milk

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1787/2003

of 29 September 2003

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 Article 37 thereof,

establishing common rules for direct support schemes
under the common agricultural policy and establishing
certain support
they need
therefore to be withdrawn from Regulation (EC) No
1255/1999.

farmers (4),

schemes

for

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(6)

It is therefore necessary to amend Regulation (EC) No
1255/1999 accordingly,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Whereas:

Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of 29 September
2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk-products
sector (2) sets operational rules for a levy on milk and
milk products aimed at reducing the imbalance between
supply and demand on the market and removing the
resulting structural surpluses; these arrangements will
apply for a further eleven consecutive twelve-month
periods starting on 1 April 2004.

the level of market

To promote consumption of milk and milk products in
the Community and improve their competitiveness on
international markets,
support
should be diminished, specifically by gradual reduction
from 1 July 2004 of intervention prices for butter and
skimmed milk powder set by Council Regulation (EC)
No 1255/1999 (3). To this end, the relative intervention
price levels of the two products should be adjusted.

especially
the
constituted
The
price,
target
intervention prices
and skimmed milk
for butter
powder, served as an indication for the support level;
since intervention for both products is now only applied
for a maximum quantity and during a limited period of
the year, it is indicated to abolish the target price.

by

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 is hereby amended as follows:

1) Article 3 is repealed.

2) Article 4(1) shall be replaced by the following:

The intervention prices in the Community expressed

‘1.
in euros per 100 kg, shall be as follows:

(a) butter:

— 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2004: 328,20

— 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005: 305,23

— 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006: 282,44

— 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007: 259,52

To avoid creation of an artificial outlet of massive
recourse to intervention a fixed quantity ceiling should
be set for intervention purchases of butter.

— from 1 July 2007: 246,39

(b) skimmed milk powder:

The direct payment measures
in support of milk
producers' incomes having been adjusted and set out in
Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003

(1) Opinion delivered on 5 June 2003 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) See page 123 of this Official Journal.
(3) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 48. Regulation last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 509/2002 (OJ L 79, 22.3.2002,
p. 15).

— 1 July 2000 to 30 June 2004: 205,52,

— 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005: 195,24,

— 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006: 184,97,

— from 1 July 2006: 174,69.'

(4) See page 1 of this Official Journal.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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3) Article 6(1) shall be replaced by the following:

‘1.
If market prices for butter in one or more Member
States, over a representative period, are less than 92 % of
intervention agencies shall buy-in
the intervention price,
butter as
the
intervention price during the period 1 March to 31 August
of any year, in the Member State(s) concerned on the basis
of specifications to be determined.

indicated in paragraph 2, at 90 % of

Where the quantities offered for intervention during the
above period exceed 70 000 tonnes in 2004, 60 000
tonnes in 2005, 50 000 tonnes in 2006, 40 000 tonnes in
the
2007 and 30 000 tonnes in 2008 and onwards,
Commission may suspend intervention buying.

In the case of whole milk, the Community aid shall

‘3.
be:

— EUR 23,24/100 kg for the period until 30 June 2004,

— EUR 21,69/100 kg for the period from 1 July 2004

until 30 June 2005,

— EUR 20,16/100 kg for the period from 1 July 2005

until 30 June 2006,

— EUR 18,61/100 kg for the period from 1 July 2006

until 30 June 2007,

— EUR 18,15/100 kg as from 1 July 2007.

In the case of other milk products, the amounts of aid
shall be determined taking
the milk
components of the products concerned.'

into account

In such cases buying-in by intervention agencies may be
carried out using a standing tendering procedure on the
basis of specifications to be determined.

5) Articles 16 to 25 are deleted.

Article 2

Where market prices of butter in the Member State(s) in
question over a representative period are 92 % or more of
the intervention price the Commission shall
suspend
buying-in.'

4) Article 14(3) shall be replaced by the following:

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

However, in Article 1, point 1 shall apply from 1 April 2004;
point 3 shall apply from 1 March 2004 and point 5 shall
apply from 1 January 2004.

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

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2003.

For the Council

The President

G. ALEMANNO