Commission Regulation (EC) No 739/2004 of 21 April 2004 adjusting the total quantities referred to in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector
Date: 2004-04-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural levy, milk, milk product, regulation of agricultural production

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 739/2004
of 21 April 2004
adjusting the total quantities referred to 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,

(4)

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), and in particular Articles 3(2) and 4(2)
thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 provides
that the guaranteed total quantities for Finland may be
increased to compensate ‘SLOM’ producers, up to a
maximum of 200 000 tonnes.
In accordance with
Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 671/95 of
29 March 1995 on the assignment of specific reference
to certain producers of milk and milk
quantities
products in Austria and Finland (2), Finland has notified
the quantities concerned for the 2003/2004 marketing
year.

Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 provides
that the individual reference quantities are increased or
established at the duly justified request of producers to
take account of changes affecting their deliveries and/or
direct sales and that the increase or establishment of
such a reference quantity is subject to a corresponding
reduction or cancellation of the other reference quantity
the producer owns.

These adjustments may not lead to an increase, for the
Member State concerned,
in the sum of the deliveries
and direct sales referred to in Article 3 of Regulation
(EEC) No 3950/92. Where the individual reference quan-
tities undergo a definitive change, the quantities referred
to in Article 3 are adjusted accordingly.

In accordance with Article 15(1)(c) of Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1392/2001 of 9 July 2001 laying down
detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EEC) No
3950/92 establishing an additional
levy on milk and
milk products (3), Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain,
France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal,
Finland and the United Kingdom have notified quantities
which have undergone a definitive change in accordance
with the second subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3950/92.

The total quantities applicable for the period from 1
April 2003 to 31 March 2004 laid down in point (c) of
the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 should
therefore be adjusted.

Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 should be amended
accordingly.

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

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 is hereby
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 21 April 2004.

For the Commission
Franz FISCHLER
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 405, 31.12.1992, p. 1. Regulation last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 572/2003 (OJ L 82, 29.3.2003, p. 20).
(2) OJ L 70, 30.3.1995, p. 2. Regulation amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1390/95 (OJ L 135, 21.6.1995, p. 4).

(3) OJ L 187, 10.7.2001, p. 19.

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ANNEX

In point (c) of the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92, the information concerning the reference quantities for
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland and the United
Kingdom is replaced by the following:

(tonnes)

Member States

Deliveries

Belgium

Denmark

Germany

Spain

France

Ireland

Italy

Netherlands

Austria

Portugal (1)

Finland

United Kingdom

(1) Except Madeira.

3 223 362,202

4 454 786,123

27 769 157,124

6 045 799,525

23 862 955,457

5 388 946,743

10 300 000,000

10 997 492,000

2 624 105,009

1 860 590,000

2 399 220,152

14 457 010,123

Direct sales

87 068,798

561,877

95 658,876

71 150,475

372 842,543

6 817,257

230 060,000

77 200,000

125 295,991

9 871,000

8 400,917

152 736,877