Commission Regulation (EC) No 927/2006 of  22 June 2006  on the release of the special restructuring reserve provided for in Article 1(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003
Date: 2006-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to the European Union, common agricultural policy, milk, milk product, production quota, regulation of agricultural production

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 927/2006

of 22 June 2006

on the release of the special restructuring reserve provided for in Article 1(4) of Council Regulation
(EC) No 1788/2003

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 of
29 September 2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk
products sector (1), and in particular Article 1(4) thereof,

(5)

(6)

Whereas:

It is therefore appropriate to release the special restruc-
turing reserve for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and
to provide for the allocation of the resulting quantities to
the deliveries part of their national reference quantity.

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 provides
for a special restructuring reserve for the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and
Slovakia, to be released as from 1 April 2006 to the
extent that the on-farm consumption of milk and milk
products in each of these countries has decreased from
1998 or 2000, depending on the country.

Estonia,

the Czech Republic,

In accordance with Article 1(4) of Regulation (EC) No
Latvia,
1788/2003,
Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia have
submitted to the Commission a report detailing the
results and trends of the actual restructuring process in
those countries’ dairy sectors, and in particular the shift
from production for on-farm consumption to production
for the market.

According to those reports, all those Member States have
shown a decrease in the on-farm consumption of milk
and milk products.

Available production statistics indicate an increasing part
of the milk production being marketed under deliveries
and a decreasing part under direct sales.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The special restructuring reserve provided for in Article 1(4) of
Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 is released for
the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia
and Slovakia. The released quantities are set out in the Annex to
this Regulation.

Article 2

The quantities set out in the Annex shall be placed in the
national reserve as provided for in Article 14 of Regulation
(EC) No 1788/2003 and shall be used for deliveries.

Article 3

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

It shall apply from 1 April 2006.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 June 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 123. Regulation as amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 2217/2004 (OJ L 375, 23.12.2004, p. 1).

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ANNEX

Member State

Special restructuring reserve quantities

(tonnes)

Czech Republic

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Hungary

Poland

Slovenia

Slovakia

55 788

21 885

33 253

57 900

42 780

416 126

16 214

27 472