Commission Regulation (EU) No 445/2010 of 21 May 2010 on the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of national milk quotas fixed for 2009/2010 in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007
Date: 2010-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, agricultural quota, common organisation of markets, milk








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22.5.2010   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 126/14








            COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 445/2010
of 21 May 2010
         
on the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of national milk quotas fixed for 2009/2010 in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 69(1) in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 67(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that producers may have one or two individual quotas, one for deliveries and the other for direct sales and quantities may be converted from one quota to the other only by the competent authority of the Member State, at the duly justified request of the producer.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EC) No 416/2009 of 20 May 2009 on the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of national milk quotas fixed for 2008/2009 in Annex IX to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 (2) sets out the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ for the period from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 for all Member States.












(3)


In accordance with Article 25(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 of 30 March 2004 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1788/2003 establishing a levy in the milk and milk products sector (3), Member States have notified the quantities which have been definitively converted at the request of the producers between individual quotas for deliveries and for direct sales.












(4)


The total national quotas for all Member States fixed in point 1 of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 72/2009 (4) were increased with effect from 1 April 2009. Member States, except Malta, which has no direct sales part of its national quota, have notified the Commission of the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of the additional quota.












(5)


It is therefore appropriate to establish the division between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of the national quotas applicable for the period from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010 fixed in Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.












(6)


Given the fact that the division between direct sales and deliveries is used as a reference basis for controls pursuant to Articles 19 to 21 of Regulation (EC) No 595/2004 and for the establishment of the annual questionnaire set out in Annex I to that Regulation, it is appropriate to determine a date of expiry of this Regulation after the last possible date for these controls.












(7)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of Agricultural Markets,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The division, applicable for the period from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010, between ‘deliveries’ and ‘direct sales’ of the national quotas fixed in Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall expire on 30 September 2011.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 May 2010.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ L 125, 21.5.2009, p. 54.

(3)  
            OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 22.

(4)  
            OJ L 30, 31.1.2009, p. 1.




ANNEX







(tonnes)




Member States


Deliveries


Direct sales




Belgium


3 415 434,609 


46 127,018 




Bulgaria


928 425,173 


80 140,627 




Czech Republic


2 808 527,676 


12 088,840 




Denmark


4 658 507,411 


238,304 




Germany


29 044 163,443 


91 731,152 




Estonia


657 011,272 


8 877,042 




Ireland


5 556 537,382 


2 178,691 




Greece


844 055,493 


1 237,000 




Spain


6 235 301,035 


66 380,855 




France


24 989 415,129 


352 819,788 




Italy


10 982 463,306 


306 079,560 




Cyprus


148 696,344 


888,696 




Latvia


719 683,007 


30 970,163 




Lithuania


1 679 913,351 


76 411,787 




Luxembourg


280 831,137 


500,000 




Hungary


1 928 903,771 


121 256,041 




Malta


50 168,680 


0,000 




Netherlands


11 505 972,047 


74 314,536 




Austria


2 785 409,610 


90 543,644 




Poland


9 502 697,468 


160 725,851 




Portugal (1)



1 999 241,020 


8 155,190 




Romania


1 475 454,378 


1 673 867,022 




Slovenia


573 711,028 


20 341,440 




Slovakia


1 049 575,219 


22 644,579 




Finland


2 512 083,449 


5 551,251 




Sweden


3 449 791,859 


4 000,000 




United Kingdom


15 139 642,862 


136 777,767 






(1)  Except Madeira.