OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 90, P . 13 ), COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1371/84 OF 16 MAY 1984 LAYING DOWN DETAILED RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE ADDITIONAL LEVY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 5C OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 804/68 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1984, L 132, P.*11 ) AND UNDER ARTICLE 5 OF THE TREATY .
2 THE COMMUNITY RULES AT ISSUE REQUIRE THE MEMBER STATES TO ADOPT, BEFORE CERTAIN DATES, MEASURES IMPLEMENTING THE ADDITIONAL LEVY SCHEME IN THE MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS SECTOR . IN PARTICULAR, THE MEMBER STATES WERE TO ALLOCATE INDIVIDUAL REFERENCE QUANTITIES TO PRODUCERS AND PURCHASERS OF MILK, DESIGNATE THE NATIONAL AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR CHARGING THE LEVY AND CHOOSE BETWEEN SEVERAL OPTIONS CONCERNING THE DETAILED RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEVY .
3 AS REGARDS THAT CHOICE OF OPTIONS, THEY HAD TO CHOOSE IN PARTICULAR BETWEEN A FORMULA, CALLED FORMULA A, UNDER WHICH REFERENCE QUANTITIES WERE ATTRIBUTED TO MILK PRODUCERS, AND ANOTHER FORMULA, CALLED FORMULA B, UNDER WHICH REFERENCE QUANTITIES WERE ALLOCATED TO PURCHASERS OF MILK . THEY ALSO HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER THEIR NATIONAL TERRITORY WAS TO BE DIVIDED INTO SEVERAL REGIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF APPLYING FORMULAS A AND B AND, WHERE THAT WAS DONE, CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO FORMULAS IN REGARD TO EACH REGION . THEY WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH RULES FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE REFERENCE QUANTITIES IN FAVOUR OF PRODUCERS WHOSE MILK PRODUCTION HAD BEEN AFFECTED BY A NATURAL DISASTER OR ACCIDENTAL EVENTS .
4 MOREOVER, THE RULES PERMITTED THE MEMBER STATES TO ADOPT SPECIFIC MEASURES TO PROMOTE THE RESTRUCTURING OF MILK PRODUCTION, IN PARTICULAR BY GRANTING COMPENSATION TO PRODUCERS UNDERTAKING TO DISCONTINUE MILK PRODUCTION DEFINITIVELY .
5 AS REGARDS THE FIRST PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF 12 MONTHS, THOSE MEASURES WERE TO BE ADOPTED AND COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE 1 MAY 1984, 1 OCTOBER 1984 OR 31 DECEMBER 1984, AS THE CASE MIGHT BE .
6 SINCE THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC HAD NOT INFORMED THE COMMISSION WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED PERIODS OF THE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES WHICH IT HAD ADOPTED, THE COMMISSION SENT IT A FORMAL NOTICE ON 27 NOVEMBER 1984 AND ISSUED A REASONED OPINION ON 18 MARCH 1985 . THE REPLIES OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC SHOWED THAT IT HAD FULFILLED ITS OBLIGATIONS ONLY IN REGARD TO TWO PRECISE POINTS : IT HAD OPTED FOR FORMULA A AND HAD DECIDED THAT ITALY WAS TO BE REGARDED AS A SINGLE REGION FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPLEMENTING THAT FORMULA . THE COMMISSION THEREFORE BROUGHT THIS ACTION .
7 SUBSEQUENT TO THE BRINGING OF THE ACTION, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED SEVERAL REGULATIONS AMENDING THE RULES CONCERNING THE ADDITIONAL LEVY, IN PARTICULAR REGULATION NO 590/85 OF 26 FEBRUARY 1985 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 68, P . 1 ) AND REGULATION NO 1305/85 OF 23 MAY 1985 ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL L 137 . P . 12 ). ESSENTIALLY, THOSE REGULATIONS MAKE THREE AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEME . FIRST OF ALL, THEY MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO TRANSFER TO OTHER PRODUCERS OR PURCHASERS OF MILK INDIVIDUAL