CELEX: 31977R0540
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 540/77 of 14 March 1977 fixing for the 1977/78 milk year the guideline figure for the fat content of standardized whole milk imported into Ireland and the United Kingdom

No L 70/ 2                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              17 . 3 . 77
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 540/77
                                                         of 14 March 1977
              fixing for the 1977/78 milk year the guideline figure for the fat content of stand­
                      ardized whole milk imported into Ireland and the United Kingdom
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          another Member State must contain to be able to be
COMMUNITIES,                                                         marketed within the territories of the two abovemen­
                                                                     tioned Member States ; whereas this guideline figure
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                     must be the weighted average fat content of the whole
 Economic Community,
                                                                     milk produced and marketed in the importing
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         Member State during the previous year,
 1411 /71 of 29 June 1971 laying down additional rules
on the common organization of the market in milk                     HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
and milk products falling within tariff heading No
04.01 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                                            Article 1
566/76 (2), and in particular Article 3 (6) (b) thereof,
                                                                     For the 1977/78 milk year, the guideline figure
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   referred to in Article 3 (6) (b) of Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                     141 1 /71 shall be :
Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 (5) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1411 /71 , Ireland and the United Kingdom apply                  — 3-52 % for Ireland,
within their territories the formula of non-standar­                — 3-77 % for the United Kingdom .
dized whole milk within the meaning of the second
indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) of that Regulation ;                                           Article 2
Whereas, pursuant ' to Article 3 (6) and (7), a guideline           This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
figure must be fixed for the milk year 1977/78 for the               following its publication in the Official Journal of
fat which standardized whole milk coming from                        the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 14 March 1977 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                  The President
                                                                                     J. SILKIN
(') OJ No L 148 , 3 . 7 . 1971 , p . 4.
(2 ) OJ No L 67, 1.5 . 3 . 1976, p . 23 .