CELEX: 31973D0010
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-29 00:00:00
Title: 73/10/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 December 1972 on the disposal of butter to certain categories of consumers in receipt of social security benefits

13 . 2 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 40/ 15
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                                                    COMMISSION
                                                ,  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 29 December 1972
               on the disposal of butter to certain categories of consumers in receipt of social security
                                                             benefits
                                                          (73/ 10/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the most efficient course from the adminis­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                        trative point of view is for the subsidy to be paid to
                                                                     the supplier ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;                                            Whereas, to ensure that it reaches its intended desti­
                                                                     nation, the butter should be sold only on produc­
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/                    tion of a document proving that the person con­
68 ( x ) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  cerned is entitled to buy this butter ;
of the market in milk and milk products, as last
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1411 /71 (2), and in                 Whereas Member States must inform the Commis­
particular Article 12 (3 ) and Article 28 thereof ;                  sion of the provisions they propose to adopt and of
                                                                     the quantities of butter sold under this Decision ;
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 (3)
of 19 December 1972 laying down general rules on                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
measures to increase butter consumption by certain                   are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
categories of consumers provides for the possibility                 ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products ;
of a decision being taken to grant subsidies to allow
persons in receipt of social security benefits to buy
butter at a reduced price ;
                                                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas, in view of existing butter surpluses, Mem­
ber States should now be allowed to grant such sub­
sidies ;                                                                                     Article 1
Whereas the amount of the subsidy should be such                    Member States are hereby authorized, under the con­
as to allow butter to be sold at a price which takes                ditions set out in Articles 2 to 4, to grant a subsidy
account of the price of the fats normally consumed                  which should allow certain categories of consumers
by these categories of consumer ;                                   in receipt of social security benefits to buy butter at
                                                                    a reduced price.
Whereas the quantity of butter sold at a reduced
price should be adapted to the needs of these categor­
ies of consumers ;                                                                           Article 2
(») OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968, p. 13 .
(f) OJ No L 148, 3. 7. 1971 , p. 4.                                 1.     The subsidy shall not exceed 136 units of
(») OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972, p. 18 .                           account per 100 kg of butter.
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 2.     The subsidy shall be paid to the supplier.                    cified in Article 1 and of the number of benefici­
                                                                      aries envisaged ;
                          Article 3
                                                                ( b ) of steps taken under Article 4 ;
Consumers shall obtain butter :
                                                                ( c) each month, of the quantities of subsidized but­
— only on production of a document proving their                   . ter sold .
      entitlement,
— up to a maximum of 500 grammes per month.                                               Article 6
                          Article 4
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Member States shall notify the Commission :
 ensure that subsidies granted benefit only the con­
sumers envisaged by this Decision .                             Done at Brussels, 29 December 1972.
                         Article 5
                                                                                            For the Commission
Member States shall notify the Commission :
                                                                                               The President
( a ) of the criteria they intend to apply for the pur­
      pose of defining the categories of consumers spe­                                      S.L. MANSHOLT