CELEX: 31973R1188
Language: en
Date: 1973-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1188/73 of the Council of 8 May 1973 fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese for the 1973/74 milk year

9. 5. 73                               Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 122/1
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                   REGULATION (EEC) No 1188/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                         of 8 May 1973
               fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk
               powder and Grana padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese for the 1973/74 milk year
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas, furthermore, when the target price is
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      fixed, the Community's endeavours to establish a
                                                                   long-term balance between supply and demand on
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                the milk market, taking into account external trade
 pean Economic Community, and in particular                        in milk and milk products, should be borne in
 Article 43 thereof ;                                               mind ;
 Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the
 Accession of the new Member States to the Euro­                   Whereas the intervention prices for butter and
 pean Economic Community and to the European                       skimmed-milk powder are intended to contribute to
 Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the                    the achievement of the target price for milk ;
 first subparagraph of Article 52 (3 ) of the Act an­              whereas their level should be determined in the light
 nexed thereto ;                                                   both of the general situation of supply and demand
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/                 on the Community milk market and of the possibili­
 68 (2) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                  ties for disposal of butter and skimmed-milk
 of the market in milk and milk products, as last                  powder on the Community and world markets ;
 amended by the aforesaid Act, and in particular
Article 3 (4) and Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ;                        Whereas the particular situation obtaining in certain
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­                     Member States does not at present permit of the
 sion ;                                                            application of a uniform intervention price for
                                                                   skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it is therefore neces­
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­              sary to subject the said price to a corrective ;
 ment ;
Whereas, when the target price for milk is fixed,                  Whereas, in order to ensure that the effect of these
account should be taken both of the objectives of                  correctives is carried over into the market prices of
the common agricultural policy and of the contribu­               the said Member States without leading to distor­
tion which the Community desires to make to the                   tions of competition, it is necessary to compensate
harmonious development of world trade ; whereas                   for price differences in trade in skimmed-milk
the objectives of the common agricultural policy are               powder ;
in particular to ensure a reasonable standard of
living for the agricultural community, to ensure that
supplies are available and that they reach                        Whereas the intervention prices for Grana padano
                                                                  and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses must be fixed at
consumers at reasonable prices ;
                                                                  levels which will give milk producers in areas of the
Whereas, therefore, account should be taken of the                Community where such cheeses are produced and
importance of milk to the Community's agricultural                qualify to bear the designation of origin the same
economy and consequently to farmers' incomes ;                    long-term security as regards production prices for
whereas, moreover, there must be a balanced rela­                 milk as that provided by the intervention measures
tionship between the target price for milk and the                in respect of skimmed milk and butter ;
prices of other agricultural products and in parti­
cular that of beef and veal, reflecting the desired               Whereas, since the intervention prices for skimmed­
movement towards stock-breeding ;                                 milk powder in force in the new Member States
                                                                  were in line with the common prices already in the
0) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 .                              1972/73 milk year, only the intervention price for
(*) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .                          butter in force in the new Member States must be
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aligned in the 1973/74 milk year with the common               'Batch' means a manufacturer's production during
price in accordance with Article 52 (2) (a) of the             the period 1 April to 11 November in a given year.
Act of Accession ;
Whereas the effect of the modification in prices
would be to disrupt the process of the United King­                                    Article 2
dom's integration in the Community ; whereas there­
fore it is advisable to limit the alignment of the
intervention price for butter obtaining in that                1 . By way of derogation to Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regu­
Member State, in accordance with Article 52 (3 ) of            lation (EEC) No 804/68 , the price at which the inter­
the aforesaid Act,                                             vention agencies in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                               and the Netherlands buy in skimmed-milk powder
                                                               shall be equal to the intervention price, less a correc­
                        Article 1                              tive of 2 units of account per 100 kilogrammes.
For the 1973/74 milk year, the target price for milk
and the intervention prices for milk products shall            2. The corrective mentioned in paragraph 1 shall
be fixed as follows :
                                                               be applied, for the product in question, in the trade
                                         Units of account      of each of the Member States referred to in para­
                                            per 100 kg         graph 1 with other Member States and third coun­
                                                               tries, the Benelux countries being considered as one
 (a) Target price for milk                     12-42
                                                               Member State .
(b) Intervention price :
     Butter                                                    For this purpose, the amounts levied at importation
                                                               and those granted at exportation within the frame­
     — in Denmark                             171-50
                                                               work of the common agricultural policy, shall be
     — in Ireland                             160-25           reduced by the amount of the corrective.
     — in the United Kingdom                   87-96
     — in the other Member States             176-00
                                                               3.     The methods of implementation of this Article
     Skimmed-milk powder                       66-00           shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures
                                                               provided for in Article 30 of Regulation ( EEC) No
     Grana padano cheese                                       804/68 .
     — from 30 to 60 days                     157-55
     — in batches of an average age
         of six months                        183-55
                                                                                       Article 3
     Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in
     batches of an average age of six                          This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 May
     months                                   197-95           1973 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 8 May 1973 .
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                              A. LAVENS