CELEX: 51976PC0527
Language: en
Date: 1976-10-07
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) temporarily suspending certain national and Community aids in the milk and milk products sector (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                       COM(76 ) 527 final .
                                       Brussels . 7 October 197° «
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                 PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
         temporarily suspending certain national and Community
         aids in the milk and milk products sector
             ( submitted to the Council by the Commission)
 COM(76) 527 final .
 ---pagebreak---                              Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       temporarily suspending certain national and Community aids
       in the milk and milk products sector
  The Council of the European Communities ,
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
  Community , and in particular Articles k2 and *+3 thereof ,
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
  Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
 Whereas there is a serious imbalance on the market in milk ,
 Whereas this calls for a set of measures capable of restoring balance to
  the market , whereas the impact of these measures might be adversely'
 affected by further investment in the production , processing and
 marketing of cow 's milk , and whereas accordingly all national aids
 for such investment should be temporarily discontinued ;
 Whereas the national aids referred to in Article 9?. (2 of the Treaty ,
 and those for investment in/nountain and hill regions and in the
 less-favoured areas delimited under Council Directive 75/268/EEC of
 28 At>ril 1975-on farming in mountain and hill regions and certain
^less-favoured areas ,^" meet special needs , and whereas so too do national aids
 for research on and investment in new products calculated to increase sales
 outlets for milks
                     r
 Whereas the investment aids provided for in Council Directive No
                                                                  ?
 72/ 159/EEC of 17 April 1972 on the modernization of farms         should be
 confined to farms the development plans for which are not such as to
 make for any great intensification of milk production ;
   OJ No L 128 , 19.6.1975 , p.1 .
 20J No L 96 , 23.^.1972 , p.1 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                         Article 1
1.   Without prejudice to Article 92(2 ) of the Treaty , no aid shall
     be granted by Member States or from State funds for investment
     relating to :
     - production of cow's milk ;
     - processing or marketing of cow 's milk or milk products ,
        including collection , packaging and preparation of those
        products .
2.   The above prohibition shall not apply to aids for research on
     or investment in new products calculated to increase sales outlets
     for milk .
                         Article 2
     The provisions in Directive No 72/ 159/EEC concerning the granting
     of investment aids shall be suspended with respect to milk production .
     Notwithstanding , the investment aids referred to in Article 8
     thereof may be granted to farms possessing dairy cattle, provided
     that under the development plan not less than 80% of the fodder
     needed to feed the cattle is produced on the farm itself and that
     on completion of the plan the number of dairy cattle does not
     exceed 1.3 cows per hectare of the area farmed .
                         Article 3
     Article 1(1 ) and Article 2 shall not apply to farms in mountain
     and hill regions and other less-favoured areas within the meaning
     of Directive No 75/268/EEC .
                                                                        »
                         Article k
     This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication .
     It shall apply to applications lodged with the competent authorities
     in the Member States from 1 October 1976 .   It shall apply until
     30 June 1979 .
     This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
     applicable in all Member States .
Done at                                          For the Council
                                                 The President