CELEX: 31976R2706
Language: en
Date: 1976-11-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2706/76 of 8 November 1976 amending Regulation (EEC) No 753/76 laying down detailed rules for the sale of skimmed-milk powder for use in animal feed pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 563/76

No L 307/8                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                 9 . 11 . 76
                                       COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2706/76
                                                         of 8 November 1976
                amending Regulation (EEC) No 753/76 laying down detailed rules for the sale of
                skimmed-milk powder for use in animal feed pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 563 /76
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           the system of compulsory purchase, would be transi­
COMMUNITIES,                                                             tional only, in order not to impede the establishment
                                                                        and operation of new rules on the use of skimmed­
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                         milk powder in animal feed ;
 Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                           Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                       Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the
of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last                     time limit set by its chairman,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Articles 7 (5) and 28 thereof,
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
563/76 of 15 March 1976 on the compulsory purchase                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
of skimmed-milk powder held by intervention agen­
cies for use in animal feed (3), and in particular Article
6 ( 1 ) thereof,
                                                                                                  Article 1
Whereas in Article 1 of Commission Regulation
(EEC) No 753/76 of 31 March 1976 laying down
detailed rules for the sale of skimmed-milk powder                      The following Article 7a is inserted in Regulation
                                                                        (EEC) No 753/76 :
for use in animal feed pursuant to Regulation (EEC)
No 563/76 (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC)                           'Article 7a
 No 2241 /76 (5), the price for the sale of skimmed­
milk powder was fixed at 5216 units of account ;                             1.    If the attestation of purchase and denaturing
whereas the approaching termination of the system                            issued in accordance with Article 6 is not used for
instituted by Regulation (EEC) No 563/76 may make                            the purposes defined in Regulation (EEC) No
it difficult to market the quantities of skimmed-milk                        563/76, the purchase price of the skimmed-milk
powder purchased and denatured pursuant to Regula­                           powder paid in accordance with Article 1 shall be
tion (EEC) No 753/76 ; whereas in view of the size of                        reduced, on request, by 35 u.a./ lOO kg in respect
existing stocks of skimmed-milk powder it seems                              of the quantities not yet imputed but covered by
advisable, by making the price of skimmed-milk                               the attestation .
powder comparable with that of other proteins used in
feed for pigs and poultry, to enable manufacturers to
use denatured skimmed-milk powder which has been                             2. The application for reimbursement of the
the subject of an attestation of purchase and dena­                          amount of the reduction in price referred to in
turing as referred to in Article 6 of Regulation (EEC)                       paragraph 1 may be lodged with the selling inter­
No 753/76 that can no longer be used for the                                 vention agency only by the buyer of skimmed­
purposes of Regulation (EEC) No 563/76 ; whereas                             milk powder whose name and address are in
                                                                             section 3 of the attestation .
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1285/70 of 29 June
 1970 laying down a special measure for the disposal of
skimmed-milk powder bought in by intervention agen­                          The application together with the attestation of
cies (6), enables the product to be sold at a reduced                        purchase and denaturing, to be kept by the inter­
price if it is intended for use as aforesaid ; whereas,                      vention agency, must be submitted by 28 February
however, for reasons of efficiency, this new provision                       1977 at the latest .
should apply only to attestations of purchase and dena­
turing, and not to extracts therefrom ;                                      3 . Within one month of receipt of the applica­
Whereas this scheme, designed as it is to facilitate the                     tion and the attestation , the intervention agency of
solution of problems resulting from termination of                           the Member State concerned shall pay or have the
                                                                             amount corresponding to the reduction in price
(>)  OJ  No  L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 .                                paid and for its conversion into national currency
(2)  OJ  No  L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 9 .                                    shall use the coefficient laid down in Article 1 .
(3)  OJ  No  L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p . 18 .
(4)  OJ  No  L 88 , 1 . 4 . 1976, p . 1 .
(5 ) OJ  No  L 252, 16 . 9 . 1976, p . 15 .                                  4.    The attestations of purchase and denaturing
(b)  OJ  No  L 144, 2 . 7. 1970 , p . 1 .                                    referred to in Article 6 shall be issued only for
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     quantities of skimmed-milk powder denatured or           '— have been the subject of an application for a
     incorporated before 1 February 1977.'                         reduction in price pursuant to Article 7a.'
                                                                                     Article 3
                        Article 2
                                                              This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
A fourth indent as follows is added to Article 10 (b) of      following its publication in the Official Journal of
Regulation (EEC) No 753/76 :                                   the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 8 November 1976 .
                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                          P.J. LARDINOIS
                                                                    Member of the Commission