CELEX: 31984D0119
Language: en
Date: 1984-02-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24 February 1984 on the sale of butter to certain classes of consumers receiving social assistance

No L 64/ 16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                6. 3 . 84
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 24 February 1984
                 on the sale of butter to certain classes of consumers receiving social assistance
                                                          (84/ 1 19/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas     the  Member     States   should inform    the
 COMMUNITIES,                                                        Commission of the arrangements proposed by them
                                                                     and of the quantities of butter sold pursuant to this
                                                                     Decision ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                                 Whereas this Decision is intended to replace Commis­
                                                                     sion Decision 78/737/EEC (8), adopted pursuant to
                                                                     Council Regulation (EEC) No 1762/78 (9), which was
                                                                     repealed by Regulation (EEC) No 2990/82 ;
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 market in milk and milk products (*), as last amended               are in accordance with the opinion of the Management
by Regulation (EEC) No 1600/83 (2), and in particular                Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Articles 12 (3) and 28 thereof,
Whereas, under Council Regulation (EEC) No 2990/82
 of 9 November 1982 on the sale of butter at reduced                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 prices to persons receiving social assistance (3), aid may
be granted for the purchase of butter at reduced prices
by persons receiving social assistance ;                                                     Article 1
                                                                     1 . The aid provided for in Regulation (EEC) No
Whereas, in order to ensure that the butter in fact                  2990/82 shall be granted only to individual consumers
 reaches those for whom it is intended, provision                    belonging to the classes defined by the Member State
should be made for it to be sold only upon production                concerned who, because of their economic situation,
of documentary evidence of the purchaser's entitle­                  receive social assistance from a public authority in the
ment to the butter, and a maximum monthly quantity                   Member State concerned .
per consumer should be fixed ;
                                                                     2.    The butter may be obtained by recipients only :
Whereas the aid provided for in Regulation (EEC) No                  — on production of a document establishing their
2990/82 is granted in addition to the price reductions                    entitlement thereto, issued by the competent
on butter sold for direct consumption pursuant to                         authority designated by the Member State
                                                                          concerned, and
other Community measures, and in particular pursuant
to Commission Regulation (EEC) No 649/78 of 31                       — subject to a maximum of one kilogram per month.
March 1978 on the sale at reduced prices of interven­
tion butter for direct consumption as concentrated
butter (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                   3 . The aid shall be paid to suppliers of butter upon
                                                                     submission of the document referred to in paragraph
 1447/83 (*), and Council Regulation (EEC) No 1269/79
                                                                     2, collected by them at the time of sale to the consu­
of 25 June 1979 on the marketing of reduced-price                    mers concerned.
butter for direct consumption (*), as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 1208/83 f);
                                                                     Documents must be submitted, on pain of refusal of
(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 .
                                                                     payment, within 18 months of the expiry date set by
I1) OJ No L 163, 22. 6. 1983, p. 56.                                 the Member State concerned for the period of validity
(3) OJ  No  L  314, 10. 11 . 1982, p. 26.                            of the document in question.
O   OJ  No  L  86, 1 . 4. 1978 , p. 33 .
0   OJ  No  L  146, 4. 6. 1983, p. 19.
(«) OJ  No  L  161 , 29. 6 . 1979, p. 8 .                            (') OJ No L 245, 7. 9. 1978, p. 31 .
O   OJ  No  L  132, 21 . 5. 1983, p. 5.                              O OJ No L 204, 28 . 7. 1978, p. 7.
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                         Article 2                            (c) before the end of the first month of each quarter of
                                                                  the calendar year and in respect of the previous
Member States which avail themselves of the authori­              quarter :
zation provided for in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC)              — of the quantities of butter corresponding to the
No 2990/82 shall take all appropriate measures to                     documents issued by the competent authority
ensure that :
                                                                      in accordance with Article 1 (2),
(a) the distribution of butter and the granting of aid            — of the quantities of butter in respect of which
    take place according to the conditions specified in               aid has been paid in accordance with Article 1
    Article 1 of this Decision ;                                      (3).
(b) the consumers concerned may also buy under the
    conditions of this Decision butter on sale at                                    Article 4
    reduced prices for direct consumption pursuant to
    other Community measures.                                 Decision 78/737/EEC is hereby repealed.
                                                                                     Article 5
                         Article 3
                                                              This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Member States shall notify the Commission which
shall then inform the other Member States :
(a) of the criteria envisaged for determining the classes
    of consumers referred to in Article 1 (1 ), the           Done at Brussels, 24 February 1984.
    number of potential recipients and an estimate of
    the corresponding monthly quantities of butter to                                   For the Commission
    be distributed ;
                                                                                           Poul DALSAGER
(b) of the measures taken in accordance with Article
    2;                                                                             Member of the Commission