CELEX: 31974R0659
Language: en
Date: 1974-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 659/74 of the Commission of 25 March 1974 defining a particular condition for the levying of the accession compensatory amounts in trade of the United Kingdom with the other Member States and with third countries in the market in milk and milk products

26 . 3 . 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 80/5
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 659/74 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                        of 25 March 1974
               defining a particular condition for the levying of the accession compensatory
               amounts in trade of the United Kingdom with the other Member States and
                            with third countries in the market in milk and milk products
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
COMMUNITIES,                                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Acces­
sion of the new Member States to the European
Economic Community and to the European Atomic                                               Article 1
Energy Community, signed at Brussels on 22 January
1972 ;                                                              1 . With regard to products falling within th
                                                                   Common Customs Tariff heading No 04.03, exporte
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       from the United Kingdom after the beginning of th
804/68 (2) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                  1974/75 milk year,
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last              (a) the compensatory amounts fixed in Regulatio
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 419/74 (3), and in                       (EEC) No 1279/73 will remain in operation o
particular Article 5 (a) thereof ;                                      exports to third countries,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       (b) without prejudice to the compensatory amounts i
233/73 .(4) of 31 January 1973 laying down the general                  force for the 1974/75 milk year, the Unite
rules for the system of compensatory amounts for                        Kingdom will charge an amount equal to th
milk and milk products, and in particular Article 6 ( 1 )               difference between the compensatory amour
thereof ;                                                               fixed in Regulation (EEC) No 1279/73 and ths
                                                                        under the terms of the Regulation fixing the acce:
Whereas the alignment of the butter price in the new                    sionary compensatory amounts for the 1974/7
Member States at the beginning of the 1974/75                           milk year on exports of the United Kingdom 1
season, in pursuance to Article 52 (2) of the Treaty of                 other Member States .
Accession (5), will lead to a modification of the
compensatory amounts laid down in Commission                        2. However, paragraph 1 will not apply to produc
Regulation (EEC) No 1279/73 (6) of 14 May 1973, as                  for which proof is furnished that they were exporte
last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2889/73 (7) ;                  after the beginning of the 1974/75 milk year :
Whereas in view of the marked reduction in the                     (a) manufactured in the United Kingdom
                                                                        or
compensatory amounts applicable to certain products
in trade between the United Kingdom and the other                  (b) exported to the United Kingdom in the sense <
Member States, speculative movements threaten to                        Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 269/73 (8), of th
bring about a deflection in trade ;                                     Commission of 31 January 1973 laying dow
                                                                        detailed rules for the application of the system <
Whereas in order to avoid such deflection , it is advis­                'Accession' compensatory amounts as la
able to foresee that, for those products which are                      amended by Regulation (EEC) No 343/74 (9).
liable to speculation, the compensatory amounts
currently in operation should continue to apply until               3 . The United Kingdom will take the necessai
after the beginning of the 1974/75 milk year for the                steps with regard to the supporting documents nece:
products concerned exported from the United                         sary for the proof laid down in paragraph 2, includiri
Kingdom and for which it is not established that they               control measures relating thereto.
have been produced in the United Kingdom or
exported thereto after the beginning of the new milk                                        Article 2
year ; whereas this measure is now proved to be neces­
sary for butter ; whereas this measure can be extended             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
to other products should the need arise ;                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                    the European Communities.
 ») OJ   No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5.
 2) OJ   No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .                         It is applicable up to the end of the sixth month
 3) OJ   No L 49, 21 . 2. 1974, p. 2.                               following the beginning of the 1974/75 milk year.
 4) OJ   No L 28 , 1 . 2. 1973, p . 37.
 s) OJ   No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.
 6) OJ   No L 127, 14. 5. 1973, p. 7.                              («) OJ No L 30, 1 . 2. 1973 , p. 73 .
 7) OJ   No L 297, 25. 10 . 1973 , p . 19 .                        H OJ No L 40 , 12. 2. 1974, p. 4.
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States.
          Done at Brussels, 25 March 1974.
                                                                 For the Commission
                                                                     The President
                                                                Francois-Xavier ORTOLI