CELEX: 31973R3557
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3557/73 of the Commission of 21 December 1973 concerning provisional derogation from certain conditions for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed

No L 361 / 50                              Official Journal of the European Communities                            29 . 12 . 73
                                 REGULATION ( EEC) No 3557/73 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                         of 21 December 1973
                concerning provisional derogation from certain conditions for granting aid for
                                 skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas, during a certain transitional period, a higher
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                        fat content should consequently be permitted for the
                                                                      pjurpose of granting aid for roller skimmed-milk
                                                                      powder produced in the new Member States ;
 Having regard to the Treaty (') on the Accession of
 new Member States to the European Economic                           Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
Community and the European Atomic Energy                              are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
Community, signed on 22 January 1972, and in parti­                   ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
cular Article 63 of the Act (-) annexed thereto ;
Whereas, pursuant to Commission Regulation (EEC)                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 No 644/73 (3 ) of 2 March 1973 on a provisional varia­
tion in the new Member States from a condition on
the granting of aid for skimmed milk for use as feed,
the new Member States may provide that until 31                                               Article 1
 December      1 973     the    treatment    of   skimmed    milk
 provided for in Article 2(1 ) (a) and Article 2(2) of
Council Regulation ( EEC) No 986/68 (4) of 15 July                    Regulation (EEC) No 644/73 shall remain applicable
 1968 laying down general rules for granting aid for                  after 31 December 1973 during the period to which
skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as                       Article 63(1 ) of the Act on the Conditions of Acces­
feed, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No                          sion and the Adjustments to the Treaties relates and
 1038 /72 (5), need not be carried out in dairies which               until 31 July 1974 at the latest.
do not yet have the necessary equipment for the
purpose ;
                                                                                              Article 2
Whereas , as a result of difficulties encountered in
obtaining the necessary equipment, such equipment is                   1.    By way of derogation from Articles 1 and 2 of
not yet available for use in all the dairies in the new               Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 , aid shall also be granted
Member States ; whereas it is therefore necessary to                  for roller skimmed-milk powder produced in the new
extend the transitional period ;                                      Member States before 1 January 1974 and having a fat
                                                                      content of more than 1-5 % and less than 2-5 % .
Whereas, pursuant to Article 1 (c) and Article 2(1 ) of               2.     Paragraph 1 shall be applicable only if the appli­
                                                                      cant :
Regulation ( EEC) No 986/ 68 , skimmed-milk powder
for which aid is to be granted must have a fat content
of not more than 1-5 % ; whereas on 1 February 1973                   (a) provides proof that the skimmed-milk powder in
the new Member States had stocks of skimmed-milk                          question was produced in a new Member State
powder with a higher fat content, since there were                        before 1 January 1974 ; '
previously no Regulations limiting the fat content of
                                                                      (b) submits an application for aid for the skimmed­
skimmed-milk powder ; whereas after 1 February 1973
                                                                          milk powder in question by 1 July 1974.
the dairies in the new Member States could not always
observe the requirements in respect of the fat content
for the granting of aid when manufacturing skimmed­
milk powder for use as feed ;                                                                 Article 3
(')  OJ No  L  73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 5 .
(-') OJ No  L  73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14.                            This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
(3 ) OJ No  L  61 , 7 . 3 . 1973 , p . 13 .
(4 ) OJ No  L  169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p . 21                           following its publication in the Official Journal of
(5 ) OJ No  L  1 18 , 20 . 5 . 1972, p . 21                            the European Communities.
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             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 21 December 1973 .
                                                                    For the Commission
                                                                        The President
                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI