CELEX: 31977R2291
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2291/77 of 18 October 1977 on the granting of aid for the consumption of butter in Italy

20 . 10 . 77                        Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 268 / 5
                                   COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2291 /77
                                                  of 18 October 1977
                        on the granting of aid for the consumption of butter in Italy
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                   avoid such disturbances on the Italian market and to
COMMUNITIES,                                                  avoid discrimination against the consumers in Italy in
                                                              comparison with consumers in the other Member
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         States, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of
Economic Community,                                           subsidizing a corresponding quantity of butter
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                  produced in Italy on the same conditions as the butter
804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization             sold in the other Member States in the framework of
of the market in milk and milk products (l ), as last         the said measure,
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in
particular Article 12 (2) thereof,                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                                       Article 1
Whereas the situation on the butter market is charac­
terized by large quantities available and it is therefore      1 . Aid shall be granted in Italy for the direct
advisable to increase the consumption of butter by all        consumption of butter produced in that Member
appropriate means ;                                           State.
Whereas the reduction of final consumer prices is an          2. The aid is hereby fixed at 70 units of account
efficient means of attaining this objective ; whereas to      per 100 kilograms.
this end the Commission envisages the adoption of an
ad hoc measure based on Article 6 (7) of Regulation                                    Article 2
(EEC) No 804/68 involving an additional reduction in
the price of butter bought for direct consumption in          The detailed rules for the application of this Regula­
view of the Christmas and New Year holidays ;                 tion shall lay down, in particular, a time limit for the
                                                              packaging of the butter in small packets, the
Whereas the implementation of the abovementioned              maximum amount of butter which may benefit from
measure presents particular problems in Italy ;               the aid referred to in Article 1 and provisions guaran­
whereas, in fact, the Italian butter market is character­     teeing that the butter concerned will be consumed in
ized on the one hand by the absence of public stocks          Italy.
and of quantities under private storage contracts, and
on the other hand, by an indigenous production                                         Article 3
which cannot be sold to intervention and the normal
sales of which would be jeopardized by the admission,         This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
under the abovementioned measure, of large supple­            following its publication in the Official Journal of
mentary quantities of butter ; whereas, in order to            the European Communities.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
              Done at Luxembourg, 18 October 1977.
                                                                           For the Council
                                                                            The President
                                                                             H. SIMONET
(1) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968, p. 13.
(2) OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1976, p. 9.