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Language: en
Date: 1988-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15 June 1988 approving a specific programme for the processing and marketing of milk and milk products, forwarded by Portugal pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77

13 . 7. 88                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 182/23
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 15 June 1988
                     approving a specific programme for the processing and marketing of milk and
                     milk products, forwarded by Portugal pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No
                                                               355 /77
                                               (Only the Portuguese text is authentic)
                                                           (88/375/EEC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         No 355/77 to allow the programme to include
                                                                      investments relating to UHT milk, provided there is a
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               market for this product ;
  Economic Community,
                                                                      Whereas this programme shows that in view of the
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 of              market situation in Portugal, and despite the
  15 February 1977 on common measures to improve the                  Commission's criteria for the choice of projects to be
  conditions under which agricultural and fishery products            financed under Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, in particular
  are processed and marketed ('), as last amended by                  point B.I, 11a (a), there is justification for authorizing the
  Regulation (EEC) No 560/87 (2), and in particular Article           financing under this Regulation of investments for the
  5 thereof,                                                          production of cheese other than special cheeses, provided
                                                                      that there are outlets ;
 Whereas on 20 July 1987 the Portuguese Government
  forwarded a programme for the processing and marketing              Whereas approval of the programme cannot extend to
  of milk and milk products ; whereas it provided further             investments in the manufacture of products which are not
  particulars on 27 October, 6 and 24 November 1987 ;                 listed in Annex II to the Treaty ;
 Whereas the aims of the programme are to rationalize                 Whereas the programme contains sufficient details to
 and modernize the milk and milk products sector, thus                comply with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77,
 increasing the competitiveness of the sector and                     showing that the objectives laid down in Article 1 of that
 enhancing the value of the products concerned ; whereas              Regulation can be achieved in respect of the processing
 it therefore constitutes a programme within the meaning              and marketing of milk and milk products in Portugal ;
 of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 ;                         whereas the schedule for implementation of the
                                                                      programme does not exceed the time limit laid down in
 Whereas in view of the situation on the market for milk,             Article 3 (1 ) (g) of Regulation (EEC) No 355/77 ;
 approval of the programme cannot include investment
 projects                                                             Whereas the measures provided for in this decision are in
                                                                      accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
 — which provide for an increase in milk processing                   on Agricultural Structure,
       capacity, unless evidence is furnished to show that
       equivalent capacities are being closed down,
 — which relate to butter, whey powder, milk powder,
       butteroil, lactose, casein, or caseinates,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 — which relate to other products entailing European
       Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF),
       Guarantee Section, expenditure that cannot be
       justified in view of the market situation ;                                              Article 1
Whereas approval of this programme cannot include                     1.    The programme for the milk and milk products
 investments in research and development, particularly               sector submitted by the Portuguese Government on 20
 that concerning new products ;                                      July 1987, concerning which further particulars Were
                                                                     provided on 27 October, 6 November and 24 November
Whereas the state of the supply of liquid milk in Portugal           pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 355/77, is hereby
indicates that it would be appropriate to amplify Section            approved.
B (I), point 11a (a)(3) of the Commission criteria for the
choice of projects to be financed under Regulation (EEC)             2.     Such approval does not include projects :
(') OJ No L 51 , 23. 2. 1977, p. 1 .                                 — which provide for an increase in milk processing
(2) OJ No L 57, 27. 2. 1987, p. 6.                                        capacity, unless evidence is furnished to show that
(3) OJ No C 79, 26. 3. 1987, p. 3.                                        equivalent capacities are being closed down,
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— which relate to other products entailing EAGGF             special cheeses, provided that there are markets for these
    Guarantee Section expenditure that would be unjusti­     products.
    fiable in view of the market situation .
                                                                                      Article 2
                                                             This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
Approval of this programme does not extend to
investments in products which are not listed in Annex II
to the Treaty, or to investments in research and             Done at Brussels, 15 June 1988 .
development for new products.
                                                                                        For the Commission
                                                                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
3. Approval of this programme also covers investments
for the production of UHT milk and cheese other than                                        Vice-President