CELEX: 31975R0471
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 471/75 of the Council of 27 February 1975 on the sale of butter at reduced prices to persons receiving social assistance

No L 52/20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             28 . 2. 75
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 471/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 27 February 1975
                     on the sale of butter at reduced prices to persons receiving social assistance
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community, and in particular                    From 1 April 1975 until the end of the 1975/76 milk
Article 43 thereof;                                               year Member States shall be authorized to grant aid
                                                                  for the purchase of butter at reduced prices by
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/                 persons receiving social assistance.
68 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization
of the market in milk and milk products, as last
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 465/75 (2), and                                              Article 2
in particular Article 12 (2) thereof;
                                                                  Member States shall take all appropriate measures
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               to ensure that the aid is given only to persons
                                                                  receiving social assistance and is granted only in
                                                                  respect of amounts of butter which do not exceed
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                      their personal consumption.
Parliament;
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                                            Article 3
Social Committee;
                                                                  1 . Notwithstanding the system referred to in Article
Whereas the earlier measures authorizing the sale                 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 (5) of
of butter at reduced prices to persons receiving social           21 April 1970 on the financing of the common
assistance have proved an effective means of                      agricultural policy, as last amended by the Act of
disposing of the Community butter surplus; whereas                Accession (8 ), the Guarantee Section of the European
they have enabled these classes of consumers, whose               Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund shall
consumption of butter is limited, to consume greater              contribute only up to 75 units of account per 100 kg
quantities ;                                                      of butter towards any aid granted for the purchase
                                                                  of butter at reduced prices by persons receiving social
                                                                  assistance .
Whereas it appears appropriate, in view of the
situation in the Community butter market, to resume
these measures;                                                   2. However, as regards those Member States which
                                                                  at the same time make use of the authorization
Whereas, however, it may be expected that as was                  provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 1191/73, the
the case in the past, not all the Member States will              Community's contribution referred to in paragraph 1
make use of such an authorization ; whereas the                   shall be reduced, per 100 kg of butter, by the amount
Community's contribution to this measure should be                contributed pursuant to Article 3 of the abovemen­
limited and prevented from being granted concur­                  tioned Regulation .
rently with the contribution referred to in Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1191/73 (3) of 8 May 1973
laying down general rules for the granting of a                                             Article 4
consumer subsidy for butter, as last amended by
Regulation (EEC) No 470/75 (4).                                   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                                  following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                   the European Communities.
(x) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.
 (2) See page 8 o£ this Official Journal.
 (3) OJ No L 122, 9. 5. 1973 , p. 5 .                              (5) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970 , p . 13 .
 (4) See page 19 of this Official Journal .                        («) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p . 14.
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           This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
           States.
           Done at Brussels, 27 February 1975.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                 M. A. CLINTON