CELEX: 51973PC1961
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-21
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (ESC) OF THE COUNCIL extending the period of validity of Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72 laying down general rules for measures to increase the use of butter by certain classes of consumers (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                   Brussels , 22 November 1973
                            Proposal for a
                    REGULATION ( ESC)' OP THE COUNCIL
      extending the period of validity of Regulation ( EEC )
      No 2716/72 laying down general rules for measures to
      increase the use of butter by certain classes of con
      sumers
            ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
   COM(73)1961    final
 ---pagebreak---                                    Explanatory Memorandum
1 . By its Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72         of 19 December 1972 , the Council
     established the legal "basis for a Commission Decision under which the Member
     States may grant aids to enable butter to be purchased at reduced prices
     by persons receiving social assistance . The Commission used this power to
     draw up the detailed rules for application contained in its Decision of '■
     29 December 1972        Regulation (EEC ) No 2716/72 is r however , applicable
     Only up to 31 December 1973 *                                                  .
2 . The butter surplus which induced the Council to take this measure has
     diminished in 1973 , but a return to    equilibrium cannot be counted upon .
     Pgr , the forward assessment of butter supplies for 1974 indicates that the
     quantity of butter produced will exceed sales at market price in the Community
     by at least 300,00 metric tons . Measures aimed at increasing consumption
     will thus need to be maintained .
3 . Since recent experience has demonstrated the effectiveness of the present
     measure , which benefits the least favoured consumers , it is proposed that
     the period of validity of Regulation (EEC ) No 2716/72 be extended until
     31 December 1974 , thus enabling the relevant measures to be maintained .
( 1 ) OJ No L 291 , 2&. 12 . 1972 , p . 18 .
( 2 ) OJ No L 40 , 13& 2 . 1973 , p . 15 .
 ---pagebreak---     Proposal for a Regulation of the Council extending the period of application
, T of Regulation (EEC ) No 2716/72 laying down general rules for measures to
    increase the use of butter by certain classes of consumers .
    Financial effects of the proposed extension .
    In 1973 the power to grant aids to certain classes of consumers tinder Regulation
    (EEC) No 2716/72 was used in the Federal Republic of Germany, Ireland, the
    United Kingdom and France . Allowing for an increase in the number of recipients
    in 1973 , the quantities eligible for aid in 1974 may be estimated at 40,000
    metric tons of butter , of which 20,000 metric tons in the United Kingdom .
    The resulting expenditure in 1974 would be approximately 37 million UA .
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                                 Proposal for a
                          REGULATION (EEC ) 0 ? THE COUNCIL
extending the period of validity of Regulation (EEC ) No 2716/72 laying down
general rules for measures to increase the use of "butter "by certain classes
of ccrsur.ers
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 ^ of 27 June 1968 on
the common organization of the market in milk and milk products , as last
amended "by the Act concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments
                    (2)
to the Treaties v       , and in particular Article 12 ( 2 ) thereof ?
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ?
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC ) No 2716/72 of 19 December 1972 laying down
general rules for measures to increase the use of butter by certain classes
of consumers is applicable only up to 31 December 19973 ,
Whereas the situation on the butter market in the Community is characterized
by the presence of large stocks formed as a result of interventions on the
butter market ; whereas it is not possible during the present milk year to
dispose of all these stocks in the normal ways whereas , to prevent stocks
increasing in the near future , it is therefore necessary to extend the period
of validity of the measures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 2716/72
facilitating the disposal of surpluses of butyric oils and fats ?
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                        Article 1
In Article 4 of Regulation (EEC ) No 2716/72 , the date W31 December 1973" is
replaced by "31 December 1974" •
                                        Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels                                        For the Council
 ( 1 ) 0J No L 148 , 28 . 67 1968 , p. 13 .
 ( 2 ) 0J No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .
 (3 ) 0J No L 291 , 28 . 12 . 1972 , p. 18 .