CELEX: 51992PC0253(02)
Language: en
Date: 1992-11-11
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation on application of the common price for milk powder in Portugal

18 . 12 . 92                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                        No C 335 / 51
              Proposal for a Council Regulation on application of the common price for milk powder in
                                                              Portugal
                                                         ( 92 / C 335 / 08
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ,                                                  The common price for skimmed milk powder shall be
                                                                      applied in Portugal .
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and                                                     Article 2
Portugal , and in particular Article 234 ( 3 ) thereof,
                                                                      1 . Aid shall be granted to milk producers in Portugal until
                                                                      the end of the 1997 / 98 marketing year .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                                      It shall amount to ECU 2,50 per 100 kg of milk in the
                                                                      period between the entry into force of this Regulation and
Having     regard   to     the opinion   of the      European         the beginning of the 1993 / 94 marketing year and shall be
Parliament ,                                                          reduced by 1 / 6 , 1 / 5 , 1 / 4 , 1 / 3 and 1 / 2 for the 1993 / 94 ,
                                                                      1994 / 95 , 1995 / 96 , 1996 / 97 and 1997 / 98 marketing
                                                                      years respectively .
Whereas realization of the single market on 1 January 1993
requires the removal of all barriers to trade , not only              2 . The aid specified in paragraph 1 shall count as
between the Member States of the Community as                         intervention for the purposes of Article 1 ( 2 ) of Council
constituted on 31 December 1985 but also , to the greatest            Regulation ( EEC ) No 729 / 70 I 1 ).
possible extent, between these Member States and Spain
and Portugal ;
                                                                                                       Article 3
Whereas , where skimmed milk powder is concerned , the                Detailed rules of application covering the aid scheme
difference existing between the prices applicable in Portugal         specified in Article 2 shall be adopted in accordance with
and the common prices ought , in accordance with the Act             the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation ( EEC)
of Accession , to occasion an extension of the price                 No 804 / 68 ( 2 ).
alignment period and as a result application of accession
compensatory amounts until 1995 ; whereas , however , if              The same procedure shall be used for adoption of any
Portuguese producers were to be given a temporary                     transitional measures required for smooth implementation
degressive aid such a long extension could be avoided and             of the arrangements provided for in this Regulation .
the prices aligned from 1 January 1993 ;
                                                                                                       Article 4
Whereas to offset the difficulties that elimination of the
STM for milk products would otherwise involve for                     This Regulation shall enter into force on the seventh day
Portuguese producers the initial amount of the said aid               following its publication in the Official journal of the
should be set at more than the simple price difference for            European Communties .
protein content of ECU 1,57 and it should be made
degressive to the end of the 1997 / 98 marketing year ,               Articles 1 and 2 shall apply from 1 Janaury 1993 .
                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                                                                      ( 1 ) . OJ No L 94 , 28 . 4 . 1970 , p. 13 .
                                                                      ( 2 ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .