CELEX: 31975R0470
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 470/75 of the Council of 27 February 1975 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1191/73 laying down general rules for the granting of a consumer subsidy for butter

28 . 2 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 52/ 19
                                     REGULATION (EEC) No 470/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                       of 27 February 1975
                amending Regulation (EEC) No 1191/73 laying down general rules for the granting of a
                                                   consumer subsidy for butter
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                                  Article 1
 European Economic Community, and in particular
  Article 43 thereof;                                               Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1191/73 is hereby
                                                                     amended to read as follows :
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 804/                       'Article 1
 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organization                        Member States shall to the advantage of private
 of the market in milk and milk products, as last                         ultimate consumers (during the 1975 /76 milk year
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 465/75 (2), and                           be authorized to grant aid for butter). However,
  in particular Article 12 (2) thereof;                                   this aid shall not exceed 45 units of account per
                                                                           100 kg.'
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission
                                                                                                Article 2
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European
 Parliament;
                                                                     Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 1191 /73 is hereby
                                                                     amended to read as follows :
 Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and                         ' Article 3
 Social Committee;
                                                                          Notwithstanding the system referred to in Article 3
                                                                          of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1191/73 (3)                           21 April 1970 on the financing of the common
 of 8 May 1973 laying down general rules for the                          agricultural policy, as last ameneded by the Act
granting of a consumer subsidy for butter, as                             of Accession (5), the Guarantee Section of the
 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 194/75 (4 ),                              European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
 authorizes the Member States, until the end of the                       Fund shall contribute :
 1974/75 milk year, to grant private ultimate                             — for aid less than 10 u.a./ 100 kg butter :
 consumers an aid for butter up to 36-50 units of                              50 % of the aid ;
 account per 100 kg;                                                      — for aid not less than 10 u.a . but less than
                                                                               36.50 u.a./ 100 kg of butter : 5 u.a./100 kg ;
Whereas, in view of the situation in the Community                        — for aid not less than 36.50 u.a. / 100 kg butter :
butter market, it would seem appropriate to maintain                           5 u.a./ 100 kg plus 50 % of that part of the
that authorization so as to increase the sale of butter                        aid exceeding 36-50 u.a./ 100 kg.'
to dispose of the existing surpluses; whereas it is
necessary, at the same time, to adapt the maximum                                               Article 3
amount of the aid towards the intervention price for
butter for the 1975/76 milk year and to lay down the                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 3 March
proportion of the aid financed by the Community.                     1975 .
               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
(!) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(2) See page 8 of this Official Journal .
(3) OJ No L 122 , 9 . 5 . 1973 , p. 5 .
( 4 ) OJ No L 21 , 28 . 1 . 1975 , p. 1 .                            (5 ) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p . 14 .