CELEX: 32008R0248
Language: en
Date: 2008-03-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EC) No 248/2008 of 17 March 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the national quotas for milk

19.3.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 76/6
            
         
      COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 248/2008
   of 17 March 2008
   amending Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the national quotas for milk
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
   Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Annex IX to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (the ‘single CMO’ Regulation) (1) sets down the national milk quotas for the seven 12-month periods commencing on 1 April 2008 within the milk quota system for production limitation.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Article 66(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 provides that those quotas are fixed without prejudice to possible review in the light of the general market conditions and particular conditions in certain Member States.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               The Council requested that the Commission undertake a market outlook report when the 2003 reforms of the common market organisation in milk and milk products had been fully implemented with a view to assessing the appropriateness of allocating additional quotas.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               This report has been conducted and concluded the current situation of the Community and world markets and their projected situation in the period to 2014, warrant an additional increase in quota by 2 % to facilitate the production of more milk within the Community to help satisfy emerging market requirements for dairy products.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Therefore it is appropriate to increase all Member State quotas as shown in Annex IX of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 by 2 % from 1 April 2008.
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 should therefore be amended accordingly,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Point 1 of Annex IX to Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 is hereby replaced by the text in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 17 March 2008.
      
         
            For the Council
         
         
            The President
         
         I. JARC
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      
         ‘1.   National quotas
         
                     Member State
                  
                  
                     Quantity (tonnes)
                  
               
                     Belgium
                  
                  
                     3 427 288,740
                  
               
                     Bulgaria
                  
                  
                     998 580,000
                  
               
                     Czech Republic
                  
                  
                     2 792 689,620
                  
               
                     Denmark
                  
                  
                     4 612 619,520
                  
               
                     Germany
                  
                  
                     28 847 420,391
                  
               
                     Estonia
                  
                  
                     659 295,360
                  
               
                     Ireland
                  
                  
                     5 503 679,280
                  
               
                     Greece
                  
                  
                     836 923,260
                  
               
                     Spain
                  
                  
                     6 239 289,000
                  
               
                     France
                  
                  
                     25 091 321,700
                  
               
                     Italy
                  
                  
                     10 740 661,200
                  
               
                     Cyprus
                  
                  
                     148 104,000
                  
               
                     Latvia
                  
                  
                     743 220,960
                  
               
                     Lithuania
                  
                  
                     1 738 935,780
                  
               
                     Luxembourg
                  
                  
                     278 545,680
                  
               
                     Hungary
                  
                  
                     2 029 861,200
                  
               
                     Malta
                  
                  
                     49 671,960
                  
               
                     Netherlands
                  
                  
                     11 465 630,280
                  
               
                     Austria
                  
                  
                     2 847 478,469
                  
               
                     Poland
                  
                  
                     9 567 745,860
                  
               
                     Portugal
                  
                  
                     1 987 521,000
                  
               
                     Romania
                  
                  
                     3 118 140,000
                  
               
                     Slovenia
                  
                  
                     588 170,760
                  
               
                     Slovakia
                  
                  
                     1 061 603,760
                  
               
                     Finland
                  
                  
                     2 491 930,710
                  
               
                     Sweden
                  
                  
                     3 419 595,900
                  
               
                     United Kingdom
                  
                  
                     15 125 168,940’