CELEX: 51993PC0211
Language: en
Date: 1993-05-17
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 986/86 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed

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                                          Amended proposal for a
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC)
                       amending Regulation (EEC) No 986/86 laying down general rules
                 for granting aid for skinned milk and skinmed-milk powder for use as feed
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                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The purpose of this proposal is to amend the proposal for a Council Regulation
which is the subject of document COM(90) 104 final of 26 March 1990, that in turn
supplemented the original proposal contained in document COM(89) 448 final of
9 October 1989.
This additional proposal aims to limit the amount of aid for skimmed milk or
skimmed-milk powder originating in third countries to the amount levied upon
their importation into the Community. The proposed provision ensures that the
price of the products involved cannot fall excessively to the detriment of the
EAGGF budget thereby causing, moreover, distortions of competition with Community
production.
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                         Amendment to the proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No
          amending Regulation (EEC) No 986/86 laying down general rules
    for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feed
The proposal for a Council Regulation which is the subject of document
COM(90) 104 final is hereby amended as follows:
1. The recitals of the proposal for a Regulation are replaced by the following:
    "Whereas Article 1(d) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 986/68   , as last
    amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1115/89    , defines skimmed-milk powder in
    particular as the by-product of the processing of milk or cream into butter,
    even though naturally or artificially soured, in the form of powder; whereas
    the manufacturing technique requires that soured buttermilk be neutralized
    before being processed into powder; whereas that definition should be
    supplemented by explicitly authorizing the neutralization of soured
    buttermilk prior to its processing into powder;
    Whereas Article 2a(3) of the said Regulation fixes a scale for the amount of
    aid for skimmed-milk powder; whereas application of this provision to
    products imported from third countries qualifying for a reduced levy may
    result in excessive reductions in their price on the Community market,
    thereby causing distortions of competition with Community production; whereas
    the amount of aid in such cases should be limited to the amount levied upon
    importation;
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   Whereas the second subparagraph of Article 3(1) of that Regulation provides,
   by way of derogation, that the Member States which consign skimmed-milk
   powder to another Member State are to be authorized to pay the aid in the
   place of the Member State where the skimmed-milk powder is denatured or
   incorporated into compound feedingstuffs; whereas because of the trend in the
   market situation that derogation need no longer be maintained;".
2. Article 1 of the proposal for a Regulation is replaced by the following:
                                   "Article 1
   Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 is hereby amended as follows:
   1. The following sentence is added to Article 1(d):
      "Naturally or artificially soured buttermilk may be neutralized with a
      view to its processing into powder."
   2. The following paragraph is added to Article 2a:
      "5. Paragraph 3 notwithstanding, the amount of aid for skimmed milk or
          skimmed-milk powder imported from third countries may in no case
          exceed the amount levied upon importation into the Community."
   3. The second subparagraph of Article 3(1) is deleted."
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       FINANCIAL                     STATEMENT
                                                                       DATE: 19 April 1993
 1. BUDGET HEADING:                                                    APPROPRIATIONS: ECU 538 million
    31-2020
 2. TITLE: Amendment to the proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 laying
    down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder as feed
 3. LEGAL BASIS:
    Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68
 4. AIMS OF PROJECT:
    To limit the amount of aid for skimmed milk or skimmed-milk powder originating in third countries to
    the amount levied upon their importation into the Community
                                   Period of 12 months   Current Financial Year     Following Financial Year
 5.  FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS               1994                    1993                      1994
                                     (ECU million)         (ECU million)                (ECU million)
 5.0 EXPENDITURE
     - CHARGED TO THE EC BUDGET         - 1.6                 - 0.1                       - 1.1
     - (REFUNDS/INTERVENTION)
     - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
     - OTHER
5.1 REVENUE
     - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
       (LEVIES/CUSTOMS DUTIES)
     - NATIONAL
                                        1995                1996                 1997               1998
5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE            - 1.6                - 1.8
5.1.1 ESTIMATED REVENUE
5.2 METHOD OF CALCULATION:
     See Annex
6.0 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED FROM APPROPRIATIONS ENTERED IN THE RELEVANT CHAPTER OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
                                                                                                        YES
6.1 CAN THE PROJECT BE FINANCED BY TRANSFER BETWEEN CHAPTERS OF THE CURRENT BUDGET?
                                                                                                        YES/NO
6.2 IS A SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET NECESSARY?
                                                                                                            NO
6.3 WILL FUTURE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS BE NECESSARY?
                                                                                                        YES/NO
OBSERVATIONS:
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                                                      Annex
1. Elements of the calculation
   Reduced levy: 1993         : ECU 980.4/t - 40% = ECU 588.2/t
                  1994 - 1996: ECU 980.4/t - 60% = ECU 392.2/t
   Reduced aid:   1993        : ECU 592.5/t - ECU 588.2/t = ECU 4.3/t
                 1994 - 1996: ECU 592.5/t - ECU 392.2/t = ECU 200.3/t
   Quantities imported at reduced levy:
   1993: 5 950 t
   1994: 6 550 t
   1995: 7 000 t
   1996: 7 500 t
2. Calculation (calendar year)
   1993: 5 950 t x  - ECU 4.3/t x  1.205 (DT) = ECU 0.3 million (B)
   1994: 6 550 t x  - ECU 200.3/t  x 1.205 (DT) » ECU 1.6 million (B)
   1995: 7 000 t X  - ECU 200.3/t  X 1.205 (DT) » ECU 1.7 million (B)
   1996: 7 500 t X  - ECU 200.3/t  X 1.205 (DT) « ECU 1.8 million (B)
   Implication for the financial year
   1993: - ECU 0.1 million (B)
   1994: - ECU 1.1 million (B)
   1995: - ECU 1.6 million (B)
   1996: - ECU 1.8 million (B)
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