CELEX: 31972R0526
Language: en
Date: 1972-03-14
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 526/72 of the Commission of 14 March 1972 on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71 as regards the fat content of semi-skimmed and skimmed milk and the payment varying according to quality for milk used for making drinking milk

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                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 526/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                    of 14 March 1972
               on a derogation from Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71 as regards the fat content of
               semi-skimmed and skimmed milk and the payment varying according to quality for milk
                                              used for making drinking milk
  THE    COMMISSION       OF     THE  EUROPEAN      COM­        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
  MUNITIES,                                                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                                Management Committee for Milk and Milk
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         Products ;
 Economic Community;
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
 1411/71 1 of 29 June 1971 laying down additional                                       Article 1
 rules on the common organization of the market in
 milk and milk products for products falling within
 tariff heading No 04.01 , and in particular Article 7          1.   By way of derogation from the third and fourth
 thereof;                                                       indents of Articles 3 ( 1 ) and 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 1411/71, Member States may until 3i
 Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) and Article           December 1972 maintain the provisions applicable
 6 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71 , only milk             within their territories on 30 March 1972 concerning
 with a fat content of between 1-50 and 1-80% and               the fat content of semi-skimmed , and skimmed milk
 milk with a fat content of not more than 0-30% may             delivered to the consumer.
 be marketed as semi-skimmed and skimmed milk ;
whereas this requirement may not be met from 31                 2.   However, Member States who make use of the
March in all Member States in view of existing stocks           power conferred by paragraph 1 may not prohibit the
 of old packagings ; whereas provisional measures               marketing for human consumption of semi-skimmed
should therefore be adopted whereby Member States               or skimmed milk meeting the requirements of
may continue to apply the relevant provisions                   Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71 .
currently applicable in their territory for a limited
period ;                                                                                Article 2
Whereas, for the same reason, it should he possible            By way of derogation from Article 3 (2) of
for Member States, on a temporary basis and by way             Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71 , Member States may
of derogation from the provisions referred to in               until 31 December 1972 allow the names given in
Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1411/71 , to use          paragraph 1 of that Article to be used in accordance
the names set out in paragraph 1 of that Article for           with the provisions applicable in their territory on 30
                                                               March 1972 .
products which do not comply with the definitions in
paragraph 1 ;
                                                                                        Article 3
Whereas,      in   accordance       with   the    sccond
subparagraph of Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)            In the Republic of Italy, application of the second
No 1411/71 , milk used for making drinking milk                subparagraph of Article 5 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
should have been made subject to a system of                   No 1411/71 concerning payment varying according
payment varying according to quality ; whereas the             to quality for milk used for making drinking milk
introduction of such a system in Italy requires                shall be suspended until 31 March 1973 .
application of that provision to be suspended for a
limited period;                                                                         Article 4
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
                                                               day following its publication in the Official Journal
1 OJ No L 148, 3.7.1971 , p . 4.                               of the European Communities.
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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels, 14 March 1972.
                                                               . For the Commission
                                                                    The President
                                                                Franco M. MALFATTI