CELEX: 51979PC0486
Language: en
Date: 1979-09-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORIZING THE UNITED KINGDOM TO GRANT A NATIONAL AID TO MILK PRODUCERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                         PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
              AUTHORIZING THE UNITED KINGDOM TO GRANT A NATIONAL
                    AID TO MILK PRODUCERS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
                 ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
C0M(79 ) 486 final
 ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM                                   !
Until 31.12.1977 the United Kingdom authorized , under Article 54 of the
Act of Accession , to retain production subsidies under certain conditions
as part of the guaranteed price system for a " standard quantity" of milk .
 The withdrawal of this system on 1 January 1978 was liable to place milk
 producers in Northern Ireland at a disadvantage compared with those in
 or t«c- r regions of tho United Kingdom . Northern IrHnixl        the only region
 of the United Kingdom where , for geographical and demographic reasons ,
  most of the milk produced cannot be disposal of for direct human consumption ,
  at higher prices .
  The situation has been aggravated by the intoduction of different representa­
   tive rates for the Irish and UK pounds , which put Northern Ireland Milk
   producers in a particularly unfavourable economic ^. tuation .
   The United Kingdom was therefore authorized, by a Council decision of
  <5 July 1978 , to grant milk producers an aid of 1.4 pence per litre of
   milk delivered to creameries .
. There has been very little change in the economic situation in Northern
    Ireland since then .     There is moreover still a difference - albeit reduced -
    between the representatives rates for the Irish pound and the UK pound
    and milk producers in Northern Ireland are still therefore placed at
    economic disadvantage .
. Eecause of the specific economic and political situation in Northern Ireland,
    the temporary authorization to grant aid for milk delivered to creameries
    wust be extended, by not withstanding Article 24 ( 1 ) of basic Regulation
    ( EEC ) n° 804 /68 , to cover the 1979 / 1980 milk year as well .
. Asthis is a national aid, it entails no Community expenditure .
 ---pagebreak---                         Proposal
                 for a Council decision
authorizing the United Kingdom to grant a national aid to Northern
                  Ireland milk producers  •'       • ' " "
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THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and in
particular Articles 42 and A3 thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
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Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
Whereas   by Decision of 25 July 1978, the United Kingdom was authorized to pay
milk producers in Northern Ireland, until the end of the 1978 /79 marketing year ,
aid of a maximum amount of 1.4 pence per litre of milk delivered to dairies ;
Whereas , with the immediate withdrawal of this system ~milk prducers in Northern
Ireland are in danger of being put at a disadvantage compared to producers in the
rest of the United Kingdom ;
Whereas the period of application of the system concerned should therefore be
extended for one marketing year , a reduction being made in the maximum rate of
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION
                           Article 1
The United Kingdom is hereby authorized to grant milk producers in Northe
Ireland , from 2 July 1979 until the end of the 1979 / 80 milk year , aid of
maximum amount of 1.3 pence per litre of milk delivered to dairies .
                           Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland .