CELEX: 51978PC0273
Language: en
Date: 1978-06-16
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION authorizing the United Kingdom to grant a national aid to milk producers in Northern Ireland (submitted by the Commission to the Council)

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                                                   COM(78 ) 273 final
                                                  Brussels , 16 June 1978
                                  Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL REGULATION
        authorizing the United Kingdom to grant a national aid to milk
                        producers in Northern Ireland
                   ( submitted "by the Commission to the Council )
COM(78 ) 273 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  I. Under Article 5 H QF the Act of Accession , the United Kingdom uas
       authorized under certain conditions to retain production subsidies
       for a " standard quantity " of milk as part of the system of guaranteed
       prices . With, the withdrawal of this system with effect from 1 January
       1978 milk producers in Northern Ireland are in danger of being put at
       a serious disadvantage compared to producers in the rest of the Uniteld
       Kingdom . Northern Ireland is the only region in the United Kingdom
       where , for geographical arid demographical reasons , most of the milk
       produced cannot be sold at a better net return for direct human
       consumption .
  II . This situation is exacerbated by the fact that , because of the
       different representative rates fixed for the pound sterling and the
    . Irish pound , milk producers in Northern Ireland are particularly
       disadvantaged , also because of the fact that there is a monetary
       union between these two countries .
III . In view of the economic and political situation in Northern Ireland ,
       it is necessary to authorize the United Kingdom , by derogation from - ' -
       Article 2k ( 1 ) of the basic regulation ( EEC) N° 80V6Q , to grant these
      producers a temporary national aid .
       /
 ---pagebreak---                           ■Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL DECISION
 authorizing the United Kingdom to grant a national aid to milk producers
 in Northern Ireland
 THE COUNCIL DF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
 and in particular Article ^+3 thereof ,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                                           ( 1)
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament        ,
                                                                     (2)
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee        ,
liihereas under Article 5 ^ of the Act of Accession , the United Kingdom
is authorized , under certain conditions , to retain production subsidies
for a " standard quantity " of milk as part of the system of guaranteed
prices ;
Whereas, with the withdrawal of this system with effect from 1 January
 1978 , milk producers in Northern Ireland are in danger of being put at
a disadvantage compared to producers in the rest of the United Kingdom ,
since Northern Ireland is the only region          thereof         where ,
for geographical and demographical reasons , most of the milk produced
cannot be sold for direct human consumption which produces "better net return ;
Whereas this situation is made worse by the fact that , because different
representative rates have been fixed for the Irish pound and the pound
sterling , milk producers in Northern Ireland are particularly affected
by the resulting difference in income from milk production , and all the
more so because there is a monetary union "between these two countries ;
whereas , by way of derogation from Article 2.U ( 1 ) of
Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 80^/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common
( 1 ) 0J N° C
( 2 ) 0J l\l° C
 ---pagebreak--- organization of the market in milk and milk products           , as last amended
by Regulation ( EEC) IM° 1038/78         the United Kingdom, should therefore
be authorized to grant a temporary national aid for these producers in
order to alleviate the said difficulties ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:'
                                    Article 1
The United Kingdom is hereby authorized to grant milk producers in
Northern Ireland , until the end Df the 1978/79 milk year , an (aid not
exceeding *\,k pence per litre of milk delivered to dairies .
                                    Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
                      Done at Brussels ,              For the Council
 ( 3 ) 03 N° L 1^8 , 28.6.1968 , p. 13
 (.<*) 0J N° L L3*t , 22.5.1978 , P. 5