CELEX: 31973D0040
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16 February 1973 to release France temporarily from the obligation to conduct weekly surveys of milk and dairy products

26. 3 . 73                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 77/51
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 16 February 1973
               to release France temporarily from the obligation to conduct weekly surveys of milk
                                                      and dairy products
                                                          (73/40/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Whereas the measured provided for in this Decision
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­
                                                                   ment Committee on Agricultural Statistics ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
 pean Economic Community ;
                                                                   HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
 Having regard to the Council Directive of 31 July
 1972 ( 1 ) concerning the statistical surveys to be
                                                                                          Article 1
 conducted by Member States on milk and milk
 products, and having regard in particular to Article 5 ,          The rules for the returm of weekly statistics in
 paragraph 1 , third subparagraph ;                                accordance with Article 4 ( 1 ) of the Directive of
                                                                   31 July 1972 will not be applied in France until
Whereas in accordance with Article 5 , paragraph 1 ,               31 December 1974 .
 third subparagraph of the above Directive it may be
 decided that the rules for weekly surveys should not
 be applied for a certain transitional period in those                                    Article 2
areas of the Community where weekly data were not
 assembled at the time this Directive came into force ;
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Republic of France.
Whereas in France no weekly surveys have been                      Done at Brussels, 16 February 1973 .
conducted in the past on the production of butter
and skimmed-milk powder ; whereas also their                                                        For the Commission
introduction in this Member State is made difficult
 by the large number of establishments to be covered                                                   The President
 and cannot therefore be put into effect until a tran­                                           Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
 sition period has elapsed ;
(l) OJ No L 179 , 7 . 8 . 1972 , p. 2 .