CELEX: 51976PC0728
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Date: 1976-01-11
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 986/68 laying down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder for use as feed (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                COM(76)728 final
                                                Brussels . 11 January 1977
                               Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
 amending Regulation (EEC ) No 986/68 laying down general rules for granting
                           »
 aid for skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder for use as feed
                    ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
             ?
 C0M(76 ) 728 final
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . In its " 1977-1980 action programme " ( paragraphs 38 and 43 ) » the Commission
informed the Council of the need to grant additional aid for liquid skimmed milk
used for feeding pigs , in order to encourage the use of more skimmed milk for this
purpose by bringing its price down to a level competitive with vegetable protein.
In implementing this measure , the " appropriate relationship " referred to in
Article 2a(3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) NO 986/68 cannot be maintained.
2 . To reduce the costs of transporting liquid skimmed milk and thus permit an increase
in its use , it is proposed to grant 4id to concentrated skimmed milk .
3 . As regards skimmed milk powder , provision should be made for granting aid in
excess of that falling witlr     the range of Article 2a(3 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) NO
986/68 where it is used for feeding pigs or poultry , in order to reduce the quantites
offered for intervention .
4 . On the other hand , the absence of any Community requirement regarding the quality
of skimmed milk powder receiving aid does not appear justified and can lead to
abuses . Although it is not necessary to lay down requirements comparable to those
existing in respect of skimmed milk powder offered for intervention , a minimum moisture
content should be fixecl .
5. In order to make effective the obligation to incorporate at least 6Qffo of skimmed
milk powder in compound feedingstuff s when aid is requested , the granting of aid to
denatured skimmed milk powder may be limited pursuant to Article 2(6 ) of Regulation ( EEC )
N° 986/68 , a provision which is applicable only until the end of the 1976/77 milk year.
Experienoe has &own it to be necessary to do away wuth this time limit .
6. The aim of this proposal for a Regulation is to amend and supplement Regulation
( EEC ) No 986/ 68 as \ndicated above .
As regards the special aid referred to in 1 above , which may be granted in respect of
 skimmed ... ilk bought by pig breeders , it may be necessary to adopt additional measures
 in order to ensure supplies to the said breeders . The Commission therefore reserves
 the right subsequently tc propose such measures intended to increase the use of
 liquid skimmed milk .                                         *
 ---pagebreak---                                             proposal for
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
amending Regulation ( EEC ) N O    986/ 68 laying down general rules for granting aid
for skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder for use as feed
 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic        Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) NO 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the
common organisation of the market in milk and milk products^^ , as last amended
"by Regulation (EEC ) No 559/76^^ , and in particular Article 10(2) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas there are large intervention stocks of skimmed raijk powder in the Community ;
whereas , because of the high costs resulting from prolonged public storage , it is
necessary to take special measures to facilitate the use of surplus skimmed milk for
 purposes other than the manufacture of skimmed milk powder , and to amend for that
purpose Council Regulation ( EEC ) NO 986/68 of 15 July 1968 laying down gercra 'i rules for
granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder for use as feed ,^"^ as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) NO 1530/76        ,
Whereas , m order to encourage the maximum use of liquid skimmed milk as feed ,
an aid should be granted for skimmed milk used for this purpose in a concent:' ted ,
and so easily transportable , form and the method of calculating the aid granted
in such cases should be determined ;
Whereas , for the same reasons , it is necessary to encourage the disposal of c.iry-pro-
duced sximmed milk which is sold to farms where it is used for feeding pigs ;
 ( 1) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6.1968 , p. 13
 (2)  OJ No L 67 , 15.3.1976 , p. 9
 ( 3) OJ No L 169 , 18.7.1968 , p. 4
 (4)  OJ No L 170 , 29.6.1976 , p. 4
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the use of skimmed milk for this purpose should therefore "be
encouraged and it should "be made possible to grant to this end a larger
amount of aid than that resulting from the application of Article 2a of
Regulation (EEC ) No 986/68 ; whereas a similar measure should "be adopted
for skimmed milk powder in order to permit its use in the manufacture of
compound feedingstuffs for pigs and poultry ;
Whereas the rules in force to not lay down any quality requirements which
skimmed milk powder must meet in order to qualify for the aid referred to
in Article 10 of Regulation (EEC ) Ho 804/68 ; whereas it is essential to
specify a maximum moisture content ;
Whereas , Article 2(6 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 986/08 allow, until the end
of the 1976/77 milk year, the granting of aid to denatured skimmed milk
powder to "be limited if it is likely to impair the effectiveness of aid
for other products ; whereas the reasons which led to the adoption of this
measure still hold good and make it necessary to delete the time limit
for its application,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                                               Article 1
Regulation (EEC ) No 986/68 is hereby amended as follows :
1 . Article l(c ) and ( d ) read as follows :
    '(c ) skimr.ied milk :
          - milk and buttermilk with a maximum fat content of !>,
          - concentrated skimmed milk with a moisture content of not more than 5&fo and not
             less than 35%;
    '(d) skimmed milk powder:
          milk and "buttermilk in powder form with a maximum fat content of 11% and a maximum
          moisture content of 5%•"
2. In Article 2(l)(d ), the second sentence is deleted.
3. In Article 2(6 ), the words "until the end of the milk year 1976/77 " are de'-eted.
4 . The following paragraph 7 is added to Article 2 :
    "7 « For a given quantity of skimmed milk sold to farms in the form of concentrated
           skimmed milk in accordance with                       paragraph 1 ( a ), the aid shall
          "be that laid down for the corresponding quantity of liquid skimmed milk used.
          For a given quantity of skimmed milk used as such or in the form of concentrated
           skimmed milk in the manufactire of compound feedingstuf fs in accordance with the
                           paragraph 1 ( d ), the aid shall be equal to the aid which would be
          granted for the quantity of skimmed milk powder which could have been obtained
          from that quantity of skimmed milk ."
5 . The following paragraph 4 is added to Article 2a :
    "4. However * the aid may be fixed at levels higher than those resulting frc ;.ri the
          application of paragraph 3 if :
           - the nkimmed milk referred to in Article 2(l)(a) is used for feeding pigs and is
             delivered to pig breeders , at a maximum - price to be fixed , under contracts which
             meet conditiom to    be determined ,
           - the skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder referred to in Article 2(l)(d ) are
             used in the manufacture of compound feedingstuffs for pigs or poultry ."
 ---pagebreak--- This Regulation    shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in
the Official Journal of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall he binding in its    entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States .
Done at Brussels ,
                                                     For the Council
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                      FINANCIAL                  STATiMENT
                                                                                            DATE I        22.12.76
   1 . BUDCI.T LINS COÎICL.HNED L           Article 621 ( interventions skimmed milk )
   2. ACTION . Proposal for Council Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC ) NO 986/68 layinj
      down general rules for granting aid for skimmed milk and skimmed milk powder for 1
      use as feed                                                                                                                 I
   3 . LEGAL BASIS t
                          Article 10 of Regulation ( EEC ) No 804/ 68
   4 . OBJECTIVES :
      Reduce surpluses of skimmed milk toy faci litating "the disposal at "the licfuid stage
      and avoiding recourse to intervention for fresh powder
                                        1
   5 . FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCE
   5.0 EXPENDITURE
                                                    FOR THE KARKETI HO YEAR
                                                                            I
                                                                              CUi7RZOT FINANCIAL YEAR
                                                                                     UD               ■ JFOLLOWING ^NAJICIAL YEAR
        -CHARCED TO THE EC BUDGET
         ( REH'UN LS/I NTERVENTI ONS )                                                   235 MUC                285 MUC
        -CHARGED TO NATIONAL ADMINISTR .
        -CHARCED TO OTHER NATIONAL CROUPS
   5.1 RECEIPTS
        -ovoi RESOURCES OF THE EC
         ( LEVI E3/CUSTOMS UJT1ES )
        -NATIONAL
                                                    YEAR        A37.8         YEAR         -A57.9             . . 1980
  5.0.1 PLURIA-VNUAL PATTERN OF EXPENDITURE
  5.1.1 PLURI ANNUAL PATTERN OF RECEIPTS                        285 MUC                  285 MUC                  285 MUC
1 5.2 METilOD OF CALCULATION
I     liquid milk : aid of 57 UC/t                    x 3 mio »               171 MUC
I powder milk : aid of 760 UC/t x 150,000 t =                                 114 MUC
                                                                              285 MUC
       The     " double rate " effect is not included.
  6.0 FINANCING POSSIBLE V.'ITH CREDITS INSCRIBED IN RELEVANT CHAPTER OF CURRENT BUDGET ?                           ÏES /3KX
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  COMMENTS 1
     To be rioted that fiiis measure                   could avoid supplementaiy entrances of skimmed milk
     powdc        into intervention , and thus should avoid intervention costs for the
     corresponding            quantities .
      The      . nancing of the measure is possible in the framework ^ of the credits foreseen
      in A „, cle 621 of the "budget particularly from post                                 6214 ( special measures of
      die . -, al ).