CELEX: 31975R2808
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2808/75 of the Council of 29 October 1975 laying down a special measure for the disposal of skimmed-milk powder in public storage with a view to incorporation in compound animal feedingstuffs

No L 280 / 2                                Official Journal of the European Communities                           31 . 10 . 75
                                 REGULATION ( EEC) No 2808 /75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                          of 29 October 1975
               laying down a special measure for the disposal of skimmed-milk powder in
                 public storage with a view to incorporation in compound animal feedingstuffs
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                            HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                         Article 1
Economic Community ;
                                                                       Skimmed-milk powder bought in by intervention
Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No                          agencies pursuant to Article 7(1 ) of Regulation (EEC)
804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­                    No 804/68 and held in storage since before 1 April
tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last                  1974, may be sold at a reduced price if intended for
amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in                     incorporation in compound animal feedingstuffs.
particular Article 7 (4) thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                                           Article 2
Whereas the second paragraph of Article 7 (2) of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 804/68 provides that special measures                  Approximately 50 % of the skimmed-milk powder
                                                                       referred to in Article 1 shall be sold for use in the
may be taken for the disposal of skimmed-milk
powder which has been bought in by the intervention                    Community in the form of compound animal feeding­
                                                                       stuffs .
agencies and which cannot be marketed on normal
terms during a milk year ;
                                                                       The remaining quantity shall be sold for export in the
Whereas the increase in skimmed-milk powder                            form of compound animal feedingstuffs.
production outstripped the scope for disposal on the
market ; whereas therefore there are substantial inter­
                                                                                              Article 3
vention stocks of skimmed-milk powder on the
market in the Community only part of which can be                      The terms governing the sale of the skimmed-milk
sold under the conditions set out in Article 5 (2) of                  powder referred to in Article 1 shall be laid down in
Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1014/68 (3 ) of 20 July                   such a way as to avoid disruption of the market in
 1968 laying down general rules for the public storage                 skimmed-milk powder.
of skimmed-milk powder, as last amended by Regula­
tion ( EEC) No 1211 / 69(4 );                                          Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1014/68
Whereas, in these circumstances, to avoid prolonged                    shall apply.
storage costs having to be borne by the Community, it
is necessary' to relax the abovementioned conditions                                          Article 4
in order to allow Community users and exporters to
obtain stocks of skimmed-milk powder held by inter­                    This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
vention agencies since before 1 April 1974 if it is to                 following its publication in the Official Journal of
be used for animal feedingstuffs,                                       the European Communities.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
                Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1975 .
                                                                                   For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                    G. MARCORA
(')  OJ No  L  148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 .
(-)  OJ No  L 74 , 22 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 .
(})  OJ No  L  173 , 22 . 7 . 1968 , p. 4 .
(4 ) Of No  L  155 , 28 . 6 . 1969 , p. 13 .