CELEX: 51987PC0471
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Date: 1987-10-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 985/68 laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and cream (presented by the Commission)

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                                  Proposal for a
                             COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
       amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 985 / 68 laying down general rules
              for intervention on the market in butter and cream
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                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The attached Regulation amends Article 8(4 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC )
No 985 / 68 dealing with the standards that butter must meet for private storage
aid to be granted .   These provisions refer to requirements laid down at ( a )
and ( b ) of Article 1(3 ) of the same Regulation .
As a result of the amendments brought in by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1897 / 87 the
granting of the aid in question is from 1 July 1987 restricted to butter with
fat content of at least 82% produced from sweet or sour cream .    Butter
produced from sweet cream with a fat content below 82% and a 2% maximum salt
content is therefore excluded from the scope of the private storage aid
arrangements from that date . It is proposed to bring salted butter again
within the scope of the private storage aid arrangements . This should allow
the Irish and United Kingdom markets to be supplied with a type of butter for
which they have a specific demand .
 ---pagebreak---                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
           amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 985 / 68 laying down general rules for
                     intervention on the market in butter and cream
THE COUNCIL OF 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 organization of the market in milk and milk products ( 1 ), as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 773 / 87 ( 2 ), and in particular Article 6(6 )
thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 3 ),
Whereas Article 8(4 ) of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No 985 / 68 ( 4 ), as last
amended by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1897 / 87 ( 5 ), provides for private storage aid
to be granted for butter produced in the Community meeting the standards laid
down for butter offered for intervention ; whereas as a result of the latest
amendment of that Regulation salted butter has been excluded from the scope of
the private storage aid arrangements from 1 July 1987 , though it may for a
transitional period still be offered for intervention ; whereas the grounds for
withdrawing the possibility of selling salted butter to intervention are not
valid in the case of private storage ; whereas Regulation ( EEC ) No 985 / 68
should therefore be amended to reintroduce the possibility of providing for
private storage aid measures for salted butter with effect from the same date
as Regulation ( EEC ) No 1897 / 87 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                         Article 1
The following subparagraph is added to Article 8(4 ) of Regulation ( EEC )
No 985 / 68 :
      " However , the intervention agencies of the Member States may also conclude
      contracts for butter produced in the Community from sweet cream with a
      minimum butterfat content of 80% , a maximum water content by weight of 16%
      and a maximum salt content by weight of 2% ."
                                         Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall apply with effect from 1 July 1987 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                       For the Council
( 1 ) OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p. 13 .     ( 4 ) OJ No L 169 , 18.7.68 , p.1
( 2 ) OJ No L 78 , 20.3.1987 , p. 1 .       ( 5 ) OJ No L 182 , 3.7.1987 , p. 35 .
( 3 ) OJ No C
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1 . BUDGET HEADING :         2030                                                 APPR0B1AT10NS : 66 mio ECU
2 . TITLE : Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation ( EEC ) No 985 /68
                laying down general rules for intervention on the market in butter and
                cream .
3 . LEGAL BASIS :         Article 6 of Counci l Régulation ( EEC ) No 804 /68
 A. AIMS OF PROJECT i
       To reintroduce the possibility of private storage aid for salted butter .
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       - NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
        - OTHER
 5.1 RECEIPTS
        - OWN RESOURCES OF THE EC
          ( LEVIES / CUSTOMS DUTIES )
        • NATIONAL
  5.0.1 ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
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   OBSERVATIONS :
     The possibility of granting private storage aid for salted butter was discontinued
     with effect from 1 July 1987 as a result of changes in the butter intervention
     arrangements made by Regulation ( EEC ) No 1897/87 .
     The grounds for this change are not valid in the case of private storage and
     the possibility of granting aid for the private storage of salted butter should
     therefore be reintroduced retroactively .