Council Regulation (EEC) No 1931/88 of 29 June 1988 amending Regulation (EEC) No 775/87 temporarily withdrawing a proportion of the reference quantities mentioned in Article 5c (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products

COUNCIL  REGULATION (EEC) No 1931/88
of 29 June 1988
amending Regulation (EEC) No 775/87 temporarily withdrawing a proportion of the reference quantities mentioned in Article 5c (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products
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 1109/88 (2), and in particular Article 5c (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1336/86 of 6 May 1986 fixing compensation for the definitive discontinuation of milk production (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 841/88 (4), provides that where the reference quantities for the producers as a whole are reduced to the quantities set out in Annex I thereto, compensation is to be paid for the reduction; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 775/87 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1111/88 (6), provides in addition for the temporary withdrawal of a uniform proportion of the reference quantities of producers; whereas that suspension is to be offset by the grant of compensation; whereas the funds for that compensation must be paid directly to each milk producer in Greece;
Whereas a feature of milk production in Greece is the large number of small producers and, as a result of this in particular, it faces major difficulties in reaching sufficiently high quality standards; whereas the administrative task involved in the direct payment of the abovementioned individual compensatory amounts appears out of proportion to the benefit to producers; whereas it is more effective and more in the interests of producers to authorize the Hellenic Republic to invest the sums concerned in programmes to improve the quality of milk,