Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2133/86 of 8 July 1986 amending for the 11th time Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 laying down detailed rules for the application of the additional levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector

COMMISSION  REGULATION (EEC) No 2133/86
of 8 July 1986
amending for the 11th time Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 laying down detailed rules for the application of the additional levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector
THE COMMISSION 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 1335/86 (2), and in particular Article 5c (7) thereof,
Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3005/85 (4), laid down detailed rules for the application of the additional levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;
Whereas the second indent of Article 4 (1) (a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1911/86 (6), authorizes Member States to grant compensation to producers who have an available reference quantity of a certain size and who undertake to discontinue producing at least half of that quantity; whereas the minimum level of the reference quantity necessary to qualifiy for the compensation of partial cessation of activity should be fixed at 250 000 kilograms;
Whereas Article 12 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 1371/84 provides that purchasers and producer groups must pay the amount of any levy due to the competent agency, within 60 days following the end of each 12-month period; whereas experience has shown that compliance with this time limit gives rise to difficulties; whereas the said period should therefore be extended to three months;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,