Council Regulation (EEC) No 1188/92 of 28 April 1992 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1637/91 fixing compensation with regard to the reduction of the reference quantities referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and compensation for the definitive discontinuation of milk production

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1188/92  of 28 April 1992  amending Regulation (EEC) No 1637/91 fixing compensation with regard to the reduction of the reference quantities referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 and compensation for  the definitive discontinuation of milk production
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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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), and in particular Article 5c (6) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1637/91 (2) introduces in particular a Community scheme to finance the definitive discontinuation of milk production in respect of up to 3 % of the guaranteed total quantities, deliveries and direct sales, and provides, where  certain eligibility requirements are met, for compensation to be paid after the definitive discontinuation of all milk production not later than 31 March 1992; whereas that Regulation contains in its Annex a financial amount per Member State and it  provides that the target reduction set by the Member State may be met by means of compensation of less than ECU 10 per 100 kg and per year;
Whereas Article 2 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1637/91 provides that, in cases where the financial amounts are not entirely used up, the amount remaining available is to be used for the payment of compensation to all of the producers whose reference  quantity has been reduced; whereas in certain Member States, this provision does not use up the Community funds, which therefore could be used to continue, for a further six month period, the scheme for the definitive discontinuation of milk production;
Whereas it has come to light in certain Member States that the target reduction has been met and even exceeded by means of compensation of less than ECU 10 per 100 kg and per year without, however, Community funds being thereby used up; whereas, in this  case and in order to be able to carry on with the necessary structural adjustments, Member States should be authorized to continue the scheme for the discontinuation of milk production for a further six-month period;
Whereas in addition, in view of the extension of the additional levy arrangements and of regional development needs in certain Member States, in order to safeguard the structural adjustments and developments the Member States should be granted the  possibility of offering producers who have not resumed milk production at 1 April 1992 the chance of applying for compensation, within the limits laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 1637/91, for the definitive discontinuation of milk  production provided for in Article 2 of that Regulation, whereas paragraph 5 of that Article should therefore be amended accordingly without, however, the consequences of these new provisions being imposed on producers who elect to receive the  compensation as originally provided for,