Commission Regulation (EC) No 903/98 of 28 April 1998 adjusting the total quantities set in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 903/98 of 28 April 1998 adjusting the total quantities set in Article 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 of 28 December 1992 establishing an additional levy in the milk and milk products sector (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 551/98 (2), and in particular Articles 3(2) and 4(2) thereof,
Whereas Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 provides that the guaranteed total quantities for Austria and Finland may be increased up to a maximum of 180 000 tonnes and 200 000 tonnes respectively in order to provide quota for Austrian and Finnish 'SLOM` producers; whereas pursuant to Article 6 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 671/95 (3), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1390/95 (4), Austria and Finland have notified the quantities concerned for the 1997/98 marketing year; whereas the guaranteed total quantities should therefore be increased accordingly through the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Council Regulation (EEC) 804/68 (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1587/96 (6);
Whereas Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 provides that individual reference quantities are to be increased or established at the duly justified request of producers to take account of changes in their deliveries and/or direct sales; whereas an increase in or establishment of a reference quantity must be offset by a corresponding reduction or deletion of the other reference quantity held by the producer;
Whereas such adjustments may not involve for the Member State concerned an increase in the sum of the delivery and direct sale quantities indicated in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92; whereas in the event of definitive changes to individual reference quantities the quantities set in the said Article 3 are to be adjusted accordingly through the procedure laid down in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68;
Whereas pursuant to Article 8 third indent of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 536/93 (7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2186/96 (8), Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, Austria and the United Kingdom have notified the Commission of quantities definitively modified as mentioned in the second subparagraph of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92; whereas the total quantities for these Member States set in Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 3950/92 should therefore be adjusted accordingly;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,