5.6.1980 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 140/59
COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1381/80
of 5 June 1980
amending Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 as regards the collection of the co-responsibility levy in the milk and milk products sector during the 1980/81milk year
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77 of 17 May 1977 on a co-responsibility levy and on measures for expanding the markets for milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1364/80 (2), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
Whereas the level of the co-responsibility levy applicable during the 1980/81 milk year is fixed at 2 % of the target price for milk valid for that milk year;
Whereas it is necessary, therefore, to replace the figures appearing in the first subparagraph of Article 2 (1) and in Article 5 (2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 of 5 August 1977 laying down detailed rules for the collection of the co-responsibility levy introduced in respect of milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1362/79 (4);
Whereas, in accordance with Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77, a reduced rate of the levy shall henceforth be collected from producers in certain areas within an annual limit of 60 000 kilograms per producer; whereas the amounts of the abovementioned reduced levy and the detailed rules governing the collection thereof must be specified,
Whereas, in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77, Member States are obliged to take all measures necessary for establishing the geographical location of the holdings covered by the reduced rate of the levy; whereas a special provision should therefore be introduced enabing such measures to be implemented;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products,
Regulation (EEC) No 1822/77 is amended as follows:
1. Article 2 shall read as follows:
(a) as regards the general rate specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77: 0.4452 ECU;
(b) as regards the reduced rate given by applying Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77: 0.3339 ECU.
2. In the first subparagraph of Article 3 (2), ‘farms situated in one of the regions referred to in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77’ is replaced by ‘farms situated in one of the regions specified in Article 1 (2) and/or (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77’.
3. The following subparagraph is added to Article 3 (3):
4. Article 3 (4) is amended to read as follows:
5. Article 5 (2) is amended to read as follows:
(a) as regards the general rate specified in Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77: 0.4897 ECU;
(b) as regards the reduced rate given by the application of Article 1 (3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1079/77: 0.3673 ECU.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply as from 1 June 1980.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.