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No L 188/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 1.8.68

REGULATION (EEC) No 1 135/68 OF THE COUNCIL of 30 July 1968 - on the financing of intervention expenditure in respcct of the internal market in milk and milk products

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , metric ton per day which is representative of costs in the Community ; whereas this rate may be fixed at a flat rate Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European of 1 unit of account ; Economic Community ; Whereas the amounts thus determined should not exceed Having regard to Council Regulation No 17/64/EEC 1 the amount of . the actual costs borne by Member States of 5 February 1964 on the conditions for granting aid in respect of the various transactions necessitated by from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guaran­ their intervention and carried out according to the com­ tee Fund, as last amended by Council Regulation No mon rules ; 741/67/EEC 2 of 24 October 1967, and Council Regu­ lation (EEC) No 347/68 3 of 27 March 1968 and in par­ Whereas , however, in view of the considerable delay in ticular Article 6 thereof; the establishment of conditions of eligibility in this sec­ tor and the need to respect the time limits for aid from the Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Fund as laid down in Council Regulation No 741/67/ EEC 5 of 24 October 1967 on aid from the EAGGF , Whereas the conditions for granting aid from the Fund Guarantee Section, final standard amounts should be should be determined for Community financing of inter­ allocated for each Member State for the 1964/65 , 1965/ vention expenditure in each sector of the common organ­ 66 and 1966/67 accounting periods , calculated in ac­ ization of the markets ; whereas , in respect of milk and cordance with the criteria used on the basis of informa­ milk products, Article 21 of Council Regulation No 13/ tion currently available and taking account of the fact 64/EEC 4 of 5 February on the progressive establish­ that the cold-store entry costs for butter in store on 1 ment of a common organization of the market in milk November 1964 must be excluded from expenditure to and milk products laid down an intervention system for be borne by the Fund; frozen butter and cream ; whereas this system applies from 1 November 1964 to 28 July 1968 ; Whereas the provisions of this Regulation comply with the intervention system established in Article 21 of Re­ Whereas the expenditure incurred by the storage of but­ gulation No 13/64/EEC ; whereas application of this ter and cream which was the subject of intervention Regulation should be limited to the period from 1 measures in accordance with Article 21 ( 2) and ( 3) of November 1964 to 28 July 1968, Regulation No 13/64/EEC meets the conditions laid down in Article 6(1) of Regulation No 17/64/EEC ; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : whereas the costs resulting from the special measures for the sale of the butter in question also meet these condi­ Article 1 tions since the amounts per metric ton and the quantities concerned are within the limits fixed by the Community For the transitional period of the common organization rules which laid down those measures ; of the market in milk and milk products, from 1 Novem­ ber 1964 to 28 July 1968, the following shall be eligible Whereas costs incurred by the storage of butter and for aid from the Fund, pursuant to Article 6 ( 1 ) of Regu­ cream should be determined in a uniform manner for all lation No 17/64/EEC , in the conditions laid down in Member States ; whereas these costs may easily be deter­ this Regulation : mined by reference to the number of metric , ton/day 1 . With regard to intervention in the market in butter, units of stored butter and to a uniform rate of costs per in accordance with the provisions of Article 2 1 (2) of Regulation No 13/64/EEC : (a) expenditure incurred by storage; 1 OJ No 34, 27.2.1964, p. 580/64, 2 OJ No 258, 25.10.1967, p. 2. ? OJ No L 76, 28.3.1968, p. 1 . 4 OJ No 34, 27.2.1964, p. 549/64. 5 OJ No 258, 25.10.1967, p. 2.

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(b) expenditure incurred by the special measures for TITLE II the disposal of stocks applied under Article 7 of Council Regulation No 62/64/EEC 1 of 3 June 1967/68 accounting period 1964 on the definition of principles concerning intervention in the market in butter ; Article 5 2. With regard to intervention in the market in butter 1 . The amounts of the expenditure referred to in Article and cream, in accordance with the provisions of Ar­ 1(1) (a) and (2) (a) eligible in respect of the 1967/68 ticle 21 (3) of Regulation No 13/64/EEC : accounting period shall be calculated for each Member State and for each of the two types of intervention by (a) expenditure corresponding to aid granted for the multiplying the total number of metric ton/day units of storage of butter or cream; storage from 1 April 1967 to 28 July 1968 by the rate of costs for 1 unit of account per day . (b) aid granted to facilitate disposal of these stocks under authorizations granted pursuant to Article The number of metric ton/day units of storage shall be 23 of Regulation No 13/64/EEC . calculated for each type of intervention by taking into consideration the net intake and withdrawals per fort­ night. Furthermore, to determine the number of metric TITLE I ton/day units of storage of cream, the quantities of cream shall be expressed as the equivalent amount of butter by multiplying the quantity of fat content in the 1964/65 , 1965/66, 1966/67 accounting periods cream by 1 • 1 8.

Article 2 2. However, the eligible amounts of the expenditure re­ ferred to in Article 1(1 ) (a) and ( 2) (a) may not exceed In respect of the 1964/65 accounting period, the Fund the amount of actual expenditure incurred by the Mem­ shall reimburse Member States an amount of 4-42 mil­ ber State in respect of the intervention referred to in lion units of account, as follows : those provisions during the period from 1 April 1967 to 28 July 1968 . 0-27 million u.a. to Belgium, 1-90 million u.a. to Germany, 3. The number of metric ton/day units of storage re­ 1-77 million u.a. to France, ferred to in paragraph 1 shall be calculated by the 0*48 million u.a. to the Netherlands . method adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 26 of Regulation No 17/64/EEC .

Articled Article 3 The eligible amount of the expenditure referred to in Ar­ In respect of the 1965/66 accounting period, the Fund shall reimburse Member States an amount , of 32 31 mil­ ticle 1 ( l)(b) in respect of the 1967/68 accounting per­ iod shall be calculated by multiplying the quantities lion units of account, as follows : which have been the subject of special measures applied 4*34 million u.a. to Belgium, during the period from 1 July 1967 to 28 July 1968 , by rates equal to the difference between : 1 3-29 million u.a. to Germany , 10-79 million u.a. to France, - on the one hand, the price delivered wholesale in the 3*89 million u.a . to the Netherlands . Member State , determined according to Article 2 of Commission Regulation No 192/64/EEC 2 of 21 December ' 1964 on detailed rules for intervention on the market in butter, ruling on the date of withdrawal , Article 4 reduced by an amount corresponding to the period during which the butter withdrawn has been stored, as In respect of the 1966/67 accounting period, the Fund laid down in Article 12 of that Regulation ; shall reimburse Member States an amount of 36*95 mil­ lion units of account, as follows : - and on the other hand, the ex-cold-store selling price ruling in the Member State within the limits of the authorization . 5-06 million u.a. to Belgium, 17-68 million u.a. to Germany , Article 7 10-98 million u.a. to France, 3-23 million u.a. to the Netherlands . The eligible amount of the expenditure referred to in Article 1 ( 2) (b) in respect of the 1967/68 accounting

1 OJ No 92, 10.6 . 1964, p. 1412/64. 2 OJ No 215 , 27.12. 1964, p. 3652/64.

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period shall be calculated by aggregating the aid granted A rticle 8 within the limits of authorizations granted for the special This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day measures implemented during the period from 1 July following its publication in the Official Journal of the 1967 to 28 July 1968 . European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 30 July 1968 .

For the Council The President G. MEDICI