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REGULATION (EEC) No 1188/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 8 May 1973 fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed-milk powder and Grana padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese for the 1973/74 milk year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas, furthermore, when the target price is COMMUNITIES, fixed, the Community's endeavours to establish a long-term balance between supply and demand on Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ the milk market, taking into account external trade pean Economic Community, and in particular in milk and milk products, should be borne in Article 43 thereof ; mind ; Having regard to the Treaty (*) concerning the Accession of the new Member States to the Euro­ Whereas the intervention prices for butter and pean Economic Community and to the European skimmed-milk powder are intended to contribute to Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the the achievement of the target price for milk ; first subparagraph of Article 52 (3 ) of the Act an­ whereas their level should be determined in the light nexed thereto ; both of the general situation of supply and demand on the Community milk market and of the possibili­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/ ties for disposal of butter and skimmed-milk 68 (2) of 27 June 1968 on the common organization powder on the Community and world markets ; of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by the aforesaid Act, and in particular Article 3 (4) and Article 5 ( 1 ) thereof ; Whereas the particular situation obtaining in certain Member States does not at present permit of the Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­ application of a uniform intervention price for sion ; skimmed-milk powder ; whereas it is therefore neces­ Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­ sary to subject the said price to a corrective ; ment ; Whereas, when the target price for milk is fixed, Whereas, in order to ensure that the effect of these account should be taken both of the objectives of correctives is carried over into the market prices of the common agricultural policy and of the contribu­ the said Member States without leading to distor­ tion which the Community desires to make to the tions of competition, it is necessary to compensate harmonious development of world trade ; whereas for price differences in trade in skimmed-milk the objectives of the common agricultural policy are powder ; in particular to ensure a reasonable standard of living for the agricultural community, to ensure that Whereas the intervention prices for Grana padano supplies are available and that they reach and Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses must be fixed at consumers at reasonable prices ; levels which will give milk producers in areas of the Whereas, therefore, account should be taken of the Community where such cheeses are produced and importance of milk to the Community's agricultural qualify to bear the designation of origin the same economy and consequently to farmers' incomes ; long-term security as regards production prices for whereas, moreover, there must be a balanced rela­ milk as that provided by the intervention measures tionship between the target price for milk and the in respect of skimmed milk and butter ; prices of other agricultural products and in parti­ cular that of beef and veal, reflecting the desired Whereas, since the intervention prices for skimmed­ movement towards stock-breeding ; milk powder in force in the new Member States were in line with the common prices already in the 1972/73 milk year, only the intervention price for 0) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5 . (*) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . butter in force in the new Member States must be

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aligned in the 1973/74 milk year with the common 'Batch' means a manufacturer's production during price in accordance with Article 52 (2) ( a ) of the the period 1 April to 11 November in a given year. Act of Accession ; Whereas the effect of the modification in prices would be to disrupt the process of the United King­ Article 2 dom's integration in the Community ; whereas there­ fore it is advisable to limit the alignment of the intervention price for butter obtaining in that 1 . By way of derogation to Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regu­ Member State, in accordance with Article 52 (3 ) of lation (EEC) No 804/68 , the price at which the inter­ the aforesaid Act, vention agencies in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands buy in skimmed-milk powder HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : shall be equal to the intervention price, less a correc­ Article 1 tive of 2 units of account per 100 kilogrammes.

For the 1973/74 milk year, the target price for milk and the intervention prices for milk products shall 2. The corrective mentioned in paragraph 1 shall be fixed as follows : be applied, for the product in question, in the trade Units of account of each of the Member States referred to in para­ per 100 kg graph 1 with other Member States and third coun­ tries , the Benelux countries being considered as one ( a ) Target price for milk 12-42 Member State . (b) Intervention price : For this purpose, the amounts levied at importation Butter and those granted at exportation within the frame­ — in Denmark 171-50 work of the common agricultural policy, shall be — in Ireland 160-25 reduced by the amount of the corrective. — in the United Kingdom 87-96 — in the other Member States 176-00 3 . The methods of implementation of this Article Skimmed-milk powder 66-00 shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures provided for in Article 30 of Regulation ( EEC) No Grana padano cheese 804/ 68 . — from 30 to 60 days 157-55 — in batches of an average age of six months 183-55 Article 3 Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in batches of an average age of six This Regulation shall enter into force on 14 May months 197-95 1973 .

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

Done at Brussels, 8 May 1973 .

For the Council

The President

A. LAVENS