31974R0663

No L 85/ 52 Official Journal of the European Communities 29 . 3 . 74

REGULATION ( EEC) No 663/ 74 OF THE COUNCIL of 28 March 1974 fixing the target price for milk and the intervention prices for butter, skimmed­ milk powder and Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese for the 1974/75 milk year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN Whereas the intervention prices for butter and skim­ COMMUNITIES, med-milk powder are intended to contribute to the achievement of the target price for milk ; whereas Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European their level should be determined in the light both of Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 the general situation of supply and demand on the thereof ; Community milk market and of the possibilities for disposal of butter and skimmed-milk powder on the Having regard to the Treaty (') concerning the Acces­ Community and world markets ; sion of new Member States to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 52 (3) of the Act Whereas the particular situation obtaining in certain annexed thereto ; Member States at present does not permit the applica­ tion of a uniform intervention price for skimmed­ Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No milk powder ; whereas it is therefore necessary to 804/68 (2) of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ apply a corrective factor to the aforesaid price ; tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 662/74 (3), and in particular Articles 3 (4) and 5 ( 1 ) thereof ; Whereas in order to ensure that this corrective factor affects market prices in the said Member States Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; without leading to distortions of competition it is necessary to compensate for price differences occur­ Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­ ring in trade in skimmed-milk powder ; ment ;

Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Whereas the intervention prices for Grana Padano and Social Committee ; Parmigiano Reggiano cheeses must be fixed at levels Whereas, when the target price for milk is fixed, which will give milk producers in areas of the Community where such cheeses, qualifying to bear account should be taken both of the objectives of the the designation of origin , are produced the same long­ common agricultural policy and of the contribution term security as regards milk prices to producers as which the Community desires to make to the harmon­ that provided by the intervention measures in respect ious development of world trade ; whereas the objec­ of skimmed milk and butter ; tives of the common agricultural policy are in parti­ cular to ensure a reasonable standard of living for the agricultural community, to ensure that supplies are Whereas, since the intervention prices for skimmed­ available and that they reach consumers at reasonable milk powder in force in the new Member States were prices ; in line with the common prices already in the Whereas, therefore , account should be taken of the 1972/73 milk year, only the intervention price for butter in force in the new Member States must be importance of milk to the Community's agricultural aligned in the 1974/75 milk year with the common economy and consequently to farmers' incomes ; price in accordance with Article 52 (2) (a) of the Act of whereas, moreover, there must be a balanced relation­ Accession ; and whereas the effect of the modification ship between the target price for milk and the prices in prices would be to disrupt the process of the of other agricultural products and in particular that of United Kingdom's integration in the Community ; beef and veal, reflecting the desired movement whereas therefore it is advisable to limit the alignment towards stock-breeding ; of the intervention price for butter obtaining in that Whereas, furthermore, when the target price is fixed, Member State , in accordance with Article 52 (3 ) of the the Community's endeavours to establish a long-term aforesaid Act ; balance between supply and demand on the milk market, taking into account external trade in milk and Whereas the present short-term economic situation , milk products, should be borne in mind ; which is having a particularly serious effect on the markets for milk products and beef and veal in (!) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p . 5 . (2) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . respect of which the new marketing year normally (3) See p. 51 of this Official Journal . commences at the beginning of April , calls for the

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earliest possible application of new guarantee prices vention agencies in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg for producers ; and the Netherlands buy in skimmed-milk powder shall be the intervention price less a corrective Whereas the advantages resulting from the increase in amount of two units of account per hundred kilo­ certain intervention prices should be extended to grammes . buying-in operations in the framework of interven­ tions carried out between 4 March and 31 March 1974 2. The corrective amount referred to in paragraph 1 inclusive, shall be applied to trade in the product in question between each of the Member States referred to in para­ HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : graph 1 with the other Member States and third coun­ tries, the Benelux countries being considered as one Member State . Article 1

This Regulation shall apply for the 1974/75 milk year. For this purpose the amounts collected on importa­ tion and granted on exportation within the framework Article 2 of the common agricultural policy shall be reduced by the corrective amount . The target price for milk and the intervention prices for milk products shall be as follows : 3 . Detailed rules for the application of this Article u.a. per 100 kg shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure (a) Target price for milk 13-41 laid down in Article 30 of Regulation (EEC) No (b) Intervention price : 804/ 68 . Butter : — in Denmark 172-40 — in Ireland 163-40 Article 4 — in the United Kingdom 104-89 — in the other Member States 176-00 In the case of buying-in operations carried out by the Skimmed-milk powder 79-00 intervention bodies between 4 March and 31 March Grana Padano cheese : 1974 inclusive , these bodies shall pay to sellers, in — from 30 to 60 days 175-50 addition to the buying-in price for 1973/74, an — in batches of an average age amount equal to the difference between this buying-in of six months 206-60 price and that for the marketing year 1974/75. Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in batches of an average age of six months 223-60 The compensatory amounts fixed in pursuance of Regulation (EEC) No 974/71 ( ! ) shall not be affected ' Batch means a manufacturer's production during by the foregoing paragraph . the period 1 April to 1 1 November in a given year. Article 5 Article 3

1 . By way of derogation from Article 7 ( 1 ) of Regu­ This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April lation (EEC) No 804/ 68 the price at which the inter­ 1974 .

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

Done at Brussels, 28 March 1974.

For the Council

The President

J. ERTL

(») OJ No L 106, 12 . 5 . 1971 , p . 1 .