31974R0711

1 . 4. 74 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 88/ 13

REGULATION (EEC) No 711 /74 OF THE COMMISSION of 29 March 1974 authorizing the United Kingdom to grant a national supplementary consumer subsidy for butter

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty (J) concerning the Acces­ Article 1 sion of the new Member States to the Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy The United Kingdom is authorized to grant to private Community, and in particular Article 63 of the ultimate consumers, in addition to the subsidy laid adjoining Act ; down in Regulation (EEC) No 1191 /73, a national subsidy for butter not exceeding 17 units of account Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1 191 /73 (2) of per 100 kilogrammes. 8 May 1973 authorizes Member States to grant a consumer subsidy for butter ; whereas the second stage in the alignment of the butter price in the Article 2 United Kingdom conforming to the conditions laid down in the Act of Accession leads, in the light of the The United Kingdom shall take the measures appro­ economic situation existing in that Member State, to priate to ensure that the aid is granted only for butter considerable difficulties, given that the subsidy is insuf­ bought for private consumption and that the aid bene­ ficient to allow an adequate reduction in the retail fits the ultimate consumer through a reduction of the price of butter ; whereas it is acceptable therefore to final sales price. authorize the Member State concerned to grant, as a transitional measure, a national supplementary subsidy Article 3 of an amount covering the increase in the interven­ tion price ; This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation 1974 . are in accordance with the Opinion of the Manage­ This Regulation shall be applicable up to 31 January ment Committee for Milk and Milk Products, 1975 .

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

Done at Brussels, 29 March 1974. For the Commission

The President Francois-Xavier ORTOLI

•(') OJ No L 73, 27. 3 . 1972, p. 5. I2) OJ No L 122, 9. 5. 1973, p. 5.