31975R2808

No L 280 / 2 Official Journal of the European Communities 31 . 10 . 75

REGULATION ( EEC ) No 2808 / 75 OF THE COUNCIL

of 29 October 1975

laying down a special measure for the disposal of skimmed-milk powder in public storage with a view to incorporation in compound animal feedingstuffs

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : COMMUNITIES ,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Article 1 Economic Community ; Skimmed-milk powder bought in by intervention Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No agencies pursuant to Article 7(1 ) of Regulation (EEC) 804/ 68 (') of 27 June 1968 on the common organiza­ No 804/68 and held in storage since before 1 April tion of the market in milk and milk products, as last 1974, may be sold at a reduced price if intended for amended by Regulation ( EEC) No 740 /75 (2 ), and in incorporation in compound animal feedingstuffs. particular Article 7 (4) thereof ;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; Article 2

Whereas the second paragraph of Article 7 (2) of Regu­ Approximately 50 % of the skimmed-milk powder lation (EEC) No 804/ 68 provides that special measures referred to in Article 1 shall be sold for use in the may be taken for the disposal of skimmed-milk Community in the form of compound animal feeding­ powder which has been bought in by the intervention stuffs . agencies and which cannot be marketed on normal terms during a milk year ; The remaining quantity shall be sold for export in the Whereas the increase in skimmed-milk powder form of compound animal feedingstuffs. production outstripped the scope for disposal on the market ; whereas therefore there are substantial inter­ Article 3 vention stocks of skimmed-milk powder on the market in the Community only part of which can be The terms governing the sale of the skimmed-milk sold under the conditions set out in Article 5 (2) of powder referred to in Article 1 shall be laid down in Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1014/ 68 (3 ) of 20 July such a way as to avoid disruption of the market in 1968 laying down general rules for the public storage skimmed-milk powder. of skimmed-milk powder, as last amended by Regula­ tion ( EEC) No 1211 / 69(4 ); Articles 6 and 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 1014/68 shall apply . Whereas, in these circumstances, to avoid prolonged storage costs having to be borne by the Community, it is necessary' to relax the abovementioned conditions Article 4 in order to allow Community users and exporters to obtain stocks of skimmed-milk powder held by inter­ This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day vention agencies since before 1 April 1974 if it is to following its publication in the Official Journal of be used for animal feedingstuffs, the European Communities.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 29 October 1975 .

For the Council

The President

G. MARCORA

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . (-) OJ No L 74 , 22 . 3 . 1975 , p. 1 . ( } ) OJ No L 173 , 22 . 7 . 1968 , p. 4 . ( 4 ) Of No L 155 , 28 . 6 . 1969 , p. 13 .