31976R0127

23 . 1 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 14/5

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 127/76 of 20 January 1976 fixing the dates for the end of the 1975/76 milk year and the beginning of the 1976/77 milk year

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN to extend the date for the end of the current milk year COMMUNITIES, to 29 February 1976 and to bring forward the date for the beginning of 1976/77 milk year to 1 March 1976, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last Artiile 1 amended by Regulation (EEC) No 740/75 (2), and in particular Article 2 thereof, The 1975/76 milk year shall end on 29 February 1976 and the 1976/77 milk year shall begin on 1 March Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , 1976 . Whereas, according to the first paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, the milk year Article 2 normally begins on 1 April and ends on 31 March the following year ; whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No Regulation (EEC) No 466/75 is repealed. 466/75 of 27 February 1975 fixing the dates for the beginning and the end of the 1975/76 milk year (3) Article 3 provides for the 1975/76 milk year to end on 31 January 1976 ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas, as a result of developments in the economic following its publication in the Official Journal of situation in the milk sector, it has become necessary the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 January 1976 . For the Council

The President J. HAMILIUS

( l ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p . 13 . (-') OJ No L 74, 22. 3 . 1975, p. 1 . ( 3 ) OJ No L 52, 28 . 2. 1975, p . 9 .