31976R0560

No L 67/ 10 Official Journal of the European Communities .15 . 3 . 76

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 560/76

of 15 March 1976

fixing the threshold prices for certain milk products for the 1976/77 milk year

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

Article1¶

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 1 . The threshold prices for the 1976/77 milk year Economic Community, shall be as follows :

units of account per 100 kg Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization pilot product from from of the market in milk and milk products ( 1), as last 15 March 1976 16 Sept. 1976 of the group amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2), and in of products particular Article 4 thereof, 1 26.00 26.50

2 105.00 107.50 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 3 161.00 1 65.00 4 65.25 66.25 5 85.00 86.25 Whereas threshold prices should be fixed so that, 6 238.50 244.50 taking account of the protection required for the 7 233.36 239.94 Community processing industry, the prices of 8 192.00 196.50 imported milk products correspond to the level of 9 310.00 316.00 the target price for milk ; whereas, consequently, the 10 206.00 211.00 threshold price should be fixed on the basis of the 11 189.25 194.00 target price for milk, taking into account the 12 52.00 53.00 . relationship which should be established between the value of milkfat and that of skimmed milk, as well 2. The pilot products referred to in paragraph 1 are as the standardized costs and yields for each of the those described in Annex I to Council Regulation milk products in question; whereas a fixed amount (EEC) No 823/68 of 28 June 1968 determining the should be included to ensure adequate protection of groups of products and the special provisions for the Community processing industry; calculating levies on milk and milk products (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 561/76 (4). Whereas threshold prices should be fixed for the trading stage at which imported milk products first Article 2 come into competition with milk products manu­ factured within the Community, i.e. the 'delivered This Regulation shall enter into force on 15 free wholesaler' stage, March 1976.

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

Done at Brussels, 15 March 1976..

For the Council

The President

R. VOUEL

H OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 13 . (3) OJ No L 151 , 30. 6. 1968, p. 3 . (2) See page 9 of this Official Journal. (4 ) See page 11 of this Official Journal.