31976R1807

28 . 7 . 76 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 202/ 1

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 1807 / 76

of 20 July 1976

on the granting of special aid for liquid skimmed milk for use as feedingstuffs for certain animals in regions affected by drought

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN tional drought which is making it difficult to provide COMMUNITIES , . feed for animals, and particularly those intended to replace dairy herds ; whereas provision should there­ Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European fore be made for granting a higher amount of aid than Economic Community, that resulting from the implementation of Regulation ( EEC) No 986/68 so as to enable farmers in the Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization , regions affected to procure supplies of skimmed milk on favourable terms, of the market in milk and milk products ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 559/76 (2 ), and in particular Article 10 (2) thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , Article 1 Whereas Article 10 of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 For supplies of liquid skimmed milk to farmers whose provides for the granting of aid for skimmed milk and holdings are situated in regions which are particularly skimmed-milk powder for use as feedingstuffs ; affected by drought, the aid provided for in Article 2 whereas the level of this aid is fixed within a bracket of Regulation ( EEC) No 986/68 may be fixed at a laid down by Council Regulation ( EEC) No 986/68 of level higher than that resulting from the implementa­ 15 July 1968 laying down general rules for granting tion of that Article . aid for skimmed milk and skimmed-milk powder for use as feedingstuffs (3), as last amended by Regulation Article 2 ( EEC) No 565/ 76 (4 ) ; This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day Whereas there are currently considerable stocks of following its publication in the Official Journal of skimmed-milk powder the disposal of which is the European Communities. causing problems ; whereas, on the other hand, certain regions of the Community are affected by an excep­ It shall apply until the end of the 1976/77 milk year.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 July 1976 .

For the Council

The President

A. P. L. M. M. van der STEE

(') OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 13 . ( 2 ) OJ No L 67 , 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 9 . (3 ) OJ No L 169 , 18 . 7 . 1968 , p. 4. (4 ) OJ No L 67, 15 . 3 . 1976, p. 22 .