31977R0540

No L 70/ 2 17 . 3 . 77 Official Journal of the European Communities

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 540/77 of 14 March 1977 fixing for the 1977/78 milk year the guideline figure for the fat content of stand­ ardized whole milk imported into Ireland and the United Kingdom

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN another Member State must contain to be able to be COMMUNITIES , marketed within the territories of the two abovemen­ tioned Member States ; whereas this guideline figure Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European must be the weighted average fat content of the whole Economic Community, milk produced and marketed in the importing Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No Member State during the previous year, 1411 /71 of 29 June 1971 laying down additional rules on the common organization of the market in milk HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : and milk products falling within tariff heading No 04.01 ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No Article 1 566/76 (2), and in particular Article 3 (6) (b) thereof, For the 1977/78 milk year, the guideline figure Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , referred to in Article 3 (6) (b) of Regulation ( EEC) No 141 1 /71 shall be : Whereas, pursuant to Article 3 ( 5) of Regulation (EEC) — 3-52 % for Ireland, No 1411 /71 , Ireland and the United Kingdom apply within their territories the formula of non-standar­ — 3-77 % for the United Kingdom . dized whole milk within the meaning of the second indent of Article 3 ( 1 ) (b) of that Regulation ; Article 2

Whereas, pursuant ' to Article 3 (6) and (7), a guideline This Regulation shall enter into force on the day figure must be fixed for the milk year 1977/78 for the following its publication in the Official Journal of fat which standardized whole milk coming from the European Communities.

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

Done at Brussels, 14 March 1977 .

For the Council The President

J. SILKIN

(') OJ No L 148 , 3 . 7 . 1971 , p . 4. (2 ) OJ No L 67, 1.5 . 3 . 1976, p . 23 .