COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 1273/91 of 15 May 1991 fixing aid levels and maximum storage period for private storage of skimmed-milk powder
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common organization of the market in milk and milk products (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3641/90 (2), and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 7a (1) and Article 7a (3) thereof,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 of 16 March 1987 modifying the intervention arrangements for butter and skimmed-milk powder (3), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3577/90 (4), lays down the criteria on the basis of which, until the end of the eighth twelve-month period of application of the additional levy arrangements provided for in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, buying-in of skimmed-milk powder by intervention agencies may be suspended; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1362/87 (5), as amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3493/88 (6), lays down the detailed rules of application therefor;
Whereas the condition laid down in Article 1 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 777/87 for the suspension of buying-in of skimmed-milk powder as provided for in Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 is met; whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1159/91 (7) provides for the suspension of buying-in;
Whereas, in accordance with Article 7a of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68, Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1362/87 provides that the aid for private storage of skimmed-milk powder and the maximum period of storage must be fixed when the decision to suspend buying-in as referred to above is taken; whereas account must be taken, in the calculation of the said aid, of the existence of intervention prices differing from the common price in Spain and Portugal;
Whereas the Management Committee for Milk and Milk Products has not delivered an opinion within the time limit set by its chairman,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Article 1
1. The aid provided for in Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1362/87 shall be as follows:
- Community of Ten: ECU 0,35 per tonne per day;
- Spain: ECU 0,44 per tonne per day;
- Portugal: ECU 0,44 per tonne per day.
2. The maximum period of storage under contract under that Regulation shall be 150 days. Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
It shall apply from 6 May 1991. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 15 May 1991.