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( 1 ) OJ NO L 148 , 3 . 7 . 1971 , P . 4 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 67 , 15 . 3 . 1976 , P . 23 .

COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 3041/78

OF 18 DECEMBER 1978

FIXING FOR THE 1979/80 MILK YEAR THE GUIDELINE FIGURE FOR THE FAT CONTENT OF STANDARDIZED WHOLE MILK IMPORTED INTO IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1411/71 OF 29 JUNE 1971 LAYING DOWN ADDITIONAL RULES ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN TARIFF HEADING NO 04.01 ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 566/76 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 ( 6 ) ( B ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 ( 5 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1411/71 , IRELAND AND THE UNITED KINGDOM APPLY WITHIN THEIR TERRITORIES THE FORMULA OF NON-STANDARDIZED WHOLE MILK WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SECOND INDENT OF ARTICLE 3 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF THAT REGULATION ;

WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 ( 6 ) AND ( 7 ), A GUIDELINE FIGURE MUST BE FIXED FOR THE MILK YEAR 1979/80 FOR THE FAT WHICH STANDARDIZED WHOLE MILK COMING FROM ANOTHER MEMBER STATE MUST CONTAIN TO BE ABLE TO BE MARKETED WITHIN THE TERRITORIES OF THE TWO ABOVEMENTIONED MEMBER STATES ; WHEREAS THIS GUIDELINE FIGURE MUST BE THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE FAT CONTENT OF THE WHOLE MILK PRODUCED AND MARKETED IN THE IMPORTING MEMBER STATE DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

FOR THE 1979/80 MILK YEAR , THE GUIDELINE FIGURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3 ( 6 ) ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1411/71 SHALL BE :

- 3.59 % FOR IRELAND ,

- 3.84 % FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 18 DECEMBER 1978 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . ERTL