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COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 571/87

of 24 February 1987

laying down standard rates for the financing by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, of expenditure resulting from the free distribution of milk products bought in by the intervention agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 of 9 November 1981 on the financing by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, of certain intervention measures, particularly those involving the buying-in, storage and sale of agricultural products by intervention agencies (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2632/85 (2), and in particular Article 7 thereof,

Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 138/87 (3) provided for an emergency scheme for the free supply of butter to those most in need following the cold spell in Europe; whereas Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81 provides that, according to the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3769/85 (5), uniform standard rates should be determined for the Community with a view to the financing of expenditure incurred for the free distribution under this scheme;

Whereas the real costs of distribution in certain Member States differ appreciably from those in the other Member States and that accordingly different standard rates should be set for these Member States to avoid jeopardizing the Community's charity operation;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the EAGGF Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard rate to be applied, pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 3247/81, for the financing by the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, of expenditure resulting from the free distribution of butter as provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 138/87 shall be 175 ECU per tonne. If it can be shown, to the satisfaction of the competent authority in the Member State concerned that the expenditure on distribution has exceeded 175 ECU per tonne this amount shall be increased by a maximum of 75 ECU per tonne.

Where butter is distributed in a Member State having no intervention stocks, an amount of 40 ECU per tonne shall be added to this rate.

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 15 January 1987.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 February 1987.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No L 327, 14. 11. 1981, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 251, 20. 9. 1985, p. 1.

(3) OJ No L 17, 20. 1. 1987, p. 18.

(4) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.

(5) OJ No L 362, 31. 12. 1985, p. 17.