COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3881/89 of 11 December 1989 establishing, for the period 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990, the Community reserve for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector

THE COUNCIL 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 3879/89 (2), and in particular Article 5c (6) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (3),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (4),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (5),

Whereas Article 5c (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 provides for the constitution of a Community reserve with a view to supplementing, at the beginning of each 12-month period, the guaranteed total quantities of the Member States where the levy arrangements pose special difficulties; whereas the Community reserve should be fixed for the sixth 12-month period at 2 082 885,740 tonnes, including 1 039 885,740 tonnes to alleviate difficulties encountered by the Member States in allocating additional or special reference quantities to certain categories of producers as

defined in Article 3b of Council Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 of 31 March 1984 adopting general rules for the application of the levy referred to in Article 5c of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 in the milk and milk products sector (6), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1117/89 (7),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 For the period 1 April 1989 to 31 March 1990, the Community reserve provided for in Article 5c (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 804/68 shall be 2 082 885,740 tonnes, of which 600 000 tonnes are intended to alleviate the difficulties encountered by the Member States in allocating the special reference quantities pursuant to Article 3a of Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 and 1 039 885,740 tonnes are intended for the producers referred to in Article 3b of that Regulation.

Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

It shall apply from the beginning of the sixth 12-month period of the additional levy arrangements.

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

Done at Brussels, 11 December 1989.

For the Council

The President

H. NALLET

(8) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 13.

(9) See page 1 of this Official Journal.

(10) OJ No C 265, 12. 10. 1988, p. 5.

(11) Opinion delivered on 24 November 1989 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(12) Opinion delivered on 18 October 1989 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(13) OJ No L 90, 1. 4. 1984, p. 13.

(14) OJ No L 118, 29. 4. 1989, p. 10.